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Posted: Feb 12, 2005 - 8:24 AM GMT Quote: PRE RACE HYPE: Knocking on history's door, "Bode Miller will attempt to make history again on Saturday as he goes for gold in the slalom at the world championships." NEWS SOURCE: www.eurosport.com Knocking on history's door Bode Miller will attempt to make history again on Saturday as he goes for gold in the slalom at the world championships. Facing strong competition from Austria's top slalom skiers, Miller is bidding to become the first man ever to win career world titles in five different events. His biggest obstacle however may be his own recent loss of form in what was once his strongest discipline. In December, the American World Cup leader celebrated an historic slalom win in Sestriere to become only the second man -- after Luxembourg's Marc Girardelli -- to win races in all four individual disciplines in the same season. He also achieved the feat in a record time of just 16 days. There have been five slalom races since then, however, and the charismatic Miller has failed to finish any of them, although he remains confident about his chances on Saturday. "I'd have to use a pretty graphic term to describe what the slalom's been like for me this year, so let's just say it's been a strange show," said the 27-year-old who has already won gold in super-G and downhill at these championships. "But there hasn't been any common thread. I've gone round gates, or I've gone down on my side or sometimes I've just skied out. "There were some equipment issues too and because I'm competing in all the disciplines I haven't had a lot of time to train, but I think I've got all those things sorted out now, so I should be good for Saturday." Benjamin Raich is Miller's main rival for this season's overall World Cup title and he is also the strong favourite to deny the American on Saturday. While Miller has been both brilliant and erratic on the World Cup and at these world championships, the 26-year-old Austrian has been a model of high-performing consistency. Contesting three races so far at the championships, Raich has taken medals in all three -- grabbing gold, silver and bronze in the combined, giant slalom and super-G respectively. ACHILLES HEEL While slalom has been the Achilles heel of Miller's season so far, for Raich it has been the backbone. After winning the season's first slalom race in Beaver Creek, the Austrian has finished on the podium an additional three times. Unlike Miller, he has also finished every race in the discipline, with eighth place being his worst performance. Those results have been enough to put Raich on top of the World Cup slalom standings, ahead of fellow Austrians Manfred Pranger and Rainer Schoenfelder, both of whom will be among the title contenders on Saturday. Pranger is definitely the man in form, coming into the competition off the back of two successive World Cup victories -- the first of his career -- in Kitzbuehel and Schladming. Schoenfelder, the dreadlocked, purple nail-varnish wearing 'clown' of the Austrian team, has already shown that his skiing deserves to be taken seriously after winning last season's World Cup slalom title. With just two podium places this season, however, the 27-year-old from Bleiburg looks unlikely to overtake Raich in the slalom standings this year and may view Saturday's race as his last chance for a trophy this year. Italy's Rocca, currently fourth in the World Cup slalom standings, will meanwhile be looking to add a second medal to the bronze which he won in last week's combined event. Injury-plagued reigning slalom world champion Croatia's Ivica Kostelic could be a medal contender after returning from another period out of action while former world champion Mario Matt could feature on the podium. Reuters - 11/02/2005 nullPRE RACE HYPE: Knocking on history's door, "Bode Miller will attempt to make history again on Saturday as he goes for gold in the slalom at the world championships |
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Posted: Feb 12, 2005 - 8:33 AM GMT The reluctant hero Bode Miller www.eurosport.com Alpine skiing badly needed a charismatic champion and in American Bode Miller the sport has found a man who can appeal beyond the ranks of enthusiasts. Miller has dominated men's events at the world championships, winning gold in super-G and downhill and even capturing the spotlight in defeat. BORMIO 2005: Miller mono-ski His attempt to complete the Stelvio course on one leg after losing a ski during the combined race will be better remembered than many of the technically perfect winning runs in the Italian resort. The crowd lapped up Miller the showman even if head coach Phil McNichol was less impressed by the showboating that risked serious injury. The one-ski exhibition was typical Miller -- doing what comes naturally without worrying about the consequences. When on the World Cup tour in Europe, Miller, who was brought up in a cabin without electricity, lives in a camper van dubbed "the Bodemobile" rather than in the team hotel. Asked recently by a journalist how much energy he needs to compete in all the sport's disciplines, Miller's deadpan reply was: "47. I need 47 energy". Rather than basking in his success at these championships he talked in a newspaper column about quitting, or taking a year out, or forming his own team, or even his own rival tour. "You just don't always know what you're dealing with or what his attitude is going to be on any day," coach McNichol said this week. BREAKS CONVENTIONS It is this willingness to break conventions that makes the 27-year-old from New Hampshire stand out on the circuit. Austria's Hermann Maier, whose gold in Thursday's giant slalom completed a remarkable return from a career-threatening motorcycle injury, is a man who demands and merits the respect of all in the sport. While Maier appears on talk shows and magazine covers in Austria where he is the country's number one sportsman, his international appeal has been limited. Not since Italian Alberto Tomba has skiing had an internationally marketable racer capable of attracting the crowds from North America to Norway. Tomba's status is demonstrated whenever he returns to a race as a commentator or sponsor's frontman -- he is surrounded by autograph-hunters and people desperate to have their photo taken with the former Olympic champion. Tomba grinned when asked about Miller's one-ski performance and offbeat approach. "When I was kissing the snow and jumping around in my underwear I was winning," said Tomba. "You have to be on top and then you can talk. The public likes Bode -- either he wins or he falls over. He isn't interested in finishing second or third." The public does indeed like Bode but the problem is that Miller doesn't always enjoy the attention. After his sizzling start to the season, when he scored six wins including a triumph in each discipline, he said he had considered quitting the sport. "The interviews with the media and the stuff with the fans border on harassment," he said. "At the end of the day that's not something I want to subject myself to, if I can help it. Whenever I quit, that's probably what will make me stop, not failing athletic ability". Yet it was only two years ago that Miller won a giant slalom at Alta Badia wearing a helmet emblazoned `For Rent' due to the absence of a sponsor. The sponsor he found was an Italian pasta company and not an American hamburger firm, demonstrating vividly that Miller lives in two very different worlds. In Austria a tabloid newspaper splashed a photo of his Austrian girlfriend on the front page. Italy's Gazzetta dello Sport provided details of his drinking after his super-G gold. Everywhere on the circuit he is the centre of attention. But Miller could walk down a busy street in New York City without turning a head and the impression is that is how he likes it. If his success continues at the Winter Olympics in Turin next year such anonymity might prove a short-lived luxury. Reuters - 11/02/2005 and www.eurosport.com |
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Posted: Feb 12, 2005 - 9:29 AM GMT Quote: RACE TIME - Bode Miller In The HUNT...... First Seed Results SL: 10:23 Manfred Moelgg pitched down and out, the Italian pitched horizontal on a bumper off the top... 10:21 BODE BUSTS A MOVE, the American hauling out of the start house... Miller hugging a tight line, cutting and carving off the top... He's fast but watching his wits, running safe to the finish for provisional fifth, just 0.74 sec off the mark. Miller perfectly placed for the second leg!!!! 10:16 The race, however, continues, with Thomas Grandi hitting the hill.... the Canadian making mincemeat of the top section... He's successfully through the banana gate, hip-slinging a super rhythm. One second back at the finish, Grandi in for provisional fifth... He'll be in the hunt in the final... 10:15 Word now filtering through that the Finnish team is likely to submit an official protest. Controversy in Bormio, as the hill prep work comes hot under fire... 10:12 Palander putting up a protest, the Finn absolutely in a rage... There's a deep rut grooved into the hill just off the top, which Palander is saying sabotaged his chances... Course workers now trying desperately to patch up the hill. Palander, however, unlikely to get a second go... 10:11 Flying Finn Kalle Palander... Fourth in the GS... NO!!! Palander out -- it's the same gate that took out Kostelic... 10:09 Mario Matt moving for Austria... Back on the tails off the top, Matt bumping the snow with his butt... He somehow recovers, but can't re-find his line... Matt again hooking a gate, way off his trajectory and now off the course. DNF!! 10:07 Ivica Kostelic of Croatia... His sister won the women's slalom yesterday... Can he make it a family affair??? NO!!! Kostelic straddles a gate halfway home, cut out by a rut... DNF!!! 10:06 The crowd goes giddy, the Italian fans cheering one of their own, Giorgio Rocca, a BIG favourite for today's win... Rocca rocking and rolling, hip-slinging these gates... The Italian in touch at the finish... WHERE'S HE PLACE??? Third, but just a sliver-thin 0.20 sec off the mark... 10:05 All the big guns stacked at the top of this 149-strong start list, the favourites taking advantage of a clean course... Rainer Schoenfelder of Austria hits the hill next... A bobble here, a bobble there... Schoenfelder in for third (after just three skiers)... 10:03 BENJAMIN RAICH... He's the World Cup leader in this discipline... the Austrian seeing green halfway home... RAICH IN... WITH THE NEW LEAD! SUPER SKI!!! 10:00 AND WE'RE OFF, Manfred Pranger working himself into a frenzy at the start house... Practically rabid out of the gate, the Austrian hammers out, smoking the course to a fast-and-furious first reference time of the morning... 09:40 Bode Miller will attempt to make history again on Saturday as he goes for gold in the slalom at the world championships. Facing strong competition from Austria's top slalom skiers, Miller is bidding to become the first man ever to win career world titles in five different events. Miller knocking on history's door SLALOM RESULTS BORMIO/S. CATERINA - SLALOM - MEN 1st Leg 2nd Leg Final Time Diff 1 Benjamin Raich (AUT) 0:52.02 0:00.00 0:52.02 0:00.00 2 Manfred Pranger (AUT) 0:52.14 0:00.00 0:52.14 0:00.12 3 Giorgio Rocca (ITA) 0:52.22 0:00.00 0:52.22 0:00.20 4 Rainer Schoenfelder (AUT) 0:52.76 0:00.00 0:52.76 0:00.74 5 Bode Miller (USA) 0:52.76 0:00.00 0:52.76 0:00.74 6 Johan Brolenius (SWE) 0:52.97 0:00.00 0:52.97 0:00.95 7 Markus Larsson (SWE) 0:52.99 0:00.00 0:52.99 0:00.97 8 Thomas Grandi (CAN) 0:53.02 0:00.00 0:53.02 0:01.00 9 Akira Sasaki (JPN) 0:53.13 0:00.00 0:53.13 0:01.11 10 Silvan Zurbriggen (SUI) 0:53.17 0:00.00 0:53.17 0:01.15 Ivica Kostelic (CRO) DNF Marlo Matt (AUT) DNF Kalle Parlander (FIN) DNF Truls Ove Karlsen (NOR) DNF Manfred Moelgg (ITA) DNF |
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Posted: Feb 12, 2005 - 9:48 AM GMT Seed #2: SLALOM RESULTS BORMIO/S. CATERINA - SLALOM - MEN 1st Leg 2nd Leg Final Time Diff 1 Benjamin Raich (AUT) 0:52.02 0:00.00 0:52.02 0:00.00 2 Manfred Pranger (AUT) 0:52.14 0:00.00 0:52.14 0:00.12 3 Giorgio Rocca (ITA) 0:52.22 0:00.00 0:52.22 0:00.20 4 Rainer Schoenfelder (AUT) 0:52.76 0:00.00 0:52.76 0:00.74 5 Bode Miller (USA) 0:52.76 0:00.00 0:52.76 0:00.74 6 Johan Brolenius (SWE) 0:52.97 0:00.00 0:52.97 0:00.95 7 Markus Larsson (SWE) 0:52.99 0:00.00 0:52.99 0:00.97 8 Thomas Grandi (CAN) 0:53.02 0:00.00 0:53.02 0:01.00 9 Akira Sasaki (JPN) 0:53.13 0:00.00 0:53.13 0:01.11 10 Silvan Zurbriggen (SUI) 0:53.17 0:00.00 0:53.17 0:01.15 11 Andre MYHRER (SWE) 0:53.33 0:00.00 0:53.33 0:01.31 12 Mitja DRAGSIC (SLO) 0:53.33 0:00.00 0:53.33 0:01.31 13 Pierrick BOURGEAT (FRA) 0:53.43 0:00.00 0:53.43 0:01.41 14 Kentaro MINAGAWA (JPN) 0:53.55 0:00.00 0:53.55 0:01.53 15 Felix NEUREUTHER (GER) 0:53.64 0:00.00 0:53.64 0:01.62 16 Ted LIGETY (USA) 0:53.78 0:00.00 0:53.78 0:01.76 17 Tom ROTHROCK (USA) 0:54.22 0:00.00 0:54.22 0:02.20 18 Andrej SPORN (SLO) 0:54.29 0:00.00 0:54.29 0:02.27 19 Michael JANYK (CAN) 0:54.32 0:00.00 0:54.32 0:02.30 20 Patrick BIGGS (CAN) 0:54.59 0:00.00 0:54.59 0:02.57 21 Jukka LEINO (FIN) 0:56.48 0:00.00 0:56.48 0:04.46 Ivica Kostelic (CRO) DNF Marlo Matt (AUT) DNF Kalle Palander (FIN) DNF Truls Ove Karlsen (NOR) DNF Manfred Moelgg (ITA) DNF Jean-Pierre VIDAL (FRA) DNF G. BERGAMELLI (ITA) DNF Jure KOSIR (SLO) DNF Cristian DEVILLE (ITA) DNF 10:45 Norwegian double trouble... Aksel Lund Svindal hitting the hill... NOW! With Kjetil Andre Aamodt waiting at the start house... Svindal won silver in the combined event last week. Can he pull off the same kind of pyrotechnics today??? Maybe not, just 17th at this first-run finish... 10:41 Andrej Sporn spunky for Slovenia... Spooky off the top, Sporn spanking a wicked line. The 23-year-old super to the finish, 2.27 sec slower... 10:40 Michael Janyk... A novice on the World Cup tour, but this Canadian is pegged for big things... Janyk solid off the top... In for 18th, 2.30 sec off the pace... 10:35 Patrick Biggs pulling the rug out for Canada... No-holds barred, Biggs attacking like a warrior... Hauling off the top, Biggs now losing some momentum and in for... provisional 16th... 10:32 Mitja Dragsic smoking for Slovenia... Into the steep, Dragsic doing his best to master the ruts... 11th place, 1.31 sec back of the best... 10:30 The course looking progressively gashed with ruts, each additional skier getting bumped and bounced all over this hill... Tom Rothrock on course for Team USA, the American picking a conservative line. He's home, but well off the pace... 10:29 Jean-Pierre Vidal, the defending Olympic champion... The Frenchman hasn't found the same winning form this year... BUT HE'S RUNNING EVEN OFF THE TOP!!! Vidal hunting, hunting... AND HE STRADDLES A GATE... So close and yet so far, Vidal punched down and out!! 10:26 Pierrick Bourgeat of France, looking to do something... anything... for a struggling French team... Bourgeat in 1.41 sec off the pace. Not bad -- but not great -- for round two... 10:23 Manfred Moelgg pitched down and out, the Italian pitched horizontal on a bumper off the top... 10:21 BODE BUSTS A MOVE, the American hauling out of the start house... Miller hugging a tight line, cutting and carving off the top... He's fast but watching his wits, running safe to the finish for provisional fifth, just 0.74 sec off the mark. Miller perfectly placed for the second leg!!!! 10:16 The race, however, continues, with Thomas Grandi hitting the hill.... the Canadian making mincemeat of the top section... He's successfully through the banana gate, hip-slinging a super rhythm. One second back at the finish, Grandi in for provisional fifth... He'll be in the hunt in the final... 10:15 Word now filtering through that the Finnish team is likely to submit an official protest. Controversy in Bormio, as the hill prep work comes hot under fire... 10:12 Palander putting up a protest, the Finn absolutely in a rage... There's a deep rut grooved into the hill just off the top, which Palander is saying sabotaged his chances... Course workers now trying desperately to patch up the hill. Palander, however, unlikely to get a second go... 10:11 Flying Finn Kalle Palander... Fourth in the GS... NO!!! Palander out -- it's the same gate that took out Kostelic... 10:09 Mario Matt moving for Austria... Back on the tails off the top, Matt bumping the snow with his butt... He somehow recovers, but can't re-find his line... Matt again hooking a gate, way off his trajectory and now off the course. DNF!! 10:07 Ivica Kostelic of Croatia... His sister won the women's slalom yesterday... Can he make it a family affair??? NO!!! Kostelic straddles a gate halfway home, cut out by a rut... DNF!!! 10:06 The crowd goes giddy, the Italian fans cheering one of their own, Giorgio Rocca, a BIG favourite for today's win... Rocca rocking and rolling, hip-slinging these gates... The Italian in touch at the finish... WHERE'S HE PLACE??? Third, but just a sliver-thin 0.20 sec off the mark... 10:05 All the big guns stacked at the top of this 149-strong start list, the favourites taking advantage of a clean course... Rainer Schoenfelder of Austria hits the hill next... A bobble here, a bobble there... Schoenfelder in for third (after just three skiers)... 10:03 BENJAMIN RAICH... He's the World Cup leader in this discipline... the Austrian seeing green halfway home... RAICH IN... WITH THE NEW LEAD! SUPER SKI!!! 10:00 AND WE'RE OFF, Manfred Pranger working himself into a frenzy at the start house... Practically rabid out of the gate, the Austrian hammers out, smoking the course to a fast-and-furious first reference time of the morning... www.eurosport.com |
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Posted: Feb 12, 2005 - 1:11 PM GMT Raich gets gold....bode skis out on 2nd run. Here's the top finishers. 1st Leg 2nd Leg Final Time Diff 1 Benjamin RAICH (AUT) 0:52.02 0:49.32 1:41.34 0:00.00 2 Rainer SCHOENFELDER (AUT) 0:52.76 0:48.82 1:41.58 0:00.24 3 Giorgio ROCCA (ITA) 0:52.22 0:49.86 1:42.08 0:00.74 4 Markus LARSSON (SWE) 0:52.99 0:49.49 1:42.48 0:01.14 5 Johan BROLENIUS * (SWE) 0:52.97 0:49.54 1:42.51 0:01.17 6 Andre MYHRER (SWE) 0:53.33 0:49.39 1:42.72 0:01.38 7 Thomas GRANDI (CAN) 0:53.02 0:49.74 1:42.76 0:01.42 8 Silvan ZURBRIGGEN (SUI) 0:53.17 0:49.64 1:42.81 0:01.47 9 Mitja DRAGSIC (SLO) 0:53.33 0:49.91 1:43.24 0:01.90 10 Patrick BIGGS (CAN) 0:54.59 0:48.79 1:43.38 0:02.04 11 Stephane TISSOT (FRA) 0:54.33 0:49.14 1:43.47 0:02.13 12 Michael JANYK (CAN) 0:54.32 0:49.31 1:43.63 0:02.29 13 Aksel Lund SVINDAL (NOR) 0:54.12 0:49.65 1:43.77 0:02.43 14 Jouni KAITALA (FIN) 0:54.58 0:49.29 1:43.87 0:02.53 15 Kjetil Andre AAMODT (NOR) 0:55.17 0:48.89 1:44.06 0:02.72 16 Mitja VALENCIC (SUI) 0:55.13 0:49.43 1:44.56 0:03.22 17 Alain BAXTER (GBR) 0:55.35 0:49.32 1:44.67 0:03.33 18 Filip TREJBAL (CZE) 0:54.97 0:49.82 1:44.79 0:03.45 19 Naoki YUASA (JPN) 0:54.86 0:49.94 1:44.80 0:03.46 |
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Posted: Feb 12, 2005 - 1:45 PM GMT Thank you marcski for posting 2 nd run results, now the rest of the story from www.eurosport and Patrick Lang at www.bormio2005.com: SLALOM RESULTS BORMIO/S. CATERINA - SLALOM - MEN 1st Leg 2nd Leg Final Time Diff 1 Benjamin RAICH (AUT) 0:52.02 0:49.32 1:41.34 0:00.00 2 Rainer SCHOENFELDER (AUT) 0:52.76 0:48.82 1:41.58 0:00.24 3 Giorgio ROCCA (ITA) 0:52.22 0:49.86 1:42.08 0:00.74 4 Markus LARSSON (SWE) 0:52.99 0:49.49 1:42.48 0:01.14 5 Johan BROLENIUS * (SWE) 0:52.97 0:49.54 1:42.51 0:01.17 6 Andre MYHRER (SWE) 0:53.33 0:49.39 1:42.72 0:01.38 7 Thomas GRANDI (CAN) 0:53.02 0:49.74 1:42.76 0:01.42 8 Silvan ZURBRIGGEN (SUI) 0:53.17 0:49.64 1:42.81 0:01.47 9 Mitja DRAGSIC (SLO) 0:53.33 0:49.91 1:43.24 0:01.90 10 Patrick BIGGS (CAN) 0:54.59 0:48.79 1:43.38 0:02.04 11 Stephane TISSOT (FRA) 0:54.33 0:49.14 1:43.47 0:02.13 12 Michael JANYK (CAN) 0:54.32 0:49.31 1:43.63 0:02.29 13 Aksel Lund SVINDAL (NOR) 0:54.12 0:49.65 1:43.77 0:02.43 14 Jouni KAITALA (FIN) 0:54.58 0:49.29 1:43.87 0:02.53 15 Kjetil Andre AAMODT (NOR) 0:55.17 0:48.89 1:44.06 0:02.72 16 Mitja VALENCIC (SUI) 0:55.13 0:49.43 1:44.56 0:03.22 17 Alain BAXTER (GBR) 0:55.35 0:49.32 1:44.67 0:03.33 18 Filip TREJBAL (CZE) 0:54.97 0:49.82 1:44.79 0:03.45 19 Naoki YUASA (JPN) 0:54.86 0:49.94 1:44.80 0:03.46 20 Felix NEUREUTHER (GER) 0:53.64 0:51.78 1:45.42 0:04.08 21 Rogier OOSTERBAAN (NED) 0:56.16 0:50.81 1:46.97 0:05.63 22 Noel BAXTER (GBR) 0:56.09 0:51.10 1:47.19 0:05.85 23 Krystof KRYZL (CZE) 0:56.00 0:51.92 1:47.92 0:06.58 24 Rishu OKADA (JPN) 0:56.59 0:51.79 1:48.38 0:07.04 25 James LEUZINGER (GBR) 0:56.20 0:52.34 1:48.54 0:07.20 26 Min Heuk KANG (KOR) 0:57.19 0:51.43 1:48.62 0:07.28 27 Martin VRABLIK (CZE) 0:58.26 0:51.54 1:49.80 0:08.46 28 Michal KALWA (POL) 0:57.63 0:52.48 1:50.11 0:08.77 29 B. BJOERGVINSSON (ISL) 0:57.65 0:52.79 1:50.44 0:09.10 30 Stefan GEORGIEV (BUL) 0:57.91 0:52.74 1:50.65 0:09.31 31 Natko ZRNIC-DIM (CRO) 0:58.20 0:52.70 1:50.90 0:09.56 32 J. VAN DEN BOGAERT (BEL) 0:57.63 0:53.32 1:50.95 0:09.61 33 Jaroslav BABUSIAK (SVK) 0:59.00 0:52.96 1:51.96 0:10.62 34 Dean TODOROV (BUL) 0:59.29 0:52.88 1:52.17 0:10.83 35 Anton KONOVALOV (RUS) 0:58.72 0:53.54 1:52.26 0:10.92 36 Roger VIDOSA (AND) 0:59.00 0:53.41 1:52.41 0:11.07 37 Ivan HEIMSCHILD (SVK) 0:59.85 0:53.53 1:53.38 0:12.04 38 Kostas STARKAS (GRE) 0:59.03 0:54.40 1:53.43 0:12.09 39 Ivars CIAGUNS (LAT) 1:00.05 0:55.06 1:55.11 0:13.77 40 Nikolay SKRIABIN (UKR) 1:00.80 0:00.00 1:00.80 0:40.54 41 Matias MARCACCINI (ARG) 1:01.63 0:00.00 1:01.63 0:39.71 42 Mikail RENZHIN (ISR) 1:01.88 0:00.00 1:01.88 0:39.46 43 Dimitar CHRISTOV (BUL) 1:01.97 0:00.00 1:01.97 0:39.37 44 Hyung Chul KIM (KOR) 1:02.34 0:00.00 1:02.34 0:39.00 45 Pavlos TRIPODAKIS (GRE) 1:02.73 0:00.00 1:02.73 0:38.61 46 Manuel BRUNNER (GRN) 1:02.74 0:00.00 1:02.74 0:38.60 47 Danko MARTINELLI (CRO) 1:03.08 0:00.00 1:03.08 0:38.26 48 Hamit SARE (TUR) 1:03.45 0:00.00 1:03.45 0:37.89 49 Yri STRISIK (UKR) 1:03.96 0:00.00 1:03.96 0:37.38 50 Nadir ABAZA (BIH) 1:04.05 0:00.00 1:04.05 0:37.29 51 Veljko DJORDJEVIC (SCG) 1:04.16 0:00.00 1:04.16 0:37.18 52 Masan MILICIC (SCG) 1:04.17 0:00.00 1:04.17 0:37.17 53 Dainis KRAUJA (LAT) 1:04.98 0:00.00 1:04.98 0:36.36 54 Roberts RODE (LAT) 1:05.10 0:00.00 1:05.10 0:36.24 55 T. CHRISTODOULOU (CYP) 1:05.29 0:00.00 1:05.29 0:36.05 56 Attila MAROSI (HUN) 1:05.50 0:00.00 1:05.50 0:35.84 57 Iason ABRAMSHVILI (GEO) 1:05.68 0:00.00 1:05.68 0:35.66 58 Aron BARBAI (HUN) 1:05.88 0:00.00 1:05.88 0:35.46 59 Martin MARTINOVSKI (MKD) 1:06.40 0:00.00 1:06.40 0:34.94 60 Shane O'CONNOR (IRE) 1:06.58 0:00.00 1:06.58 0:34.76 61 Erdinc TURKSEVER (TUR) 1:07.52 0:00.00 1:07.52 0:33.82 62 Eyal LAST (ISR) 1:07.99 0:00.00 1:07.99 0:33.35 63 Erkan YESILOVA (TUR) 1:08.15 0:00.00 1:08.15 0:33.19 64 Ricardo T. KAWAMURA (BRA) 1:08.81 0:00.00 1:08.81 0:32.53 65 Johnatan LONGHI (BRA) 1:08.90 0:00.00 1:08.90 0:32.44 66 Vladimir RYABCHENKO (KAZ) 1:09.19 0:00.00 1:09.19 0:32.15 67 Ara PAPAZIAN (ARM) 1:09.36 0:00.00 1:09.36 0:31.98 68 Vitalij RUMIANCEV (LTU) 1:09.49 0:00.00 1:09.49 0:31.85 69 Antonio RISTEVSKI (MKD) 1:10.35 0:00.00 1:10.35 0:30.99 70 Sven ROLLINGER (LUX) 1:10.53 0:00.00 1:10.53 0:30.81 71 Kayrat ERMETOV (UZB) 1:10.63 0:00.00 1:10.63 0:30.71 72 Volkan YURDAKUL (TUR) 1:10.99 0:00.00 1:10.99 0:30.35 73 Vladimir DAVYDOV (KGZ) 1:13.02 0:00.00 1:13.02 0:28.32 74 H. VON HOLENHOLE (MEX) 1:13.31 0:00.00 1:13.31 0:28.03 75 Igor BORISOV (KGZ) 1:13.99 0:00.00 1:13.99 0:27.35 76 Ricardo CUTOLO (BRA) 1:15.02 0:00.00 1:15.02 0:26.32 77 Abraham SARKAKHYAN (ARM) 1:16.36 0:00.00 1:16.36 0:24.98 78 Mikhail BEREZIN (KGZ) 1:17.44 0:00.00 1:17.44 0:23.90 79 Tomas ANDRIUKAITIS (ltu) 1:19.07 0:00.00 1:19.07 0:22.27 80 Lamine GUEYE (SEN) 1:19.67 0:00.00 1:19.67 0:21.67 81 Abbas MUHAMMAD (PAK) 1:32.79 0:00.00 1:32.79 0:08.55 Manfred PRANGER (AUT) 0:52.14 DNF Ivica Kostelic (CRO) DNF Marlo Matt (AUT) DNF Kalle Palander (FIN) DNF Truls Ove Karlsen (NOR) DNF Bode MILLER (USA) 0:52.76 DNF Manfred Moelgg (ITA) DNF Akira SASAKI (JPN) 0:53.13 DNF Pierrick BOURGEAT (FRA) 0:53.43 DNF Jean-Pierre VIDAL (FRA) DNF Tom ROTHROCK (USA) 0:54.22 DNF G. BERGAMELLI (ITA) DNF Jure KOSIR (SLO) DNF Kentaro MINAGAWA (JPN) 0:53.55 DNF Ted LIGETY (USA) 0:53.58 DNF Cristian DEVILLE (ITA) DNF Andrej SPORN (SLO) 0:54.29 DNF Jukka LEINO (FIN) 0:56.48 DNF Kjetil JANSRUD (NOR) DNF Sebastien AMIEZ (FRA) DNF Ryan Semple (CAN) 0:54.83 DNF Mattias HARGIN (SWE) 0:56.11 DNF Marc Berthod (SUI) 0:55.16 DNF Erik SCHLOPY (USA) DNF Jukka RAJALA (FIN) DNF Dmitrij ULIANOV (RUS) DNF K. OSKARSSON (ISL) 0:58.85 DNF V. DIMITRIADIS (GRE) DNF Ondrej BANK (CZE) 0:56.57 DNF C. SIMARI BIRKNER (ARG) 0:58.12 DNF Alexandr HOROSHILOV (RUS) DNF Demian FRANZEN (AUS) DNF Dalibor SAMSAL (CRO) DNF K. VALSSON (ISL) DNF Bart MOLLIN (BEL) DNF Richard MAGDOLEN (SVK) DNF Peter LUBELLAN (SVK) DNF Facundo AGUIRRE (ARG) 0:58.68 DNF Ivan RATKIC (CRO) 0:59.25 DNF Mihail SEDIANKOV (BUL) DNF Alexander HEATH (RSA) 0:59.76 DNF Kostas SYKARAS (GRE) DNF Sindri M. PALSSON (ISL) DNF Akannguaq LENNERT (DAN) DNF Zelimir VUKOVIC (SCG) DNF Ramiro BRIZZI (ARG) DNF Victor RYABCHENKO (KAZ) DNF Gjorgi MARKOVSKI (MKD) DNF Marco SCHAFFERER (BIH) DNF Krister STOEVLEBAEK (DAN) DNF F. NICOLAE (RUM) DNF Leyti SECK (SEN) DNF Alekandr KOLOTILIN (UZB) DNF Niks GULBERGS (LAT) DNF Deyvid OPRJA (EST) DNF Jamil MEHANNA (LIB) DNF George SALAME (LIB) DNF Tengiz BAKRADZE (GEO) DNF Metodija MITREVSKI (MKD) DNF T. VASCONCELOS (BRA) DNF Sammir AZZIMANI (MAR) DNF Gilad TALME (ISR) DNF Andrius GRIGARAS (LTU) DNF Mher NERSISYAN (ARM) DNF Dmitry TRELEVSKI (KGZ) DNF 14:10 There's still a ton of talent to come, but none of it of the calibre to challenge the leaders. Look left for continued live timing and then join us tomorrow at 9:30 CET for the final event of these World Championships: The Team Event. 14:07 Gold for Raich, silver for Schoenfelder. Italy gets some consolation as Giorgio Rocca brings in the bronze!!! 14:06 Benjamin Raich, the first-leg leader... the Austrian getting the green, 0.80 sec fastest at the split... Raich looking regal... YES!!! Raich in for gold!!!! 14:05 Manfred Pranger hauling hard... The Austrian... OUT!!!! Pranger sliding off course!!! 14:04 Giorgio Rocca... The Italian drawing giddy-giddy goosebumps cheers from the home crowd... Rocca on a roll... Rocca...? NO!!! Current second... 14:03 BODE MILLER... The American flying forth... Slicing and dicing off the top, Miller making mincemeat of this hill... BOOM!!! Miller tangled up, crossing his skis and tumbling down and out!!!! 14:02 Final five, starting... NOW! with Rainer Schoenfelder... The Austrian cutting a lickety-split line, building his advantage with every gate... Schoenfelder into first 0.90 sec fastest so far!!! 13:59 Sweden current one-two as Markus Larsson shoots to the new lead... REMINDER: Look left for live timing updates... 13:57 Thomas Grandi going ga-ga off the top, the Canadian hip-slinging to a ding-dong descent... Grandi going... going... going... and... GRABBING CURRENT SECOND PLACE, 0.04 OFF THE MARK... 13:56 Akira Sasaki, the last Japanese man in the medal hunt... Sasaki rocketing to a green light... STRADDLE!!! Sasaki out!!! 13:55 INTO THE TOP 10 FROM THE FIRST LEG, starting right now with Silvan Zurbriggen, the Swiss the defending silver medallist in the discipline... Big mistakes into the steep, but Zurbriggen still getting the green light... Zurbriggen...? Zurbriggen...?? NO!!! A sliver-thin 0.09 sec too slow. That's provisional second... 13:52 Andre Myhrer digging across the line, looking up and seeing he's got the new top time. A punch of the fist. The Swede is pleased... 13:51 Pierrick Bourgeat on a flight for France... He's the last Frenchman in the mix, big, strong and hunting a medal... Bourgeat flying wide, straddling a gate. Bourgeat spanked to a DNF!! 13:49 Halfway through this top group of the 30 fastest from the first leg... Ted Ligety picking up the Team USA torch... The American has a 1.01 sec advantage after the first leg. Can he keep it?? LIGETY HIGH SIDED!! The American flipping and pile-driven to the snow!!! DNF!!! 13:45 Aksel Lund Svindal -- silver in the combined -- fast off the top... The Norwegian seeing green... To the finish... and... nope... current fourth... 13:43 Andrej Sporn grinding a solid line for Slovenia... SPORN SPUN!!! The Slovenian gets his left ski ripped right off, Sporn continuing mono-footed for one more gate before skidding down and out... 13:42 Michael Janyk hunting hard, the Canadian ripping down to... current thrid... 13:41 Stephane Tissot on course for France, hip-slinging a righteous rhythm off the top... Tissot getting chucked and bucked in the mid-course bumps, the Frenchman seeing green... At the finish??? NO!!! Tissot just 0.09 sec back, booted into provisional second... 13:39 Patrick Biggs digging in deep, the Canadian cutting and carving to the finish... BOOM!! Biggs big into the lead, pumping his arms in jubilation across the line... 13:32 Kjetil Andre Aamodt... The Norwegian attacking hard, smacking down the new target time... Raich reels in slalom gold Benjamin Raich cut a wicked line to win the men's world championship slalom in Bormio on Saturday, besting his Austrian compatriot Rainer Schoenfelder by a sliver-thin 0.24 seconds. Giorgio Rocca brought in the bronze for home country Italy. Men's Slalom RE-LIVE! BORMIO 2005: Props to Hermann Raich confirmed his leading first-leg time, rocketing down a technical and soft-snow Stelvio piste to find his second gold of the 2005 world championships, after the combined event on February 3.Raich also hoarded silver in the giant slalom and bronze in the super-G to bring his Bormio medal tally to four.American sultan of ski Bode Miller botched his bid to become the first man to win world titles in five different events, the 27-year-old tripped up in his second run and tumbling down and out. Eurosport - 12/02/2005 Men's slalom: Raich leading after first run The course set by Norwegian Rognmo soon deteriorated due to a rather high temperature. - On Photo: Giorgio Rocca (ITA) ©Pentaphoto - Just like the ladies' race carried out yesterday, also the first run of today's slalom was highly selective. The fastest was Benjamin Raich. The outstanding World Championships of the Austrian athlete continue with another top-level performance. His team as a whole achieved an excellent result with Manfred Pranger (+ 0.12 seconds), second ahead of home favourite Giorgio Rocca (+ 0.20), and Rainer Schoenfelder, who was level with American Miller in fourth place. Both of them are 0.74 seconds off the pace set by Raich.The course set by Norwegian Rognmo soon deteriorated due to a rather high temperature. Among the top racers spinning off the course there were the last three world champions in this discipline: Croatian Ivica Kostelic (gold in St. Moritz 2003), Austrian Mario Matt (St. Anton 2001) and Finn Kalle Palander (Vail 1999), all of whom straddled a gate. Great performance, instead, by Bode Miller and Swedes Brolenius and Larsson, who were able to stay within a second's delay even though they started when the slope had already deteriorated after the other athletes' runs. As a matter of fact, apart from the American, the racers with the four lowest bib numbers are the top four in the ranking. Flash interviewsBenjamin Raich (AUT): “I am really satisfied with my run. Having a low bib number helped me, because the slope deteriorated almost immediately in certain stretches. Now I hope to have a good second run too”.Giorgio Rocca (ITA): “I am happy with my performance, the slope was already beginning to deteriorate. There were deep holes and if you turned too late you were thrown out. I am tranquil, all my fans have come to watch me. It would be great to make them happy. We will gun for a medal in the second run. Let us hope they can groom the piste and that we can all start under the same conditions”. Thomas Grandi (CAN): “I'm quite happy with my run, now let's just wait and see how the second is going to be. The course is quite good in some places, not so much in others”.Kalle Palander (FIN): “I am really angry at that depression right after the gate, where I skied out”.Ivica Kostelic (CRO): “The slope was badly deteriorated. 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Posted: Feb 12, 2005 - 2:02 PM GMT Here's a question. All of the men's event were raced on the Stelvio course at Bormio. Isn't that unusual? Normally, don't they run the disciplines on different courses. I mean I know the speed events are usually on the same course..but what about the technical ones? Aren't they normally run on different courses? |
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Posted: Feb 12, 2005 - 4:32 PM GMT Dear Marcski; The organization of alpine skiing events likes to use only one finish arena for all events, if FIS Homologation (FIS Approval to conduct FIS events) is in place. The main reason for this approach is to save money and duplication of effort. It is not always available, you must use the ski areas within a region for hosting the very best competition. For example, the speed events during the Salt Lake Olympics used Snowbasin for DH and Super G. Park City Ski Resort was used for G.S. and Deer Valley hosted the SL events. I hope this helps. Back to the World Championships: From www.bormio2005.com and Patrick Lang News 4th medal for Benjamin Raich 4th medal for Benjamin Raich “It was a nice slalom race, very difficult too,”... - On Photo: Benjamin Raich (AUT) Gold Medal ©Pentaphoto - Austria's Benjamin Raich won his second gold medal today in a difficult slalom, beating by 24/100 of a second his teammate Rainer Schoenfelder, the defending slalom World Cup Champion, while Italy's Giorgio Rocca is a happy and a lucky 3rd at 74/100. The Tyrolian, who turns 27 at the end of the month, has dominated these 2005 World Championships capturing a total of four medals in the four races he entered! He also clinched gold in the combined last week, silver in giant slalom and bronze in Super-G on the first day of competition. Only Norway's Lasse Kjus did better in recent years with five medals at the 1999 Worlds in Vail/Beaver Creek. Benjamin, 2nd in slalom at the 2001 World Championships in St Anton, and 3rd at the 2002 Olympics after the disqualification of Great Britain's Alain Baxter, is since the late 1990's one of the best slalom specialists on the World Cup tour. In 2002, he won the slalom World Cup title after five victories, three of them in January in Wengen, Kitzbuehel and Schladming. He has won a total of 15 World Cup events in his career, including a combined in Wengen this year. This year, the “Blitz from Pitz” started the season with an impressive win in Beaver Creek. A series of top-3 finishes allow him to strongly lead the standings with only two slaloms to go, in Kranjska Gora and at the Finals in Lenzerheide. A relaxed leader in the first run with a an advance of 12/100 on his teammate Manfred Pranger, the superb winner in Kitzbuehel and Schladming, Raich perfectly handled the pressure in the second run to remain out of reach of Schoenfelder who took all risks to move-up in the standings after clocking the 4th best time in the morning. “It was a nice slalom race, very difficult too,” he said at the TV stations afterward. “I felt confident and I skied the way I wanted. This is a wonderful victory because slalom has always been my best event. I was aiming for gold this morning.” In 2001, Benjamin was also leading the first run in St Anton, but at the end, he was passed by Mario Matt, losing the gold medal by only a few hundredths of a second. It was a tough defeat for the Austrian “Sunnyboy” who needed a long time afterwards to get his first World title. Rocca, who didn't ski as aggressively as usual in the second run, was more than lucky that Miller and then Pranger skied out while taking great risks. “I didn't ski as well as I hoped, the course was tough, but I'm happy with this second bronze medal,” he said. “It's an important result for me, the team and all my fans who came from Livigno to encourage me.” In Sunday's team event, the Squadra Azzurra wil aim for another spot on the podium next to the Austrian and the US Ski Team, the favorites for this new and exciting competition. PL Flash interviews Benjamin Raich (AUT): “Obviously I am extremely happy. I was outstanding at these World Championships: it was tough, but I made it. Four medals in my pocket: I really could not hope for more”. Rainer Schoenfelder (AUT): “It was not easy, but I gave my all. Silver is very good”. Giorgio Rocca (ITA): “It was a good race, maybe I was a bit too cautious in the upper section. There I lost at least three or four tenths of a second: I did not risk too much, anyway I came here to win a medal and I did. I will contest in other World Championships, maybe next time I am more courageous”. Manfred Pranger (AUT): “I am disappointed: unfortunately it ended badly. I pushed, but I also made mistakes. It was a great chance I missed out on: World Championships do not take place every year and, after the first run, I hoped to grab a medal”. Thomas Grandi (CAN): “Too bad, I hoped for more”. Medal Winners Benjamin Raich (AUT): he was born in Arzl im Pitztal, Austria on February 28, 1978. At only twenty years of age he dominated the Europa Cup in the 1997-1998 season. His first important success was obtained at the Juniors World Championship in Schvyz/Ybrig in 1996 where he won the gold medal in slalom. He also distinguished himself by winning numerous races for young world champions. He arrives, therefore, at the World Cup, quickly becoming one of the principals on the Austrian team. He won the night time slalom in Schladming, January 1999, and went on to 13 successive victories putting him in the world spotlight as one of the most promising young skiers in the World Cup. At the World Championship in St. Anton/Alberg 2001, he won the silver in slalom. The following year, he won two bronze medals in the Olympic Games of Salt Lake City. In Bormio he has already won three medals: gold in combined, silver in giant slalom, bronze in super-G. No-one so far had reached the podium four times. Rainer Schoenfelder (AUT): born in 1977, in Bleiburg, Carinthia, he stood out in 1996 at the Junior World Championships in Schwyz/Ybrig, in Switzerland, when he won the giant slalom and ranked second in slalom. A whimsical person, sometimes even too much, just like when, after crossing the finish line, he mimed sexual intercourse with a ski. Not to mention his short dreadlocks, his eccentric hats and his presence in the Austrian music hit-parade with old pop music covers. In any case, he is definitely a strong skier: five triumphs in slalom, fourth in combined at the World Championships in St. Anton 2001 and at the Olympic Games in Salt Lake City, eighth in giant slalom in Bormio 2005. Giorgio Rocca (ITA): Two triumphs in slalom this year, in Flachau and Chamonix. He thus equaled Piero Gros, legendary skier of the Valanga Azzurra, who boasts 5 wins in this discipline. Before this year, at the World Championships he had earned a bronze in slalom in St. Moritz 1993: on that occasion, he had only reached the eighth place in combined. In Vail 1999, instead, he had failed to make the podium. A bit surprisingly, he collected gold in combined here in Bormio. He will turn 30 on August 6. Hobbies: water skiing, trekking, cycling and running. He also has two motorbikes, a 1951 Guzzi that belonged to his grandfather and a 1974. |
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Posted: Feb 13, 2005 - 5:46 AM GMT Source: www. rossignolracing.com and Lang Family 02-12-2005 Stéphane Tissot's rebirth Stephane Tissot of France had a very solid tenth place in the Bormio World Championship men’s slalom. It’s the second time that he finished tenth this season after the slalom in Beaver Creek. He didn’t classify in the other World Cup slaloms. He leaves Bormio with a smile on his face, because he was not supposed to race here considering his poor results. A last minute decision gave Stephane the chance to be part of the team for the World Championships. As it trned out, hewas the only French racer to cross the finish line in mens slalom. This performance opens some new perspectives for the final World Cup races, but above all for the Olympic Games in Torino 2006, where he hopes to be taking part of the game after today’s performance. A shining day “I’m really delighted with my day; I didn’t think that the things would go so well for me, said Tissot, “ The season wasn’t so great, and with only one valid result, I didn’t imagine that I would finish in the top 10.” “I started the season pretty well with this tenth place in Colorado. I couldn’t finish a race then. This period was very difficult to live, and it wasn’t such an easy thing not to let you go and be discouraged.” He explained. “When you see such a result like mine today, you can only be encouraged. It’s my first participation at the World Championships, and I’m already competing with the best guys in the world. In such conditions, To give your best is worth it.” A difficult race “This slalom was really difficult. And the 2 runs were completely different. The first one was really turny while the second one was much straighter. I’m quite disappointed with my first leg, but it’s true that the race conditions were tough because when I went down with the bib number 35, the slope was completely out of order.” “I’m quite satisfied with my skiing in the second run, even if I made some mistakes. There is not only the result which is important, but also to be able to confirm your good form on your skis.” “I have no regrets. I learned important lessons for next year, and that’s good for me. I’m feeling better and better. It was a good thing to be able to show my talent myself in a World Championship slalom.” Manuele Lang |
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