Davis beats record in 1,500-meter win

American Shani Davis and Germany's Jenny Wolf lowered their own world records Friday in the final speedskating World Cup before the Vancouver Olympics.

Davis won the 1,500 meters in 1 minute, 41.04 seconds at the Utah Olympic Oval in Kearns. The time bettered his old mark of 1:41.80 set March 6 at the same track. American rival Chad Hedrick was second in 1:42.50.

Wolf skated 500 meters in 37 seconds; her previous mark of 37.02 was set Nov. 16, 2007, at Calgary.

Miller skis to fifth

Two-time World Cup champion Bode Miller finished fifth in a super combined in Val d'Isere, France, in which Austrians Benjamin Raich and Marcel Hirscher went 1-2. Austria's Romed Baumann nearly made it a sweep, sharing third place with Italy's Manfred Moelgg.

"I didn't feel very good," Miller said. "But it was important that I get some points because I hadn't scored a lot last year."

U.S. teammate Ted Ligety, who won the Olympic combined in 2008 at Turin, was leading by more than a second when he skidded off the course.

Shark Shootout deadlocked Jerry Kelly and third-ranked Steve Stricker were hot on the front nine in the first round of Greg Norman's Shark Shootout, while Justin Leonard and Scott Verplank made a charge on the back.

The end result: The two duos tied at 6-under-par 66 at Tiburon Golf Club in Naples, Fla.

Tim Clark and Chad Campbell were in third place, one shot back at 5 under, along with Steve Flesch and Dustin Johnson. Chris DiMarco and Rickie Fowler, who at 20 is the youngest player in Shootout history, were tied for sixth at 3 under.

• In-Kyung Kim shot a 5-under 67 and claimed a three-stroke lead, while Michelle Wie dropped back after three rounds of the Dubai Ladies Masters. Kim, who is at 14-under 202 overall, leads Anna Nordqvist (65) by three shots and Maria Hjorth (67) by four at the Emirates Golf Club. Wie, who was in second place after Thursday, had a 71 and is six shots behind the leader.

Virginia reaches NCAA final Brian Ownby's goal in the third minute of overtime helped Virginia defeat Wake Forest 2-1 in the NCAA men's College Cup semifinals in Cary, N.C. Ownby entered the game as a substitute late in the second half.

AROUND THE HORN

Boxing: Vitali Klitschko, unbeaten in three bouts since returning from a four-year injury break in October 2008, will make his third WBO heavyweight title defense of the year when he takes on American Kevin Johnson on Saturday in Bern, Switzerland. Klitschko is 38-2 with 37 knockouts; Johnson is 22-0-1 with nine KOs ... Jan Zaveck of Slovenia stopped Isaac Hlatshwayo in the third round to win the IBF welterweight title in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Colleges: The University of New Orleans, citing declining athletic revenue, plans to give notice of its plans to leave the Sun Belt Conference, a first step for UNO's athletics department to drop its NCAA Division I program to Division III.

Auto racing: Race winners will earn 25 points instead of 10 and the top 10 will receive points instead of the top eight, under a new Formula One points system approved for next season.