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Posted: Jan 13, 2005 - 6:31 PM GMT CREDIT: www.eurosports.com + Reuters News Service for the following reports. Werner fastest at Wengen Austria's Werner Franz clocked the fastest time in training ahead of Friday's downhill in Wengen, Switzerland. Compatriot Hermann Maier was second, while Swiss home hope Bruno Kernen popped up in third. Bormio: Miller getting readyLeading times from Wednesday's training run for the men's Alpine Skiing World Cup downhill on Friday:1. Werner Franz (Austria) 2:29.112. Hermann Maier (Austria) 2:29.183. Bruno Kernen (Switzerland) 2:29.394. Alessandro Fattori (Italy) 2:29.475. Kristian Ghedina (Itlay) 2:29.576. Klaus Kroell (Austria) 2:30.167. Michael Walchhofer (Austria) 2:30.278. Christoph Gruber (Austria) 2:30.829= Kurt Sulzenbacher (Italy) 2:31.079= Juerg Gruenenfelder (Switzerland) 2:31.07 Eurosport - 12/01/05 Kernen: "Watch for me!" Skiing in his backyard, Bruno Kernen - better known as a speed specialist - hopes to bring a smile to Swiss faces in the combined in Wengen. "Watch for me," warned the 32-year old former world champion in the downhill - who won two years ago - also in the downhill - on the same Lauberhorn. WENGEN: Everything you wanted to know about the combined PALANDER: Bring back Tomba Sandwiched between Kjetl Andre Aamodt and Hermann Maier with bib #16 for the slalom, Kernen fancies his chances:The new format for the combined means a single slalom run and a shortened downhill and Kernen hopes to capitalize on home snow advantage:"I am home in the Bernese Oberland, I have already had in Adelboden the best giant slalom result in my career this week."Kernen, who finished 10th on Tuesday, insists that he's not just a speedster:"I trained last summer with [Swiss slalom specialist] Silvan Zurbriggen and I was as fast. It looks like it's going to be the week of my life."ANXIOUS BODE, BLAZE KJUSNot everyone shares his enthusiasm.Overall World Cup leader Bode Miller - one of the pre-race favourites - has his doubts: "I think that taking some slalom time off the combined is a bit against me because slalom is my strength but we will see what happens."But for another specialist, Norwegian veteran Lasse Kjus, you can change the rules, but a combined remains a combined:I think that it doesn't matter what you do. You will always find the same five in front." Eurosport - François Picard with hs 13/01/2005 Send this story Lauberhorn hosts new-look combined Friday sees the inauguration of the new-look World Cup downhill/slalom combined Wengen: a thrilling race involving one slalom run and a shortened downhill, contested within a few hours of each other. Let us briefly explain the rules of this world premiere - a rarity on the World Cup calendar. Miller has the Lauberhorn Bormio: downhill agendaA combination of both the downhill and slalom Alpine events, mixing sheer speed with technique, the competitors' times for both disciplines are added together and the fastest overall time wins.It's a race against the clock and the usual rules of downhill and slalom apply. The combined event is not to be confused with the World Cup combined rankings (which is the simple addition of all points gained by racers in the separate Alpine disciplines). All competitors entered for the Combined who finish the slalom leg qualify for the downhill. The top thirty will, as is the custom in the technical events, start the second leg in reverse order, before the rest of the field.Only with the Olympics in 1988 did the Combined become an event in itself, but this race upon the Lauberhorn at Wengen on Friday will be a world premiere: for the first time the slalom run and the shortened downhill will be contested within in a few hours of each other.The discipline is rare on the World Cup circuit but it's a fixture at major events like the Olympics and World Championships where it's expanded to include a downhill followed by two slalom runs.Slalom skiers usually win the event as downhill specialists struggle to master the tight, technical turns needed for a good slalom run.Most winning times on the World Cup circuit (one downhill, one slalom race) are between four and four-and-a-half minutes.It's one of the few Alpine events where Austria doesn't traditionally dominate. Norway are habitually the nation to beat, with the main threat coming from veteran Kjetil Andre Aamodt, one of the greatest all-round skiers ever.The Norwegian has won both the Olympic and World Championship combined titles and loves the pressure of big events. A master of consistence he rarely crashes out of events, always giving himself a chance to win.But, just as Austria are now longer the major dominant force, nor is Aamodt the main man to watch. Bode Miller's meteoric rise in this season's speed events must put him as clear favourite to win the Combination.Yet the American's recent shaky slalom form might cast some doubts over his chances. Although he took the slalom at Sestrieres back in early December, Miller has failed to finish in three other attempts.A renowned risk-taker, Miller has a high chance of spinning out and not completing the two legs, unlike his more stable Norwegian counterpart Aarmodt."My best result in Wengen so far has been in the combined," Miller pointed out on Wednesday, in reference to his two second-place finishes in 2002 and 2003. "Apart from that, I've never been on the podium here, although I did come fourth in a 1999 slalom." Eurosport - Felix Lowe 12/01/05 Fog cancels Lauberhorn training Persistent fog forced organisers to cancel the second day of training on Thursday for Saturday's men's downhill race in Wengen. Local weather forecasts are anticipating clearer skies for the rest of the weekend. ALPINE SKIING: 2004-05 Calendar SESTRIERES: Miller makes history The cancelled session will not have any effect on the running on the race after the first training run went ahead successfully on Wednesday.Austria's Werner Franz set the fastest time followed by compatriot Hermann Maier and local favourite Bruno Kernen.Action begins on Friday with a super combination race involving a slalom run and a shortened downhill.Saturday's showcase downhill is followed by a slalom on Sunday. Reuters - 13/01/2005 |
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