Audi FIS World Cup: Bormio 2012 - Men's Downhill

Werner Heel

 Travis Ganong

 Benjamin Thomsen

Christof Innerhofer

Erik Guay

Johan Clarey

       No último final de semana do ano aconteceu mais uma etapa do Audi FIS World Cup - Men's Downhill em Bormio, Itália. E uma amostra de como o nível dos atletas encontra-se bastante alto e competitivo, tivemos o empate no 1° lugar. Dominik Paris da Itália e Hannes Reichelt da Áustria fizeram o mesmo tempo e ficaram com a 1ª colocação. Aksel Lund Svindal da Noruega mostrou mais uma vez que tá com um excelente início de temporada, aparecendo mais uma vez no pódio na 3ª posição.

Hannes Reichelt, Dominik Paris, Aksel Lund Svindal

Rank	Bib	FIS Code	Name	Year	Nation	Total Time	FIS Points
1	17	50742	REICHELT Hannes	1980	AUT	1:58.62	0.00
1	10	291459	PARIS Dominik	1989	ITA	1:58.62	0.00
3	19	421328	SVINDAL Aksel Lund	1982	NOR	1:58.63	0.12
4	22	50753	KROELL Klaus	1980	AUT	1:58.64	0.23
5	16	191740	CLAREY Johan	1981	FRA	1:58.94	3.70
6	7	292514	HEEL Werner	1982	ITA	1:59.04	4.85
7	25	530874	GANONG Travis	1988	USA	1:59.11	5.66
8	18	51215	BAUMANN Romed	1986	AUT	1:59.28	7.62
9	13	293006	INNERHOFER Christof	1984	ITA	1:59.29	7.74
10	14	192746	THEAUX Adrien	1984	FRA	1:59.32	8.08
11	28	201606	KEPPLER Stephan	1983	GER	1:59.61	11.43
11	15	292455	FILL Peter	1982	ITA	1:59.61	11.43
13	3	191964	POISSON David	1982	FRA	1:59.77	13.28
14	35	180570	ROMAR Andreas	1989	FIN	1:59.81	13.74
15	9	103271	THOMSEN Benjamin	1987	CAN	1:59.87	14.44
16	33	194190	ROGER Brice	1990	FRA	1:59.97	15.59
17	12	102271	HUDEC Jan	1981	CAN	2:00.10	17.09
18	5	102899	OSBORNE-PARADIS Manuel	1984	CAN	2:00.13	17.44
19	23	192932	FAYED Guillermo	1985	FRA	2:00.14	17.56
20	8	510727	DEFAGO Didier	1977	SUI	2:00.49	21.60
21	30	51332	SCHEIBER Florian	1987	AUT	2:00.56	22.41
22	31	560332	JERMAN Andrej	1978	SLO	2:00.60	22.87
23	2	510890	ZURBRIGGEN Silvan	1981	SUI	2:00.66	23.56
24	20	102263	GUAY Erik	1981	CAN	2:00.68	23.79
25	48	54005	STRIEDINGER Otmar	1991	AUT	2:00.73	24.37
26	26	533866	NYMAN Steven	1982	USA	2:00.79	25.06
27	39	511847	MANI Nils	1992	SUI	2:00.80	25.18
28	1	191591	BERTRAND Yannick	1980	FRA	2:00.91	26.45
29	29	511139	KUENG Patrick	1984	SUI	2:00.95	26.91
30	49	561216	KLINE Bostjan	1991	SLO	2:01.02	27.72
31	37	294277	KLOTZ Siegmar	1987	ITA	2:01.06	28.18
32	36	200379	SANDER Andreas	1989	GER	2:01.38	31.88
33	52	530939	WEIBRECHT Andrew	1986	USA	2:01.42	32.34
34	41	293550	MARSAGLIA Matteo	1985	ITA	2:01.54	33.72
34	38	293141	VARETTONI Silvano	1984	ITA	2:01.54	33.72
36	4	561067	PERKO Rok	1985	SLO	2:01.98	38.81
37	21	421483	JANSRUD Kjetil	1985	NOR	2:02.04	39.50
38	43	511634	SPESCHA Christian	1989	SUI	2:02.06	39.73
39	46	400281	VAN HEEK Marvin	1991	NED	2:02.29	42.39
40	53	491151	DE LA CUESTA Paul	1988	SPA	2:02.32	42.73
41	42	53936	DUERAGER Markus	1990	AUT	2:03.17	52.55
42	32	53981	KROELL Johannes	1991	AUT	2:03.37	54.86
43	55	202323	LINDEBNER Anton	1991	GER	2:04.30	65.60
44	51	294904	PANGRAZZI Paolo	1988	ITA	2:04.32	65.83
Did not finish 1st run
	54	660021	DANILOCHKIN Yuri	1991	BLR
	50	511808	SCHMED Fernando	1991	SUI
	47	202125	ZEPNIK Philipp	1988	GER
	45	193034	BOUILLOT Alexandre	1985	FRA
	44	531452	BIESEMEYER Thomas	1989	USA
	40	511981	WEBER Ralph	1993	SUI
	34	53902	MAYER Matthias	1990	AUT
	27	511529	GISIN Marc	1988	SUI
	24	50858	STREITBERGER Georg	1981	AUT
	11	51327	PUCHNER Joachim	1987	AUT
	6	560447	SPORN Andrej	1981	SLO

Dominik Paris - ITA

Dominik Paris

It’s amazing, it was my dream to win a Downhill in the World Cup - and now I finally won it... its amazing!

Tying with Reichelt doesn't make any difference - I am only happy to be on top. I had the fasters run, and that more than enough. I had a good run in the top and then in the bottom I skied very good and fast. I was very nervous in the leader box because I know the others behind will ski well... but it turned out good now. It is totally amazing to win here in Bormio, I can't say anything just that it was a dream come true.

Hannes Reichelt- AUT

Hannes Reichelt

I am so glad that I had that hundredth of a second on my side this year because in 2008 I was a hundredth slower then Defago. But this year Kroell who was only two hundredths of a second behind Paris and me was not on the podium, that was really crazy. I feel like I am back in downhill because my last races were really bad but I felt confident today. I think equipment today was very important because if the skies are stable on this bumpy slope it helps you to ski fast. During the Christmas break we did a good job, I did a lot of testing and now I can say I am on the right wave back. The year is ending really, really nice.

Aksel Lund Svindal - NOR

Aksel Lund Svindal

It’s crazy, four guys within two hundredths on one of the toughest Downhills in the world, but that was Bormio this year - it must have been a cool race on TV also. One of the Austrian commentators mentioned it was on of the best races he has commented so it must have been an exciting race. 

I can't remember a race exactly this close... I remember other really close races like at the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Games when the podium was separated by only 0.09 seconds. But, as a ski racer you almost get used to it, its actually kind of crazy like that. In a way you always look back and try to see where you could have made up the time, but on the other side you always do you best and you never really have that perfect run. For sure there is that one mistake at the bottom that I wish I had back, but that's ski racing. I think that as long as you are fighting for the win like I am today, sometimes you get it and sometimes you don't. But racing is a lot of fun when you are in that position.

Mais/more: http://www.fis-ski.com

Fotos: Francis Bompard/Agence Zoom/Getty Images Europe

Audi FIS Alpine Ski World Cup 2012 - Men's Downhill

Bode Miller

Benjamin Raich

Carlo Janka

Ivica Kostelic

     Nesse sábado aconteceu mais uma etapa do Audi FIS Alpine Ski World Cup - Men's Downhill em Sochi, Rússia. Beat Feuz da Suiça ficou com o 1° lugar, Benjamin Thomsen do Canadá ficou em 2° lugar e Adrien Theaux da França ficou com o 3° lugar.

Benjamin Thomsen, Beat Feuz, Adrien Theaux

Beat Feuz

Rank	Bib	FIS Code	Name	Year	Nation	Total Time	FIS Points
1	16	511383	FEUZ Beat	1987	SUI	2:14.10	0.00
2	27	103271	THOMSEN Benjamin	1987	CAN	2:14.37	2.68
3	8	192746	THEAUX Adrien	1984	FRA	2:14.69	5.85
4	21	532431	MILLER Bode	1977	USA	2:14.71	6.05
5	7	511313	JANKA Carlo	1986	SUI	2:14.75	6.45
6	14	51327	PUCHNER Joachim	1987	AUT	2:14.84	7.34
7	6	421483	JANSRUD Kjetil	1985	NOR	2:14.91	8.03
8	22	50753	KROELL Klaus	1980	AUT	2:15.00	8.93
9	18	50742	REICHELT Hannes	1980	AUT	2:15.21	11.01
10	11	510727	DEFAGO Didier	1977	SUI	2:15.24	11.31
11	30	291459	PARIS Dominik	1989	ITA	2:15.33	12.20
12	20	510030	CUCHE Didier	1974	SUI	2:15.41	12.99
13	13	421328	SVINDAL Aksel Lund	1982	NOR	2:15.61	14.98
14	17	51215	BAUMANN Romed	1986	AUT	2:15.65	15.37
15	48	294277	KLOTZ Siegmar	1987	ITA	2:15.69	15.77
16	37	200379	SANDER Andreas	1989	GER	2:15.73	16.17
17	41	180570	ROMAR Andreas	1989	FIN	2:15.76	16.46
18	40	990081	CASSE Mattia	1990	ITA	2:15.78	16.66
19	44	191964	POISSON David	1982	FRA	2:15.80	16.86
20	19	102263	GUAY Erik	1981	CAN	2:15.88	17.65
21	5	292455	FILL Peter	1982	ITA	2:15.96	18.45
22	12	191740	CLAREY Johan	1981	FRA	2:15.97	18.55
23	36	293550	MARSAGLIA Matteo	1985	ITA	2:16.06	19.44
24	10	102271	HUDEC Jan	1981	CAN	2:16.09	19.74
25	26	50858	STREITBERGER Georg	1981	AUT	2:16.21	20.93
26	15	560447	SPORN Andrej	1981	SLO	2:16.36	22.41
27	24	53817	FRANZ Max	1989	AUT	2:16.56	24.40
27	3	192932	FAYED Guillermo	1985	FRA	2:16.56	24.40
29	31	380260	KOSTELIC Ivica	1979	CRO	2:16.77	26.48
30	23	51005	SCHEIBER Mario	1983	AUT	2:16.78	26.58
31	2	530874	GANONG Travis	1988	USA	2:16.95	28.27
32	25	510890	ZURBRIGGEN Silvan	1981	SUI	2:17.21	30.84
33	42	561087	MARKIC Gasper	1986	SLO	2:17.28	31.54
34	53	192504	MERMILLOD BLONDIN Thomas	1984	FRA	2:17.34	32.13
35	50	294904	PANGRAZZI Paolo	1988	ITA	2:17.40	32.73
36	39	501076	OLSSON Hans	1984	SWE	2:17.66	35.31
37	1	191591	BERTRAND Yannick	1980	FRA	2:17.75	36.20
38	47	561216	KLINE Bostjan	1991	SLO	2:17.97	38.38
39	35	533131	SULLIVAN Marco	1980	USA	2:18.03	38.98
40	28	510767	HOFFMANN Ambrosi	1977	SUI	2:18.15	40.17
41	32	50625	RAICH Benjamin	1978	AUT	2:18.58	44.43
42	43	380292	ZRNCIC-DIM Natko	1986	CRO	2:18.67	45.33
43	45	561067	PERKO Rok	1985	SLO	2:19.59	54.45
44	46	481705	GLEBOV Alek	1983	RUS	2:20.44	62.88
45	58	481196	BYSTROV Andrey	1991	RUS	2:21.51	73.49
46	59	660021	DANILOCHKIN Yuri	1991	BLR	2:21.73	75.67
46	55	380298	SIROKI Tin	1987	CRO	2:21.73	75.67
48	61	92534	CHONGAROV Nikola	1989	BUL	2:23.76	95.81
Did not start 1st run
	63	700830	ZAMPA Adam	1990	SVK
	62	30149	SIMARI BIRKNER Cristian Javier	1980	ARG
	60	150644	KRYZL Krystof	1986	CZE
	56	194364	PINTURAULT Alexis	1991	FRA
	49	510997	BERTHOD Marc	1983	SUI
	33	534562	LIGETY Ted	1984	USA
	29	201606	KEPPLER Stephan	1983	GER
Did not finish 1st run
	64	550022	RODE Roberts	1987	LAT
	57	481054	MURAVYEV Ivan	1989	RUS
	54	20267	ESTEVE Kevin	1989	AND
	52	53902	MAYER Matthias	1990	AUT
	51	510747	GRUENENFELDER Tobias	1977	SUI
	38	511142	LUEOEND Vitus	1984	SUI
	34	530939	WEIBRECHT Andrew	1986	USA
	9	293006	INNERHOFER Christof	1984	ITA
	4	534939	FISHER Erik	1985	USA

Beat Feuz -SUI

Beat Feuz

Beat Feuz

Beat Feuz

"It's a great story to win on my birthday and then being congratulated by President Medvedev at the awards ceremony. It has been pretty impressive. I didn't expect as much today. I didn't overdo it at the top where I never skied so well these past days to save energy for the finale,"

"After Wengen, I struggled a bit but it's great to be back in contention for all these titles. It's a great motivation for the end of the season."

 Benjamin Thomse - CAN 

Benjamin Thomsen

Benjamin Thomsen

Benjamin Thomsen

"It's a dream. The World Cup has always been my passion as my dad is a ski coach,"


Adrien Theaux - FRA

Adrien Theaux

Adrien Theaux

Adrien Theaux

 "It's super tough physically. It's like Bormio, only longer," 3rd placed Adrien Theaux said. "It's also a little tight for our taste in the upper part, but they promised to change that for the Games. In any case, these are great facilities. I don't know how they did it in only two years but they did a great job,"

Mais/more: http://www.fisalpine.com

Fotos: Vianney Thibaut/Agence Zoom/Getty Images Europe
           Francis Bompard/Agence Zoom/Getty Images Europe 
           Clive Rose/Getty Images Europe