Sporting Digest: Ice Skating

BRITISH ICE DANCE CHAMPIONSHIPS (Sheffield Arena) Free dance: 1 J Torvill and C Dean (unatt) 1.0pts; 2 M Humphreys and C Lanning (Slough) 2.0; 3 L Burton and D Lenard (Slough) 3.0; 4 M Fitzgerald and V Kyle (Slough) 4.0; 5 C Wileman and A Place (Nottingham) 5.0; 6 M James and P Askew (Nottingham) 6.0; 7 J Keeble and L Salpadoru (Lee Valley) 7.0; 8 L Dunn and J Dunn (Blackburn) 8.0; 9 V Foxley and N Chilcott (Altrincham and Deeside) 9.0; 10 L Chakmakjian and D Phillips (Slough) 10.0. Final overall: 1 Torvill/Dean 2.0pts; 2 Humphreys/Lanning 4.0; 3 Fitzgerald/Kyle 7.0; 4 Burton/Lenard 7.4; 5 James/Askew 10.6; 6 Wileman/Place 11.0; 7 Keeble/Salpadoru 14.2; 8 Dunn/Dunn 15.8; 9 Foxley/Chilcott 18.0; 10 N Cruickshank/S Hewitt (Altrincham) 20.4.

TONYA HARDING won her second US National figure skating title in Detroit on Saturday to earn a place in the Winter Olympic team. Nancy Kerrigan, the Olympic bronze medallist injured after being attacked in practice last Thursday, will join her, pending a fitness test on 6 February.

US FIGURE SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS (Detroit, Michigan) Women: Final standings: 1 T Harding 1.5; 2 M Kwan 3.5; 3 N Bobek 4.0; 4 E Zayak 6.0. Senior Dance Final standings: 1 E Punsalan and J Swallow 2.2; 2 S Wynne and R Witherby 5.2; 3 A Webster and R Kravette 6.8.