Humphries leads U.S. bobsled team to win

American Kaillie Humphries got a win at St. Moritz, Switzerland. Elana Meyers Taylor got an overall title. And the U.S. bobsled team got more momentum to take into the Beijing Olympics.

Humphries prevailed in the final women’s monobob race of the season Saturday, with Meyers Taylor finishing second. And in the season-long standings, the order was reversed — Meyers Taylor winning the points crown, with Humphries second.

Nobody was even close to the two drivers in the race. Humphries won in 2 minutes, 22.27 seconds. Meyers Taylor was second in 2:22.31. Cynthia Appiah of Canada got third, nearly a full second back in 2:23.22.

And for U.S. sliding, the way the final season standings in monobob worked out — Meyers Taylor first with 1,110 points, Humphries second with 1,052 — was a bit of a rarity.

It was only the fourth time in any sliding sport that American sleds wound up first and second in the season-long standings.

More winter sports

Kamila Valieva underlined her status as the favorite for the women’s Olympic figure skating gold medal as she won the European title by a commanding 22-point margin in Tallinn, Estonia. Valieva continued Russian domination of women’s figure skating by completing her country’s sweep of all four events at the championships.

• Swiss skier Lara Gut-Behrami won the fourth women’s World Cup downhill of the season after Olympic champion Sofia Goggia had an awkward crash halfway down her run. The Italian, who won the previous three downhills, got up and skied down the course shortly after the incident.

• Vincent Kriechmayr won the classic Lauberhorn, Switzerland, race that Swiss team officials said this week he should not have been allowed to start. Kriechmayr’s victory came despite missing midweek training runs that are typically mandatory in skiing’s marquee event.

• Shaun White finished third at the Laax Open in Switzerland, marking his first podium finish since he won his third Olympic gold medal in 2018 and all but cementing his spot at next month’s games in Beijing.

College

Notre Dame transfer linebacker Shayne Simon reportedly joined the Pitt Panthers. Simon (6 feet 3, 233 pounds) was a member of Notre Dame’s Class of 2018. Simon will have two seasons of athletic eligibility remaining.

• Todd Graham resigned as the University of Hawaii’s football coach, stepping down amid controversy after completing the second year of a five-year contract. Graham resigned a week after former players and some parents testified before a state legislative hearing, criticizing the coach’s management style and relationships with players.

• Pitt’s gymnastics team will open its 2022 season hosting Maryland and LIU at 2 p.m. at Fitzgerald Field House Sunday.

Tennis

PaulaBadosa claimed her thirdcareer title when she upsetFrench Open championBarbora Krejcikov, 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (4), in the final of the

SydneyTennis Classic. The fifth-seededSpaniard closed outthe match in 2 hours, 22 minutes.

• Former U.S. Open finalist

MadisonKeys won an allAmericanfinal of the WTA eventin Adelaide, Australia, toppingAlison Riske of Peters Township, 6-1, 6-2.