1.   Tsakadze travels to ski competitions in Europe with tough-looking bodyguards and a covey of blondes.

2.   Lake Placid will hold four World Cup events this winter, including bobsled and freestyle skiing competitions.

3.   North Americans dominated the aerials of the World Cup freestyle skiing competition Saturday.

4.   World champion Kirstie Marshall of Australia and Eric Bergoust of the United States won the aerials Sunday in World Cup freestyle skiing competition.