. world ski news : Sherret and Wallasch close out 2015 JWCs with SX victories - 06 April 2015 - 14:56
VALMALENCO, ITA – The final event of the 2015 Junior World Championships took place Wednesday, as ski cross victories for India Sherret (CAN) and Tyler Wallasch (USA) closed out nine days of Freestyle action in Valmalenco, Italy.
Sherret is considered to be one of the top Canadian development team athletes, and came into Valmalenco on a streak that saw her win both the Canadian and Italian national championships as well as score a second place result at the Swiss national championships immediately before arriving for competition at the JWCs.
However, in her big final heat, Sherret found herself matched up against both the German and Swedish national champions in Daniela Maier (GER) and Alexandra Edebo (SWE), as well as the top 2014/15 Europa cup skier in Katherina Tordi (GER).
Despite the stacked field of future World Cup stars, 18-year-old Sherret was able to come out on top, taking gold for a Canadian team that has seen a decline in numbers on its ladies ski cross roster over the past few seasons. Maier would take silver for the promising German squad, Edebo bronze, and Tordi would be forced to settle four fourth place.
In the men's competition, Tyler Wallasch was the recipient of some good fortune on his way to claiming the biggest victory of his career, as French skier Youri Duplessis Kergomard was disqualified for illegal contact in their quarter final heat, moving Wallasch from third to second and through to the semi-finals.
In the big final, Wallasch would be matched up against the relatively unheralded Tim Hronek (GER), big Russian Artem Kostenko, and the upstart Canadian Kristofor Mahler.
20-year-old Mahler, who has only been competing in FIS-sanctioned ski cross events since January of this year, is clearly one to watch. He won all of his heats on the way to the final and was leading the big final up until the final few corners before slipping out and letting the rest of the competitors through.
Wallasch, just behind Mahler before his mistake, was able to slide past and hold on to the lead through the final few seconds of the race to claim the gold medal.
Hronek, in second, added another silver to Germany's medal haul for the day, Kostenko was able to claim third place and the bronze, and Mahler was left with a disappointing fourth-place result on a day where he looked sure to take the win.
With the final results of the 2015 junior worlds in, the tabulations were made to determine the winner of the 2015 Marc Hodler trophy for the standout nation of the championships. With the addition of Wallasch's win, the USA was able to claim this year's trophy with 129 points, followed closely by Russia with 109, and France in a distant third place with 49 points.
FIS news
01 April 2015 16:43
RESULTS
FIS Junior World Ski Championships - Men's Ski Cross
Chiesa in Valmalenco (ITA) 01.04.2015
Race codex : 8545
Rank Bib FIS Code Name Year Nation Result Level Points
1 5 2529201 WALLASCH Tyler 1994 USA 360.00
2 17 2530943 HRONEK Tim 1995 GER 288.00
3 3 2528564 KOSTENKO Artem 1994 RUS 216.00
4 2 2532050 MAHLER Kristofor 1995 CAN 180.00
5 13 2528266 ZOOLER Bryan 1994 SUI 162.00
6 9 2531605 BONNEFOND Tom 1995 FRA 144.00
7 14 2532017 GUIPPONI BARFETY Morgan 1995 FRA 129.60
8 18 2529928 BRADY Matt 1994 CAN 115.20
9 6 2528377 HULT Otto 1994 SWE 104.40
10 23 2532585 HUBER Fabian 1997 AUT 93.60
11 24 2531539 SIEBENHOFER Sandro 1997 AUT 86.40
12 1 2529333 RENN Marzellus 1995 GER 79.20
13 7 2530502 MOZHAEV Evgeniy 1996 RUS 72.00
14 11 2529138 GIBSON Adam 1995 CAN 64.80
15 8 2528099 GARNER Lee 1995 AUS 57.60
16 10 2532384 SEITZ Anton Felix 1995 AUT 54.00
17 16 2529604 LEHIKOINEN Niki 1996 FIN 50.40
18 19 2530127 HOLMBERG Anders 1996 SWE 46.80
19 20 2531933 PAP Koppany 1996 HUN 43.20
20 22 2532097 CRAWFORD Douglas 1998 AUS 39.60
21 28 2530399 OMELIN Igor 1995 RUS 36.00
22 31 2529952 ZORZI Edoardo 1996 ITA 32.40
23 15 2530378 GOLOB Nik Gal 1996 SLO 28.80
24 21 2531792 GUNSCH Yanick 1997 ITA 25.20
25 25 2532676 SKAZA Ziga 1997 SLO 21.60
26 26 2531123 NABIULIN Artem 1996 RUS 18.00
27 27 2531472 VALDES Joaquin 1997 CHI 16.20
28 29 2531585 HAYES Michael 1997 USA 14.40
29 30 2531359 HOEN Benoit 1994 FRA 12.96
30 32 2529571 BABAKIN Danil 1996 KAZ 11.52
31 2528654 FROST Axel 1995 SWE 10.08
32 2531517 HENZI Nicolas 1996 SUI 9.36
33 2531763 MOBAERG Erik 1997 SWE 8.64
34 2529713 WILMSMANN Florian 1996 GER 7.92
35 2529834 WILLOWS Laurence 1996 GBR 7.20
36 2528545 PIETZKO Franz 1994 GER 7.09
37 2532184 STROS Luka 1998 SLO 6.98
38 2529700 HILL Max 1996 AUS 6.88
39 2530633 HAN Sang-Hyun 1995 KOR 6.77
40 2531354 FURUNO Tetsuya 1997 JPN 6.66
41 2530782 SOLER Eduardo 1996 CHI 6.55
42 2530780 VANDEVELDE Patrick 1995 BEL 6.44
43 2532638 POPOV Vladimir 1994 BUL 6.34
44 2528447 ALLEN Sam 1994 GBR 6.23
45 2532690 LANK Karel 1998 CZE 6.12
46 2532696 DRTILEK Miroslav 1995 CZE 6.01
47 2531855 CHOI Ji-Hoon 1996 KOR 5.90
48 2532118 MALM Russell 1998 USA 5.80
49 2529619 GARVIE Scott 1996 GBR 0.00
50 2529572 ALDABERGENOV Madi 1996 KAZ 0.00
51 2531409 KAIRAT Olzhas 1998 KAZ 0.00
52 2532119 NEGRIN Roberto 1998 CHI 0.00
53 2529641 CASAS CORDERO Juan Pablo 1996 CHI 0.00
Did not finish
2532622 ONEAL Danny 1995 USA
2532615 HENIG Jakub 1995 CZE
2532176 JERSIC Mark 1998 SLO
2530206 GIORGI Nicola 1994 ITA
2528094 EASDALE Timothy 1994 AUS
2531428 WHEELER William 1997 GBR
2532700 TONON Andrea 1994 ITA
2530785 DUPLESSIS KERGOMARD Youri 1996 FRA
2529784 IRELAND Ned 1994 CAN