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British government officials will boycott the Winter Paralympics in Sochi over host Russia’s military action in Ukraine, Prime Minister David Cameron said Sunday.
British athletes will be allowed to compete.
Cameron said he and Foreign Secretary William Hague thought it would be “wrong†for government ministers to go to the Games, which start Friday, given the unfolding events in nearby Ukraine.
Buckingham Palace said Queen Elizabeth II’s youngest son, Prince Edward, who is patron of the British Paralympic Association, had, “on the advice of government,†canceled a planned visit to Russia to attend the Games.
A Downing Street spokesman said Cameron was “gravely concerned†about the situation in Ukraine and was to talk with President Obama on Sunday.
NORWEGIAN TAKES SUPER-G In Kvitfjell, Norway, the Olympic champion Kjetil Jansrud overcame tricky racing conditions on his favorite home course to win a World Cup super-G race ahead of Patrick Kueng of Switzerland.
Jansrud, who won gold in super-G at the Sochi Olympics last month, finished 0.26 of a second ahead of Kueng and 0.33 clear of the Olympic downhill champion Matthias Mayer of Austria.
It was a third career World Cup win for Jansrud, who also earned a bronze in downhill at Sochi, and all of those victories have been at the Norwegian resort in Kvitfjell.
The American Travis Ganong was confident after placing third in Friday’s downhill and fourth in Saturday’s downhill. But he was hampered by a late starting slot at No. 28, and the snow was falling hard when he failed to finish his run. His countryman Andrew Weibrecht, a silver medalist in super-G at Sochi, was seventh, and Bode Miller was 12th. (AP)
AUSTRIAN WINS DOWNHILL Andrea Fischbacher of Austria beat the Sochi Games gold medalists Anna Fenninger and Tina Maze to win the World Cup downhill in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, in the process winning her first race for four years.
The race was rescheduled and delayed twice as overnight snow and thick fog threatened to cancel it altogether. Fischbacher clocked 1 minute 34 seconds to win her first race since becoming super-G Olympic champion at the Vancouver Winter Games in 2010. Her fellow Austrian Fenninger finished 0.15 of a second behind, with Maze third, a further 0.32 back.
The 28-year-old Fischbacher’s lack of form this season culminated in her failure to make the Austrian Olympic team to defend her title in Sochi. In her absence, Fenninger won super-G gold, and Maze won the downhill and the giant slalom.
“I often considered retiring from the circuit in the last few years, for nothing was easy for me,†she said. “But I always believed I could make it back on the podium after all those years. But a victory is more than I was hoping for.
“Life is funny at times when you think that I could not qualify for Sochi.â€
The highest United States finisher was Julia Mancuso, in 18th place. “I was going for it and made some big mistakes,†Mancuso said. “It’s always hard to come back to a World Cup after the Olympics.†(REUTERS)
JAPANESE JUMPER REBOUNDS The Japanese ski jumping star Sara Takanashi landed her second World Cup win of the weekend in Rasnov, Romania, to put her Olympic disappointment firmly behind her.
The 17-year-old Takanashi — who failed to justify her favorite’s reputation and missed out on an Olympic medal in Sochi last month — recorded the 20th win of her career in dominant style the day after her 19th win had given her the World Cup title.
Her 12th victory of the season was achieved in the absence of the German Olympic champion Carina Vogt, who did not compete because of a painful knee.
(AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE)
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