Luge
CHAMPIONS CROWNED: Duncan Kennedy, a three-time Olympian and USA Luge's most decorated singles slider, won the U.S. Masters National Championship men's singles title Sunday in Lake Placid, N.Y.
Kennedy, who is now a development coach for USA Luge, recorded runs of 44.985 seconds and 44.873 for a two-run total of 1 minute, 29.858 seconds.
Salt Lake City's Scott Clark raced to a silver medal finish, recording a combined time of 1:31.823, while Doug Bateman, the current USA Luge President, finished in the bronze medal position, recording a two-heat total of 1:33.250.
Margot Rice, also of Salt Lake City, captured the women's singles title, setting the pace with a combined time of 1:34.570. Wendy Arnone raced to the silver medal, finishing in a time of 1:38.445, while Peg Essenberg finished third, posting a two-heat total of 2:24.475.
Clark claimed his second medal of the championships, a gold, in the doubles event. Paired with Park City's Carl Roepke, the two raced to a two-heat total of 1:33.247. David Maddox and John Mowry finished second — 14.496 seconds off the pace.
Bobsled
LANGEN WINS: Germany's Christoph Langen set a track record Sunday in winning his fifth world championship title in the two-man bobsled in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
The Olympic champion and brakeman Marco Jakobs finished with a four-run combined time of 4 minutes, 16.78 seconds and a .95-second advantage over their closest rivals, Reto Goetschi and Cedric Grand of Switzerland.
Two more Swiss sleds followed with junior world champion Martin Annen and Beat Hefti taking the bronze in 4:17.84, and Christian Reich and Steve Aderhub fourth in 4:18.38.
Mike Dionne of Alpharetta, Ga., and John Kasper of Thornton, Iowa, placed seventh with a final time of 4:20.09. Todd Hays of Del Rio, Texas, and Pavle Jovanovic of Toms River, N.J., finished 14th with a combined time of 4:21.46.
Biathlon
BRONZE FOR BAILEY: Lowell Bailey of Lake Placid, N.Y., took bronze medals in the junior sprint and pursuit races at the European Biathlon Championships in Haute-Marienne, France.
Bailey's two podium finishes are the top results by an American biathlete in a major championship since Jay Hakkinen's Junior World Championship in 1997.
In Saturday's 10K sprint race, Bailey fought gusty winds and turned one of the fastest ski times of the day to finish third, 1:21 behind Russian Vitali Tchernychev. Second went to Christian DeLorenzi in 30:35, to Bailey's 30:57. Following Bailey were teammates Tim Burke, also of Lake Placid, in 14th, Bill Snellman of Stillwater, Minn., in 31st and Anders Osthus of Duluth, Minn., in 34th. All qualified for the pursuit on Sunday.
In the 12.5K pursuit on Sunday, Bailey held his position, starting third and crossing the finish line in the same position behind the Russian and the Italian again.