. world ski news : World Cup weekend - 14 January 2004 - 16:56
12/01/2004 12:05
Men standing disciplines
Downhill:
WALCHHOFER 330
EBERHARTER 251
MAIER 239
RAHLVES 215
Slalom:
ROCCA 290
PRANGER 240
PALANDER 215
SCHONEFELDER 170
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12/01/2004 12:00
Ladies standing disciplines
Downhill:
GERG 285
GOETSCHL 280
MONTILLET 256
DORFMEISTER 205
Slalom:
PAERSON 480
HOSP 246
12/01/2004 10:38
Miller: "It all comes down to execution..."
"It was pouring rain, the conditions were soft and chunky, and the visibility was tough, too, because the rain stuck to your goggles all the time," Miller said. "It's just been frustrating because I've said over and over it's not necessarily when you take risks that you make mistakes
11/01/2004 13:28
Rocca wins Chamonix slalom, Bourgeat second
CHAMONIX, France (AP) _ Italy's Giorgio Rocca won a men's World Cup slalom race Sunday, beating Frenchman Pierrick Bourgeat into second place. Rocca produced a smooth, faultless second run to win in 1 minute, 29.09 seconds, with Bourgeat clocking 1:29.17. Bode Miller of the United States recaptured some form with a third-place finish, completing the course in 1:29.52, ahead of fourth-placed Rainer Schoenfelder of Austria, who had the fastest first leg time. Meanwhile, 28-year-old Rocca, who now has three World Cup slalom career wins, jumps to the top of the slalom standings with 290 points after four races. Miller wins the combined race, with his times from Saturday's downhill added to those from Sunday's slalom. In other placings during the Sunday slalom, France's Olympic slalom champion Jean-Pierre Vidal finished fifth; Austria's Manfred Pranger sixth; and Austria's Heinz Schilchegger seventh.
11/01/2004 12:35
Gerg wins super-G, Goetschl survives scary fall
VEYSONNAZ, Switzerland (AP) _ Germany's Hilde Gerg won a women's World Cup super-G Sunday for her best result in the discipline this season. The German mastered the soft and deteriorating conditions on the gloomy 1,940-meter (6365-foot) forest-lined Piste de l'Ours course in 1 minute, 21.34 seconds. For the second day in a row, Austrian Michaela Dorfmeister finished runner-up, crossing in 1:21.58. Saturday, she shared second place with Gerg. Austrian Silvia Berger was third, .76 back. Renate Goetschl, who won Saturday's downhill, crashed out near the top of the course but escaped relatively unhurt. The experienced Austrian put too much pressure on the inside of her ski, knocked them together and went careering off course. After laying motionless for several moments, tangled in the safety netting, Goetschl got up and angrily shook her head. "If you want to win, it's at your own risk," Goetschl said in the finish area as she iced the thumb she sprained slightly when she hit the netting. "You have to go to the limit and maybe I took too much risk, but it happens. It's skiing. "It's disappointing but I'm healthy and that's the important thing. Next week in Cortina I'll be super charged." Goetschl, who has been excelling in the speed events this season, will have a chance to redeem herself when the women next travel to Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, where they compete in a pair of super-G and two downhills.
results
11/01/2004 11:00
Schoenfelder takes early lead in slalom
CHAMONIX, France (AP) _ Austria's Rainer Schoenfelder provisionally took the lead Sunday after the opening leg of a men's World Cup slalom ski race. Schoenfelder clocked an impressive time of 43.80 seconds on the Alpine course in Chamonix, pipping Finland's Kalle Palander, second in 43.94, and Austria's Manfred Tranger, third in 44 seconds. "I found the piste very easy," said Palander, winner of two slalom races this season. "I'd even say it's the easiest on the World Cup circuit. It's very flat." In other provisional placings ahead of the deciding leg later Sunday, Olympic slalom champion Jean-Pierre Vidal of France placed 15th, while American Bode Miller managed 10th.
11/01/2004 09:44
Lalive finally puts injuries behind her
VEYSONNAZ, Switzerland (AP) _ It appears that two-time Olympian Caroline Lalive finally put her ugly crash and injuries behind her on Saturday, finishing a remarkable fifth in one of the most difficult downhills on the World Cup circuit. Experienced Austrian veteran Renate Goetschl won the race.
11/01/2004 09:39
Turgeon may not return to slopes this season
QUEBEC (AP) _ Melanie Turgeon, the defending world women's downhill champion, may not return to the slopes this season due to a back injury, according to a newspaper report Saturday. Turgeon could miss the entire World Cup season for the first time in her career.
10/01/2004 14:00
Eberharter takes downhill win in Chamonix
CHAMONIX, France (AP) _ Austria's Stephan Eberharter won a World Cup downhill ski race Saturday, ahead of Norway's Lasse Kjus and Austrian Michael Walchofer. Eberharter won his 15th career downhill _ but his first this season _ in a time of 1 minute, 59.08 seconds. Kjus placed second in 1:59.39 and Walchofer third in 1:59.83 on the Chamonix piste in the French Alps.
results
10/01/2004 12:32
Goetschl wins 2nd straight downhill
VEYSONNAZ, Switzerland (AP) _ Renate Goetschl of Austria won her second straight World Cup downhill Saturday. Her teammate Michaela Dorfmeister and Hilde Gerg of Germany tied for second. Goetschl sped down the Piste de l'Ours in one minute 38.58 seconds, .49 ahead of her nearest rivals. Kirsten Clark of the United States was fourth, .59 of the pace, while teammate Caroline Lalive was fifth in 1:39.57.
10/01/2004 09:39
World Cup event likely to leave Utah
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) _ Park City Mountain Resort will not host the World Cup next year after failing to negotiate a midseason date with the U.S. Ski and Snowboarding Association, officials said Friday. A midseason date would have accommodated the men's and women's World Cup slalom and giant slalalom.
09/01/2004 09:47
Men's downhill wiped out by bad weather
OBERHOFEN, Switzerland (AP) _ A men's downhill race planned for Friday in the French resort of Chamonix has been canceled because of bad weather, the International Ski Federation said. The federation rescheduled the race for Jan. 16 in the Swiss resort of Wengen.
09/01/2004 08:49
Women's downhill training canceled
VEYSONNAZ, Switzerland (AP) _ A women's training session Friday in preparation for a World Cup downhill on the weekend was canceled because of overnight snowfalls, organizers said. Some 30 centimeters (six inches) of snow fell during the night on the top of the 2,500-meter (8202.10-foot) ski run.
08/01/2004 21:08
American newcomer Friedman making his mark
CHAMONIX, France (AP) _ While his countryman Bode Miller is struggling this season, American newcomer Bryon Friedman is making an impression on this season's World Cup ski circuit. The amicable 23-year-old from Park City, Utah, is competing in his first full World Cup season.
08/01/2004 14:14
Goetschl fastest in modified training, Ludlow third
VEYSONNAZ, Switzerland (AP) _ Austria's Renate Goetschl was fastest in training on a course reset for safety reasons Thursday in preparation for the weekend's World Cup downhill. With several women skiing tentatively _ after the dangerous layout of the course forced the cancelation of Wednesday`s downhill.
07/01/2004 13:56
Chamonix (FRA) :Results Downhill Men Training 1
1 ( 28) JAERBYN Patrik SWE 1:59.09
2 ( 44) FRIEDMAN Bryon USA 1:59.31 + 0.22
3 ( 15) EBERHARTER S. AUT 1:59.42 + 0.33
4 ( 11) RAHLVES Daron USA 1:59.52 + 0.43
5 ( 10) KROELL Klaus AUT 1:59.69 + 0.60
6 ( 45) SELETTO Erik ITA 1:59.70 + 0.61
7 ( 14) DENERIAZ A. ...
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General Standing
World cup Leader
Kjus Lasse
14.01.1971 (Siggerud)
Sci: Dynastar
Kjus Lasse 582
Raich Benjamin 581
Maier Hermann 555
Miller Bode 497
Walchhofer Michael 468
Palander Kalle 467
Eberharter Stefan 456
Knauss Hans 454
Schifferer Andreas 423
Solbakken Bjarne 383
World cup Leader
Paerson Anja
25.04.1981 (Tarnaby)
Sci: Salomon
Paerson Anja 752
Götschl Renate 573
Hosp Nicole 506
Gerg Hilde 490
Dorfmeister Michaela 469
Ertl Martina 464
Montillet Carole 437
Meissnitzer Alexandra 406
Clark Kirsten 314
Poutiainen Tanja 284