Iditarod officials disqualify musher
Two-time runner-up Ramy Brooks was disqualified from the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race for abusing his dogs.
The 38-year-old Brooks hit each of his 10 dogs with a trail marking lathe, similar to a surveyor’s stake, after two refused to get up and continue running on an ice field, race marshal Mark Nordman told The Associated Press from Nome on Sunday.
Witnesses reported the incident to race officials. It happened Tuesday near Golovin, about 90 miles from the end of the 1,100-mile sled dog race in Nome.
Winter sports
Svindal, Hosp win World Cup titles
After a five-month season, it all came down to seven-hundredths of a second – the margin by which Aksel Lund Svindal won the World Cup overall title.
Needing a finish of 15th or better to ensure victory over Austria’s Benjamin Raich, Svindal finished 15th in the slalom in the final World Cup event of the season at Lenzerheide, Switzerland. Raich won the race, but finished 13 points behind Svindal in the overall standings.
The women’s overall crown went to Nicole Hosp, who won a giant slalom to hold off Austrian teammate Marlies Schild. Julia Mancuso, who fell out of contention for the overall title a day earlier, was 11th to finish third overall – the best showing by an American woman since Tamara McKinney was third in 1984.
•At Oslo, Norway, Jason Lamy Chappuis of France won the final Nordic combined World Cup event and Hannu Manninen of Finland won his fourth straight overall title.
•At Oslo, Norway, Simon Ammann of Switzerland won a large hill ski jumping competition at Holmenkollen, and Anders Jacobsen of Norway took the overall World Cup lead with a seventh-place finish.
•At Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia, Andrea Henkel of Germany overcame poor shooting with strong skiing in the 12.5-kilometer mass start race to clinch her first overall World Cup biathlon title.
Horse racing
Street Sense prevails
After a thrilling stretch-long duel, Street Sense nosed out Any Given Saturday and won the Tampa Bay Derby, covering the 1 1-16 miles in a track record 1:43.11.
Miscellany
Russians win title
Russia remained the dominant force in synchronized swimming, claiming another team title at the world championships while the Americans rallied to finish third, at Melbourne, Australia.
•At Lake Placid, N.Y., Wisconsin repeated as national hockey champions Sunday, beating Minnesota Duluth 4-1 behind Sara Bauer’s goal and two assists at the NCAA Women’s Frozen Four.
•At Aomori, Japan, Canada scored three in the fifth end on its way to an 8-4 win over the United States at the women’s world curling championship.
•At Nice, France, Alberto Contador won the Paris-Nice cycling race after winning the final stage.