Norwegians Finish 1-2 in World Cup Super-G

Being second again was bad enough for Lasse Kjus. Finishing behind a Norwegian teammate was worse.

Atle Skaardal edged Kjus by .15 seconds Sunday in a World Cup super-G race at Val d’Isere, France, the 12th second-place finish in Kjus’ career.

However, Kjus extended his lead in the overall standings. He has 545 points, with Michael Von Gruenigen of Switzerland, the giant slalom specialist, second with 300.

Skaardal timed in 1 minute, 20.65 seconds on 1.3 mile course.

American Tommy Moe, the 1994 Olympic gold medalist in the downhill and silver medalist in the super-G, finished 39th in 1:22.55.

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Canadian downhill specialist Melanie Turgeon broke her left wrist and strained her right shoulder muscles at Lake Louise, Canada, while free skiing off the course.

Turgeon will remain off snow for 10 days.

Speedskating

Casey Fitzrandolph, a rookie on the U.S. team, pulled off a surprising victory in the men’s 1,000 meters during a World Cup meet at Oslo, Norway.

Fitzrandolph sped around the Valle Hovin outdoor rink in 1 minute, 16.17 seconds, edging Adne Sondral of Norway by eight-hundredths of a second and Manabu Horii of Japan by .13.

Figure Skating

World Champion Elvis Stojko of Canada performed a near-perfect free program to win the men’s singles title in the 1995 NHK Trophy competition at Nagoya, Japan. Stojko, who led after the short program, displayed perfect landings and difficult spins. Russian Igor Pashkevich finished second followed by Frenchman Philippe Candeloro. American Shepherd Clark finished sixth.

Tennis

Goran Ivanisevic overpowered Todd Martin, 7-6 (7-4), 6-3, 6-4, then accepted a check for $1.625 million--the richest prize in tennis--for winning the Grand Slam Cup at Munich, Germany.

Ivanisevic fired 18 aces.

Jurisprudence

Former Buffalo Bill cornerback Michael Charles Romes was arrested and charged with credit-card fraud, authorities said in Durham, N.C.

Miscellaneous

Americans Chris Thorpe and Gordy Sheer set a track record at La Plagne, France, taking a World Cup luge doubles silver medal on the run that hosted the 1992 Winter Olympic events.

Thorpe, of Marquette, Mich., and Sheer, of Croton, N.Y., opened with a record time of 45.298 seconds in the first heat, with a top speed of 74 mph.

Finland was the surprise winner of the 4x10-kilometer World Cup cross country relay at Davos, Switzerland.

Baltimore Orioles shortstop Cal Ripken Jr., who broke Lou Gehrig’s consecutive-games-played streak this season, was chosen the Sportsman of the Year by the Sporting News.

Jerry Cowhig, a running back on the 1946 Notre Dame football team that ended Army’s 25-game winning streak, has died. He was 74.

The Williams racing team refused comment on a report quoting an investigator as saying Ayrton Senna’s death at the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix was caused by a badly welded steering column.