Camerotas 20th, 21st in hurricane sprint

By Published On: December 17th, 2006Comments Off on Camerotas 20th, 21st in hurricane sprint

Eric Camerota was 20th and his twin brother Brett was right behind him in 21st Saturday as the best American skiers in a nordic combined World Cup-B hurricane sprint on 2002 Olympic venues.
SOLDIER HOLLOW, Utah — Eric Camerota was 20th and his twin brother Brett was right behind him in 21st Saturday as the best American skiers in a nordic combined World Cup-B hurricane sprint on 2002 Olympic venues.
    Tino Edelmann of Germany won his third consecutive World Cup-B event, topping Frenchman Nicolas Bal by 8.9 seconds. Eric Camerota, 21st in the lone round of jumping at Utah Olympic Park, was 16th fastest in the 7.5-kilometer race and finished 50.1 seconds behind Edelmann; Brett Camerota, 14th in jumping, was 51.4 seconds out at the finish at Soldier Hollow.
    In traditional sprint events, skiers start behind the leading jumper, according to a formula which translates points back in jumping into seconds back at the start of the race; in the hurricane sprint, the points behind the best jumper are converted to distance and all athletes start the sprint at the same time.
    The World Cup-B tour heads next to Lake Placid, New York, for competitions Wednesday and Thursday with jumping on the 1980 hill and cross-country racing at Whiteface Mountain.

For a video highlight of the hurricane start, click here.

NORDIC COMBINED WORLD CUP-B
Soldier Hollow, Utah – Dec. 16, 2006
HS134/7.5 km

1. Tino Edelmann, Germany, (5/11)
2. Nicolas Bal, France, (18/5) 8.9 seconds back
3. Steffen Tepel, Germany, (25/2) 12.5
4. Jens Kaufmann, Germany, (7/12) 12.8
5. Mathieu Martinez, France, (28/1) 13.5

U.S. skiers in the top 40:
20. Eric Camerota, Park City, UT, (21/16) 50.1
21. Brett Camerota, Park City, UT, (14/18) 514
25. Bryan Fletcher, Steamboat Springs, CO, (9/31) 1:27.4
34. Davis Miller, Steamboat Springs, CO, (31/37) 2:19.7
35. Willy Graves, Putney, VT, (35/39) 2:31.8
36. Skyler Keate, Salt Lake City, (12/45) 2:39.3
40. Alex Miller, Steamboat Springs, CO, (47/33) 2:52.6

For complete results, click here.

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