Hurd, Moldauer top gymnastics
Americans Morgan Hurd and Yul Moldauer won all-around gold medals at the America Cup in Hoffmann Estates, Ill.. Hurd, a 16-year-old high school junior from Middletown, Del., won her second major international all-around title with a consistent performance. Moldauer is the reigning national champion from Norman, Okla. … Marcel Hirscher locked up the World Cup men’s giant slalom title with a race to spare. The Olympic GS champion from Austria dominated the penultimate event of the season at Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, giving him an insurmountable 125-point lead in the GS standings over Norwegian rival Henrik Kristoffersen .… Tina Weirather won a World Cup super-G at Crans Montana, Switzerland, to overtake Lara Gut for first place in the discipline’s standings with one race left. The Olympic bronze medalist from Liechtenstein will carry a 46-point lead over her Swiss rival, who finished the race in seventh, into the final event on March 15 at the World Cup finals in Are, Sweden. … Promises Fulfulled was a surprise wire-to-wire winner in the Grade II Fountain of Youth at Hallandale Beach, Fla. — one of the big early preps on the road to the Kentucky Derby. Starting from the outside post, Promises Fulfilled went straight to the lead and kept holding off challengers as he made his way around 11⁄16 miles of the dirt at Gulfstream Park. It was the third win in four starts for the Dale Romans trainee, who won in 1 minute, 44.17 seconds under Irad Ortiz Jr.
From staff and wire reports