Alpine Skiing 2016 - 2017 Discussion Thread

[dareza 911]

40 minutes ago, dareza said:

Norway on fire. 3rd win in a row with 3 different athletes

or not haha

[heywoodu 15,174]

 

Nice one  

 

[dcro 10,210]

5 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Maaax Fraaanz, what the flying f*ck is this 

 

Well, that is going to happen when Svindal makes a huge mistake

 

To be honest, I was going to say that even sliding sports are less one sided these days, but Franz stopped that.

[heywoodu 15,174]

Just now, dcro said:

 

Well, that is going to happen when Svindal makes a huge mistake

 

To be honest, I was going to say that even sliding sports are less one sided these days, but Franz stopped that.

 

Even if Svindal had won, this race would have been one of the highlights of the winter sports season so far for me, such an intense battle in the top  

[ziomkris1 13]

Romanian skier with last number had just pretty fast fall after 2nd jump (so near the start) and went into the netting. He's ok. Suprisingly only 2 crashes today (nobody falled during Ladies event) so thankfully I had not too many to do. I will upload videos soon

[ziomkris1 13]

Falls from Val Gardena Downhill

KOECK Niklas fall after problems

ACHIRILOAIE Ioan Valeriu (thank God for copy and paste options for that name) goes hard into netting after bad jump

 

[hckošice 14,925]

Monaco with points. Well done Alex

 

22 nations already won points this season

[hckošice 14,925]

Unstoppable Ilka Stuhec wins third downhill in a row

 

A bumpy and wild ride for Slovenia's Ilka Stuhec proved fast enough for her third downhill victory in a row on Saturday in Val d'Isere, France. She bested Austrian Cornelia "Conny" Huetter, in second, and Italian Sofia Goggia, third, on her way to an undefeated season thus far in downhill. 

 

"Everyday, everyone is sliding through it. It’s been four [runs] today that we’ve skied the course, and it’s always getting a bit wilder, I guess. I just tried to ski it the way I imagined it. It didn’t work out that way, but apparently, fast enough," said Stuhec. "I don’t really know what’s going on actually. It just feels amazing even though I’m still not satisfied with the run because I made some mistakes again. But, apparently, it was still fast enough, so it makes me happy."

 

As has become an annual tradition at the Val d'Isere downhill, Stuhec won a cow in the finish area. She named it Iša in memory of a dog she once had. 

 

Huetter was beyond pleased to be back on the podium after struggling with injury and trying to regain her form from a breakout 2015/16 season. 

 

“It’s amazing. The last weeks were not very good for me, and it’s hard to rehab again and find the speed from the last year. Today was not easy in my head. But at the end, it’s good," Huetter said. "It was not easy today because it was –from the feeling – a little bit faster. And for sure, it is dark. There is no sun. After two trainings and one combined yesterday, it’s getting bumpier and bumpier. Yeah, it was really tough and you had to stand forward on the ski and feel really self-confident.”

 

Goggia, meanwhile, led a solid Italian team that swept positions third to sixth along with the Fanchini sisters (Nadia and Elena) and Johanna Schnarf.  

 

“In GS, we have a supremacy that is overwhelming. In downhill, we can really be a fast team. Not as [good as] giant slalom, but still a really strong one. Today, we confirmed this," said Goggia. “Ilka is a really nice person – a nice girl who suffered also a lot of injuries to the knees, so we start from the same ground because we know what suffering means with all the trouble ... and she really deserved this because if she worked as hard as I did, she really deserved this.” 

 

Following her career-first podium the previous day in alpine combined, Switzerland's Michelle Gisin rocketed from bib 51 into seventh place, stunning the crowd. The technical skier joked in the finish that maybe she should become a speed specialist after nearly matching her best finish in slalom, sixth place secured last week at Sestriere. 

 

The ladies contest one final race in Val d'Isere on Sunday, a super-G.

 

 

 

 

Full Results Here

 

Ilka Stuhec

 

[hckošice 14,925]

Fantastic Franz Finishes First

 

 

It was a wild ride in today’s Audi FIS Ski World Cup men’s downhill as the Saslong course in Val Gardena/Groeden (ITA) provided plenty of drama in one of the most competitive races of this season.

 

In the end, it was a fairy tale finish for Austrian Max Franz, who earned his first career World Cup victory, after coming down with bib #26 and barely edging Norway’s Aksel Lund Svindal by 0.04 seconds. Third place went to American Steven Nyman, who trailed by 0.41 seconds.

 

It was a day full of twists and turns as there were a number of racers that could have taken home bragging rights with less than a second separating the first 15 finishers. Svindal looked like he had the victory wrapped up with the most dangerous opponents down in the finish area when Franz laid down a blistering run. It was tight the entire way down as all waited on the edge of their seat to see if the Austrian would pull off the upset.

 

But all of the top three were all smiles as Svindal found himself back on the podium in another strong comeback bid, while Nyman continued to show his strength on one of his best courses in Val Gardena.

 

The entire men's tour now moves to Alta Badia, one valley away, for a giant slalom tomorrow and parallel giant slalom on Monday evening.

 

 

Full Results Here

 

Max Franz

 

[dcro 10,210]

Monaco