All Sports Lovers : Audi FIS Alpine Ski World Cup

Benjamin Thomsen

Patrick Kueng

No dia 12 de Março durante Audi FIS Alpine Ski World Cup ocorreu Men's Downhill em Kvitfjell, Noruega. Michael Walchhofer da Áustria ficou com o 1° lugar, Klaus Kroell também da Áustria ficou com o 2° lugar e Beat Feuz da Suiça ficou com o 3° lugar.

Klaus Kroell, Michael Walchhofer, Beat Feuz

Rank	Bib	FIS Code	Name	Nation	Total Time	FIS Points
1	22	50041	WALCHHOFER Michael	AUT	1:45.92	0.00
2	20	50753	KROELL Klaus	AUT	1:46.05	1.63
3	13	511383	FEUZ Beat	SUI	1:46.23	3.89
4	9	560447	SPORN Andrej	SLO	1:46.48	7.03
5	8	511139	KUENG Patrick	SUI	1:46.61	8.66
6	14	511313	JANKA Carlo	SUI	1:46.66	9.29
7	52	293550	MARSAGLIA Matteo	ITA	1:46.88	12.05
7	21	510030	CUCHE Didier	SUI	1:46.88	12.05
9	11	560332	JERMAN Andrej	SLO	1:46.94	12.81
10	23	510767	HOFFMANN Ambrosi	SUI	1:47.00	13.56
11	7	192746	THEAUX Adrien	FRA	1:47.04	14.06
12	18	102263	GUAY Erik	CAN	1:47.07	14.44
13	10	293006	INNERHOFER Christof	ITA	1:47.10	14.82
14	16	51215	BAUMANN Romed	AUT	1:47.12	15.07
15	30	102271	HUDEC Jan	CAN	1:47.13	15.19
15	29	191740	CLAREY Johan	FRA	1:47.13	15.19
17	3	511529	GISIN Marc	SUI	1:47.22	16.32
18	26	191591	BERTRAND Yannick	FRA	1:47.26	16.83
19	25	501076	OLSSON Hans	SWE	1:47.27	16.95
20	24	533866	NYMAN Steven	USA	1:47.34	17.83
21	1	380260	KOSTELIC Ivica	CRO	1:47.48	19.59
22	15	292455	FILL Peter	ITA	1:47.49	19.71
23	4	500150	JAERBYN Patrik	SWE	1:47.55	20.47
24	48	150398	BANK Ondrej	CZE	1:47.63	21.47
25	47	534939	FISHER Erik	USA	1:47.64	21.60
25	2	51327	PUCHNER Joachim	AUT	1:47.64	21.60
27	43	180570	ROMAR Andreas	FIN	1:47.74	22.85
27	31	421483	JANSRUD Kjetil	NOR	1:47.74	22.85
29	19	510890	ZURBRIGGEN Silvan	SUI	1:47.82	23.86
30	36	511142	LUEOEND Vitus	SUI	1:47.85	24.23
31	12	292514	HEEL Werner	ITA	1:48.05	26.75
32	42	380292	ZRNCIC-DIM Natko	CRO	1:48.08	27.12
33	38	50742	REICHELT Hannes	AUT	1:48.10	27.37
34	27	510747	GRUENENFELDER Tobias	SUI	1:48.17	28.25
35	41	53817	FRANZ Max	AUT	1:48.24	29.13
36	44	294911	PATSCHEIDER Hagen	ITA	1:48.25	29.26
37	17	421328	SVINDAL Aksel Lund	NOR	1:48.36	30.64
38	6	291459	PARIS Dominik	ITA	1:48.37	30.76
39	28	192932	FAYED Guillermo	FRA	1:48.39	31.01
40	51	103271	THOMSEN Benjamin	CAN	1:48.42	31.39
41	40	53981	KROELL Johannes	AUT	1:48.44	31.64
42	50	561216	KLINE Bostjan	SLO	1:48.49	32.27
43	37	191964	POISSON David	FRA	1:48.84	36.67
44	45	930024	MAPLE Wiley	USA	1:48.96	38.17
45	33	294277	KLOTZ Siegmar	ITA	1:48.97	38.30
46	32	534562	LIGETY Ted	USA	1:48.99	38.55
47	46	100558	COOK Dustin	CAN	1:49.02	38.93
48	34	510498	ZUEGER Cornel	SUI	1:49.16	40.68
49	55	50600	GOERGL Stephan	AUT	1:49.36	43.19
50	54	103656	HALBERT Kelby	CAN	1:49.47	44.58
51	56	191746	DE TESSIERES Gauthier	FRA	1:49.66	46.96
52	57	531799	FORD Tommy	USA	1:50.94	63.03

Did not finish 1st run

53	501230	ERICSSON Daniel	SWE
49	561087	MARKIC Gasper	SLO
39	561067	PERKO Rok	SLO
35	53837	KRAMER Manuel	AUT
5	201606	KEPPLER Stephan	GER

Michael Walchhofer - AUT

“I surely can retire now, I won them all, I’m so happy and so proud of myself,” an elated Walchhofer told the press after his run. “I felt so good today, my skis were flying over the snow, it was very exciting,” he added. “I immediately saw that I was very fast when I flew longer than expected in the air at the first jumps, I was very focused and determined too. My 3rd place in yesterday’s race gave me wings, it has been a strong boost for my confidence and it helped me to attack the course with great determination. It has been a long time since I last had that feeling of moving so close to perfection. It was awesome,” commented the veteran from Zauchensee.

“The fact that I move ahead of Didier Cuche in the downhill standings is amazing too – I came here with a delay of 65 points and I thought after the training run that my chances to challenge him till the end were over. But then I found back my winning attitude and achieved a great run in yesterday’s race. I was very satisfied with my 3rd place as the race conditions were not so good for the higher numbers and I knew I could do even better. Today I was a little nervous before my start, just enough to find the right attitude between being aggressive when it counted yet relaxed enough to let my skis run smoothly in the gliding sections.”

“In past seasons, it was much easier for me to find that ‘zone’ because ski racing was all my life and I was eager to achieve a great career. But things have changed in the meantime, I have three kids now and it’s easier to be distracted now. I often had difficulties this year to approach my limits and be totally focused on my races so I made some strange mistakes here and there. But here it clicked perfectly – I skied like in the old days and I’m so happy to be fighting again for a fourth downhill globe. It’s really great when you look back at my last season – I’m happy to have decided to go on for this last season, there is nothing better for an athlete than to leave the scene at the top of his form.”

Klaus Kroell - AUT