Audi FIS World Cup 2012 - Men's Giant Slalom

Aksel Lund Svindal

Alexis Pinturault

Hannes Reichelt

Ted Ligety

Thomas Fanara

     Última prova da temporada, decisão do overhall e ainda disputa sendo em casa; mas isso tudo não pareceu ser muita pressão para Marcel Hirscher da Áustria. Ele não só conquistou o overhall com também ficou com o 1° lugar no Giant Slalom durante Audi FIS World Cup - Men's Giant Slalom  em Schladming, Áustria. Porém a Áustria comemorou ainda mais, pois o pódio do Giant Slalom foi todo austríaco: Hannes Reichelt ficou com 2° lugar e Marcel Mathis ficou com o 3° lugar.

Hannes Reichelt, Marcel Hirscher, Marcel Mathis

Marcel Hirscher

Rank	Bib	FIS Code	Name	Year	Nation	Run 1	Run 2	Total Time	FIS Points
1	4	53831	HIRSCHER Marcel	1989	AUT	1:11.21	1:14.32	2:25.53	0.00
2	1	50742	REICHELT Hannes	1980	AUT	1:10.99	1:14.73	2:25.72	1.14
3	20	53985	MATHIS Marcel	1991	AUT	1:12.58	1:13.50	2:26.08	3.29
4	3	194364	PINTURAULT Alexis	1991	FRA	1:11.23	1:15.05	2:26.28	4.48
5	15	191750	FANARA Thomas	1981	FRA	1:12.55	1:14.54	2:27.09	9.33
6	21	192665	GRANGE Jean-Baptiste	1984	FRA	1:13.49	1:13.93	2:27.42	11.30
7	10	292120	SIMONCELLI Davide	1979	ITA	1:12.25	1:15.25	2:27.50	11.78
8	24	501324	OLSSON Matts	1988	SWE	1:13.60	1:14.11	2:27.71	13.03
9	19	192506	MISSILLIER Steve	1984	FRA	1:12.99	1:14.76	2:27.75	13.27
10	13	50625	RAICH Benjamin	1978	AUT	1:12.43	1:15.36	2:27.79	13.51
11	12	191423	RICHARD Cyprien	1979	FRA	1:12.87	1:15.16	2:28.03	14.95
12	16	510727	DEFAGO Didier	1977	SUI	1:13.29	1:14.79	2:28.08	15.24
13	11	421483	JANSRUD Kjetil	1985	NOR	1:13.29	1:14.91	2:28.20	15.96
14	25	420148	KARLSEN Truls Ove	1975	NOR	1:13.29	1:15.16	2:28.45	17.46
15	23	292491	MOELGG Manfred	1982	ITA	1:14.01	1:14.59	2:28.60	18.35
16	8	421328	SVINDAL Aksel Lund	1982	NOR	1:12.29	1:16.35	2:28.64	18.59
17	18	501017	MYHRER Andre	1983	SWE	1:14.09	1:14.78	2:28.87	19.97
18	9	180534	SANDELL Marcus	1987	FIN	1:12.86	1:16.15	2:29.01	20.80
19	14	511313	JANKA Carlo	1986	SUI	1:14.43	1:14.73	2:29.16	21.70
20	5	51007	SCHOERGHOFER Philipp	1983	AUT	1:12.39	1:16.78	2:29.17	21.76
21	27	511383	FEUZ Beat	1987	SUI	1:14.28	1:15.03	2:29.31	22.60
22	28	293006	INNERHOFER Christof	1984	ITA	1:13.99	1:15.59	2:29.58	24.21
23	17	51215	BAUMANN Romed	1986	AUT	1:13.88	1:15.83	2:29.71	24.99
24	30	422304	KRISTOFFERSEN Henrik	1994	NOR	1:19.26	1:13.94	2:33.20	45.85
25	6	534562	LIGETY Ted	1984	USA	1:22.15	1:13.41	2:35.56	59.96
26	26	510030	CUCHE Didier	1974	SUI	1:14.64	4:29.92	5:44.56	1189.83
Disqualified 2nd run
	7	292000	BLARDONE Massimiliano	1979	ITA
Did not start 1st run
	29	192746	THEAUX Adrien	1984	FRA
Did not finish 2nd run
	22	990048	BORSOTTI Giovanni	1990	ITA
	2	202462	DOPFER Fritz	1987	GER

Marcel Hirscher - AUT

Marcel Hirscher

Marcel Hirscher

Marcel Hirscher

In my wildest dreams I couldn’t have imagined a day like today,” Hirscher said. “Winning the GS cup, winning today’s race and winning the Overall in front of this crowd- when I live just a few kilometers away... Having my two teammates on the podium feels just like a bonus. I am so, so happy and overwhelmed. This has been a hectic time for me and I was just trying to stay focused on my skiing, not let all that talk about the globes get to me. Everyone has been speculating about that crystal globe while for me it was still all just about winning races, I almost found it boring because at some point it seemed as if for everyone else but me it became more about the numbers than about skiing. Even now, things could still happen in theory and as long as I don’t have the Overall globe in my hands I will not get euphoric about it. I have a hard time believing it’s real.

Hannes Reichelt - AUT

Hannes Reichelt

Hannes Reichelt

Hannes Reichelt

Today I did not lose my first GS victory, today I owned an amazing 2^nd place, Reichelt said. It’s great to be on the podium in such company. Times were so close today and I am glad to see we have such a strong team. When I train with these guys I know that if I’m fastest in training- I am capable of winning races. I might be the oldest on the podium today, it’s hard to keep up with these young guys but I like to think I am like wine- I get better with time. Now I have to concentrate on training and getting ready for next season- maybe than it will be my time for a GS victory.

Marcel Mathis - AUT

Marcel Mathis

Marcel Mathis

I was already really happy with how things went in Bansko, I was surprised to say the least Mathis who is only 20 years old said. “But than to achieve this podium in front of my crowd is something special. I started my season setting my goals in the Europa Cup Tour, than things started going really well really past- I got a spot on the World Cup Tour and even landed two podiums. That was really, really unexpected. This race gives me so much confidence and motivation for the training we have lined up for the upcoming summer months.

      Marcel Hirscher da Áustria ganhou o Overall World Cup Giant slalom globe, Ted Ligety dos EUA ficou com o 2° lugar e Massimiliano Blardone da Itália ficou com o 3° lugar.

Ted Ligety, Marcel Hirscher, Massimiliano Blardone

Marcel Hirscher

      Ivica Kostelic da Croacia ganhou the Overall Combined globe, Beat Feuz da Suiça ficou com o 2° lugar e Romed Baumann da Áustria ficou com o 3° lugar.

Beat Feuz, Ivica Kostelic, Romed Baumann

Ivica Kostelic

       O dia foi especial não só para os austríacos, Didier Cuche da Suiça que anunciou essa temporada sua aposentadoria proporcionou um momento muito especial. É sempre um pouco triste ver um atleta de alto nível se aposentando, porém é sempre uma emoção ver tamanha alegria no aproveitamento nesses últimos momentos. E Didier Cuche merece.

Didier Cuche

 It was fun to come down the slope with some old skis today- in the past 40 or 60 years skiracing and material has gone so much forward. It’s a rollercoaster of emotions and even though I love the sport, I know I don’t have the motivation for all the aspects that need to be covered if I want to keep racing. It was time for me to go…

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