Krayzelburg Sets Another Swim Record

Lenny Krayzelburg of the United States and Ian Thorpe of Australia shook off a drug-testing controversy and a near-boycott to set world records at a short-course World Cup swimming meet Sunday at Berlin.

Thorpe, 17, the focus of drug-taking allegations last week, sped across the pool at Europasportpark arena, covering 200 meters in one minute 41.10 seconds. That broke his own record of 1:42.54.

“I wanted to swim a good time, but that it’s a world record surprised me,” Thorpe said.

Krayzelburg, 24, lowered his 200-meter backstroke record by .005 seconds to 1:52.43.

The records followed a controversy after Saturday’s races, centered around Thorpe and sparked by the random drug testing of five Australian swimmers.

Australian Coach Don Talbot threatened to withdraw his team for Sunday’s races, complaining that swimmers including Thorpe had not been provided with tamper-proof containers during the testing.

Krayzelburg was among several other swimmers who complained, saying the sample could be popped open again and manipulated. The matter was finally settled when Berlin police agreed to seal the samples.

Winter Sports

Rainer Schoenfelder of Austria won a slalom race for his first World Cup victory.

Ninth after the opening leg, he took advantage of an early start in the second run when race officials made the decision to reverse the top 15 skiers instead of the top 30 because of the deteriorated conditions of the course at Todtnau, Germany.

Schoenfelder took advantage and finished with a total time of one minute 26.87 seconds, denying Norway’s Kjetil Andre Aamodt a second career slalom victory. Norway’s Ole Christian Furuseth finished third in 1:27.00.

Andreas Widhoelzl of Austria upset Martin Schmitt of Germany to win his second World Cup ski jumping event in two days at Willingen, Germany. Widhoelzl soared 135 meters in the first heat, a record for the 120-meter hill. . . . Jens Mueller of Germany won the men’s singles luge world championship at St. Moritz, Switzerland, completing a German sweep of the meet’s four gold medals. . . . Germany’s Christoph Langen beat compatriot Andre Lange by .07 seconds at Altenberg, Germany, to win his fourth two-man bobsled world championship. Lange was second at 3:48.73. Christian Reich was third at 3:49.47. . . . Germany’s Claudia Pechstein and the Netherlands’ Gianni Romme won the women’s and men’s speedskating world all-around titles at Milwaukee.

Auto Racing

A Dodge Viper fielded by the French Oreca team overtook the Dyson Racing Riley & Scott Mark III-Ford, the 1999 winner, two hours from the end, then held off a challenge from a Chevrolet Corvette to win the Rolex 24 at Daytona Beach, Fla.

The Viper, shared by former Formula One drivers Karl Wendlinger of Austria and Olivier Beretta and Dominique Dupuy of France, gave Daimler-Chrysler its first overall championship in an endurance event.

Rob Dyson’s car, co-driven by James Weaver of England, Max Papis of Italy, Elliott Forbes-Robinson and Dyson, dominated until the engine began misfiring Saturday night. The Corvette, co-driven by Canadian Ron Fellows, Justin Bell of England and Chris Kneifel, finished on the same lap, 30.879 seconds behind.

Rick Carelli raced to a wire-to-wire victory in the NASCAR Featherlite Southwest Series event at Phoenix International Raceway, holding the lead for all 50 laps at Avondale, Ariz.

Miscellany

Top-seeded Martina Hingis of Switzerland, the defending champion, took only 74 minutes to defeat No. 6 Sandrine Testud of Germany, 6-3, 7-5, for her third singles title in the Pan Pacific Open at Tokyo.

After collecting $166,000 from the purse of $1.08 million, Hingis teamed with Mary Pierce of France to win the doubles title, 6-4, 6-1, over Alexandra Fusai and Nathalie Tauziat of France.

Lincoln McIlravy, Cary Kolat, Joe Williams and Kerry McCoy won gold medals to lead Team USA to the championship at the World Cup of Freestyle Wrestling 2000 at Fairfax, Va. McIlravy’s takedown with three seconds left against Yosmany Sanchez led the U.S. team to a 19-10 win over Cuba in Sunday’s afternoon session. Kolat and McIlravy posted technical falls during the United States’ 22-9 victory over Russia in the night session to clinch the title.

Led by all-around winner Mohini Bhardwaj, UCLA’s gymnastics team set a school record with 197.8 points in a victory over Stanford at Pauley Pavilion. Stanford’s score was 193.725.

Liz Masakayan and El Toro High alumna Elaine Youngs won as doubles partners for the first time on the Beach Volleyball World Tour. Seeded second, they beat top-seeded Sandra Pires and Adriana Samuel of Brazil, 12-11, 12-11, at Victoria, Brazil.