Shani Davis wins at Olympic trials

Shani Davis ruled again in the 1,000 meters at the U.S. Olympic speedskating trials, edging Brian Hansen at Kearns, Utah.

The two-time defending Olympic champion won with a time of 1 minute 7.52 seconds in the next-to-last pair. Hansen came up just short in the final race, crossing the line in 1:07.53.

But the most poignant performance was turned in by Jonathan Garcia, who was disqualified the previous day in the 500 for not wearing his timing transponders, after skating fast enough to make the Olympics. He came back to finish fourth in the 1,000 at 1:07.96, good enough to claim the first Olympic berth of his career.

Joey Mantia is also going to the Olympics for the first time after taking third in 1:07.88. Heather Richardson won the women’s 1,000.

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Notre Dame’s Vince Hinostroza helped the defending champion United States wrap up a spot in the playoff round in the world junior hockey tournament, scoring twice and adding two assists in an 8-0 victory over Germany at Malmo, Sweden.

Boston University’s Matt Grzelcyk had a goal and two assists. The United States (3-0-0) will finish Group A play Tuesday against Canada (1-0-1).

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Overall World Cup leader Aksel Lund Svindal mastered the fresh snow conditions on the Stelvio course to win a downhill at Bormio, Italy, for his fourth victory of the Olympic season.

The Norwegian clocked 1 minute 54.08 seconds to finish 0.39 of a second ahead of Hannes Reichelt of Austria.

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Marlies Schild set a World Cup record at Lienz, Austria, by earning her 35th slalom victory, overtaking Switzerland’s Vreni Schneider on top of the all-time list in the discipline.

Schild was sixth after the opening leg but used a blistering second run to finish in 1:55.63 and beat American teenager Mikaela Shiffrin, who led the competition after the first run. Shiffrin finished 0.41 of a second behind.