Skiing

Julie Parisien of Auburn, Me., won the silver medal in slalom at the World Alpine ski championships at Morioka-Shizukuishi, Japan. She finished in an unofficial time of 1 minutes 27.87 seconds, two-tenths of a second behind Karin Buder of Austria. Parisien was second after the first run to Annelies Coberger, trailing by 0.43 seconds.