Houston Chronicle Sunday

Hurd, Moldauer top gymnastics

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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

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