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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 09, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday january 1994 sports the stars and stripes Page 33 i i Blair Jansen top . S f rials from wire reports Milwaukee a keenly focused Bonnie Blair and an unmotivated Dan Jansen dominated the . Olympic Speed skating trials As the final weekend of Competition began. Blair skated her Best 500 meters in nearly two years Friday then followed with her third Best 1,500 meters Ever. Jansen also won easily at both distances. Jansen the world record Holder at 500 meters skated a 36.44 to win by 1.05 Sec Ond Over David Cruikshank. Jansen who became the Only skater Ever to break the 36-second Barrier in the 500 when he skated .35.92 last month was .14 seconds off the Pettit National ice Center record he set last weekend. Jansen also cruised in the 1,500, win Ning in 1 56.49. Nathaniel Mills was Sec Ond in 1 57.40. Blair s time of 39.59 seconds in the 500 on Friday was her Best time since a 39.40 at Calgary s olympic Oval in april 1992. She broke her own Pettit Center Mark of39.76, set last weekend. Dutchman sets record Ramar Norway Rintje Ritsma of the Netherlands shattered the world 1,500-meter record with a time of 1 min Ute 1.60 seconds saturday at the euro Pean All around Speed skating championships. Ritsma became the first Man to skate the distance in under 1 52. He bettered Ivy leagues win in Japan Tokyo a Dartmouth s Jay Fiedler passed for three touchdowns and. Was on the receiving end of a 77-Yard scoring play saturday As an Ivy league All Star team beat a japanese collegiate squad 31-14. It was Japan s sixth loss in six Ivy bowl games but the japanese gave the 40,000 College football world notes the previous Mark of 1 52.06 set by Ger Man Andreas Hoffman during the 1988 Winter olympics in Calgary Alberta. Torville Dean get steamy Sheffield England Jayne Tor vill and Christopher Dean skating their first Amateur Competition in nearly 10 years steamed up the Arena with a dynamic Rumba in the original dance Friday at the British ice dance championships. Picking the slowest beat allowed under the rules to set the mood the pair earned eight 5.9s for composition arid four perfect 6.0s for presentation As the couple continued to dominate the meet. Swiss win protest race alte Markt Austria Heidi Zurbriggen earned her first world cup Victory saturday when the race jury upheld her team s protest and ruled that the abandoned super giant slalom should count. The jury abandoned the race for safety reasons after a series of crashes on a rapidly freezing course. World cup officials first said the race would not count but then reversed the decision. Sweden s Nyberg wins Kranska Gora Slovenia swe Den s Patrik Nyberg improved from sixth Home fans something to cheer about with two spectacular touchdowns on passes by Kazuyoshi Suzuki. Suzuki tried to match Fiedler s three to passes but missed on four tries from the Ivy 12 with slightly More than two minutes left. Penalties plagued the americans throughout the game and they led Only 10-7 at halftime before Fiedler connected for two of his touchdowns in the third Quarter. In the last two minutes Fiedler pitched out to Harvard s Mike Giardi who then passed to Fiedler for the americans fourth touchdown. J Stenstrom to return Stanford Calif. Quarterback Steve Stenstrom saying he had unfinished business at Stanford announced Friday he would return for his final year of eligibility rather than leave for the nil. I m excited about my Chance to play in the nil and i definitely think i can take that step Stenstrom said during a news conference. But i be still got some things i want to accomplish  Stenstrom who last season set school and Pac-10 records for passing Yards 3,627 and total offence 3,398also said he had talked to nil sources and there was no certainty he would be selected in the first round of the draft. Sports on an Central european time television and radio nil playoffs Minnesota at new York giants 6 30 . Sunday Denver at los Angeles raiders 10 . Sunday. Place after the first run to record his first ski world cup win in four years at sat urday s giant slalom. Nyberg clocked 1 minute 05.38 seconds and 1 04.43 to top the podium for the third time in his career with a combined tire of 2 09.81 minutes. Islanders suspended Uniondale . New York is Landers Forward Mick Vukota was sus Pended for 10 games and coach Al Arbour for five the league announced Friday night. Vukota left the player s Bench during an altercation in the third period tues Day night against new Jersey Brian Burke the league s director of hockey operations also said Arbour was being fined $1,000 and the islanders $10,000. Edmonton Deal nears Edmonton Alberta the dispute Between Edmonton oilers owner Peter Pocklington and the North lands coliseum management suddenly appeared to be friendlier thanks to the shuttle Diplo Macy of nil commissioner Gary bet than.  " the intervention of the commissioner produced a general framework agreement aimed at resolving the bitter lease dispute Between the oilers and North lands said Edmonton mayor Jan Reimer. Ferreira rips p. Mcenroe Honolulu top seeded Wayne Ferreira of South Africa had 14 aces on the Way to defeating no. 8 Patrick Mcenroe 6-4, 6-4 to Advance to the semifinals of the Hawaii open. Ferreira meets no. 5 Jonathan Stark a 7-6 7-47-6 7-5 Winner Over no. 4 Brad Gilbert in saturday s semifinals. Russians gain final Adelaide Australia Yevgeny Kapelnikov beat australian Pat Rafter 6 1, 7-5 in a semifinal match saturday set Ting up an All russian final in the $313,750 australian men s hard court championships. The fourth seeded Volkov beat de fending Champion Nicklas Kulti of swe Den 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 in the second match of the Day for both players. Rain had Force postponement of their quarterfinals on Friday. Mickelson grabs Lead Carlsbad Calif Phil Mickelson shot a 4-under-Par 68 Friday giving him the Lead after two rounds of the Mer cedes championships. Mickelson is 6 under Par at 138. Vijay Singh the pea tour s 1993 Rookie of the year had a 70 and is one shot Back. Singh is tied with Grant Waite of new zealand and Fred couples. Slow Waltz in Cedar Bend ,. 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