1.   Earlier in the day, Villeneuve had appeared a step closer to his first Formula One season title, after edging two-time champion Michael Schumacher in qualifying.

2.   Slovenian slalom specialist Jure Kosir edged Olympic champion Thomas Stangassinger for fourth.

3.   Still, he edged American champion Michael Weiss, who stepped out of his quad, but had a strong triple axel-triple toe combination.

4.   Timothy Goebel landed three quadruple jumps in his free skate program and edged world champion Alexei Yagudin of Russia to win Skate America on Sunday.

5.   Zelezny cemented his status as the greatest javelin thrower ever by edging defending champion Aki Parviainen of Finland, while Konstadinos Gatsioudis of Greece took bronze.