Winter Sports. . . Vladimir Smirnov of...

Winter Sports

. . . Vladimir Smirnov of Kazakhstan won the 30-kilometer cross-country skiing title in 1 hour 15 minutes 52.3 seconds on the first day of the Nordic World Championships at Thunder Bay, Canada. . . . Raphaelle Monod of France won the last women’s World Cup moguls skiing competition of the season at Salen, Sweden, an beat American Donna Weinbrecht by eight points for the overall title.

Miscellany

Anders Jarryd upset sixth-seeded Tomas Carbonell, 6-3, 6-4, to reach the quarterfinals of the $228,000 Copenhagen Open tennis tournament. . . . Third-seeded Anke Huber beat Angelica Gavaldon, 6-2, 7-5, to advance to the quarterfinals of the Delray Beach Winter tennis championships. . . .