Lake Louise: Goetschl tops Kildow in super G
Renate Goetschl reinstated her authority over the Lake Louise race hill by putting down a monster super G run. Goetschl won in 1 minute, 20.86 seconds and was followed by Lindsey Kildow of the United States, .87 back.
Goetschl, a veteran with a World Cup résumé dating back to 1993, and a two-time super G champion, won her third super G at Lake Louise. Kildow, however, is pressing Goetschl for the Queen of Lake Louise crown. She dominated the two downhills, winning Saturday and placing second Friday behind Germany’s Maria Riesch.
LAKE LOUISE, Alberta, Canada — Renate Goetschl reinstated her authority over the Lake Louise race hill by putting down a monster super G run. Goetschl won in 1 minute, 20.86 seconds and was followed by Lindsey Kildow of the United States, .87 back.
Goetschl, a veteran with a World Cup résumé dating back to 1993, and a two-time super G champion, won her third super G at Lake Louise. Kildow, however, is pressing Goetschl for the Queen of Lake Louise crown. She dominated the two downhills, winning Saturday and placing second Friday behind Germany’s Maria Riesch.
Canadian Kelly VanderBeek scored her first podium, placing third. VanderBeek became the first Canadian woman to reach the Lake Louise podium since racing began there in 1989.
“This is my first podium in Canada, I think I am going to cry! I knew it was coming, I have learned the value of a hundredth of a second,” VanderBeek said. Click here to see a post race video interview with Kelly.
Historically, Melaine Turgeon finished fifth in the super G at Lake Louise in 1999, Canada’s previous best SG result in Lake Louise. Kerrin Lee-Gartner finished second in a super G in Panorama in 1992.
VanderBeek’s impressive result Sunday led a tremendous team performance as well, as four Canadians placed in the top 11.
Genevieve Simard was just behind VanderBeek in fifth while Emily Brydon was eighth and Britt Janyk 11th on the day her brother, Michael, podiumed in Beaver Creek.
“We made a bet to try to get four girls in the top 10. We just missed it but I think as a nation it was great day and Kelly deserves her podium, she’s been fourth too many times,” Simard said.
“With 2010 coming the whole nation is paying attention now and we’re really excited,” VanderBeek added. “We go out there with so much passion and are really competitive. When I podium or Gen or Emily or one of the men podium, it doesn’t matter, it’s a Canadian on the podium. We are going out there with our whole heart.”
The podium capped a stellar week for Kildow.
“Yeah, there’s a comfort zone for me,” said Kildow, who has won a downhill at Lake Louise each of the last three seasons. Sunday’s podium was her second World Cup super G top three in the Canadian Rockies. “I did the same thing as [Saturday when she won] and just let my skis run. I’m confident here and I just didn’t hold back.
Temperatures climbed to 14 Fahrenheit (minus-10 Celsius) but a wind made it feel colder on the 1.1-mile (1.8-kilometer) course, about half the length of the downhill route.
“It was really flat light, and there was some pretty funky stuff with the wind and I lost some time on the top, but I think I skied well the rest of the way,” Kildow said. “It was cloudy and snowing and lots of winds — pretty similar to Friday … and any time you’re on the podium in conditions like this, it’s good and you should be happy … and I am.”
Other Americans were Kirsten Clark in 19th, Libby Ludlow in 27th, Stacey Cook in 29th, Julia Mancuso in 35th and Chelsea Marshall in 44th.
The women have a couple of days down time as International Ski Federation work on scheduling of upcoming races in snow-starved Europe. Races at St. Moritz, Switzerland, scheduled for next week have been canceled but organizers are hopeful of hosting the downhill and super G set for Dec. 16-17 in Val d’Isere, France, where the men’s races — planned for next weekend — have been scrubbed because of poor snow.
THE SCOOP
By Hank McKee
Equipment
Women’s super G, Lake Louise Dec. 3, 2006
Skier, skis/boots/bindings
1 Goetschl, Atomic/Atomic/Atomic
2 Kildow, Rossignol/Rossignol/Rossignol
3 Vanderbeek, Volkl/Tecnica/Marker
4 Wilhelm, Rossignol/Lange/Rossignol
5 Simard, Rossignol/Rossignol/Rossignol
6 Paerson, Salomon/Salomon/Salomon
7 Hosp, Volkl/Fischer/Marker
8 Brydon, Salomon/Salomon/Salomon
9 Haltmayr, Fischer/Lange/Fischer
10 Schild, Volkl/Lange/Marker
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Women’s super G, Lake Louise, Alberta, Dec. 3, 2006<!–[if !supportEmptyParas]–>. … It is the sixth race of the women’s 36-event 2007 World Cup schedule. … The women have now completed more races this season than they have had canceled. … It is the first of seven scheduled super G’s. … It is the final event of a three-race set for the women at Lake Louise and the final World Cup race for North America this season.
It is the 39th career win for Renate Goetschl. … She is seventh on the all-time World Cup victory list and behind only Annemarie Moser-Proell (62) among Austrian women. … It is her 14th career SG win. … She is second all-time on that women’s list behind German Katja Seizinger (16). … It is her fifth win at Lake Louise and third at Lake Louise in SG. … Only Seizinger has more wins at the site (6). … Both Seizinger and Hermann Maier have also won three SG’s at Lake Louise. … It is her second straight race on the podium, having placed second in DH Dec. 2.
It is the 16th career podium for Lindsey Kildow and third in three days. … It is her sixth career podium in SG. … It is her sixth career podium at Lake Louise and second in SG at Lake Louise. … No other American has scored more than three Lake Louise podiums (Picabo Street).
It is the first career podium for Kelly VanderBeek, 23, from Kitchener, Ontario. … It is just the fourth Canadian podium at Lake Louise and third this season after Manuel Osborne-Paradis 2nd DH Nov. 25 and John Kucera won SG Nov. 26.
It is the seventh career top five for Genevieve Simard and just her second in SG, after a win at Cortina Jan. 14, 2004. … It is her best career result at Lake Louise, one placing better than the SG Dec. 8, 2002. … Eighth matches the ninth-best career result for Emily Brydon. … It is her second-best Lake Louise result after a fourth in DH Dec. 6, 2003. … The result matches her Lake Louise SG result of Dec. 8, 2002. … It is the sixth-best career result and best SG result ever for Britt Janyk. … She started in bib 46. … It is the 81st career top 20 for Kirsten Clark. … It is the fifth career scoring result at Lake Louise for Libby Ludlow. &helli
p; It is the 11th career scoring result for Stacey Cook.
Alexandra Coletti (20th) scored the first World Cup points ever for Monaco. … Winning margin is .87 of a second. … Top four were within the same second. … Top 16 within two seconds. … Nicole Hosp (7th in race) leads the women’s overall standings 291-275 over Kildow. … Marlies Schild is third at 237.
Lake Louise women's World Cup super G
Rank | Bib | FIS Code | Name | Year | Nation | Total Time | FIS Points |
1 | 12 | 55069 | GOETSCHL Renate | 1975 | AUT | 1:20.86 | 0.00 |
2 | 29 | 537544 | KILDOW Lindsey C | 1984 | USA | 1:21.73 | 11.08 |
3 | 20 | 106402 | VANDERBEEK Kelly | 1983 | CAN | 1:21.77 | 11.59 |
4 | 9 | 55596 | WILHELM Kathrin | 1981 | AUT | 1:21.85 | 12.61 |
5 | 11 | 106056 | SIMARD Genevieve | 1980 | CAN | 1:22.02 | 14.78 |
6 | 24 | 505483 | PAERSON Anja | 1981 | SWE | 1:22.03 | 14.90 |
7 | 23 | 55690 | HOSP Nicole | 1983 | AUT | 1:22.13 | 16.18 |
8 | 18 | 105997 | BRYDON Emily | 1980 | CAN | 1:22.18 | 16.81 |
9 | 16 | 205119 | HALTMAYR Petra | 1975 | GER | 1:22.23 | 17.45 |
10 | 5 | 515560 | SCHILD Martina | 1981 | SUI | 1:22.26 | 17.83 |
11 | 46 | 106022 | JANYK Britt | 1980 | CAN | 1:22.29 | 18.22 |
11 | 7 | 515573 | AUFDENBLATTEN Fraenzi | 1981 | SUI | 1:22.29 | 18.22 |
11 | 6 | 225206 | ALCOTT Chemmy | 1982 | GBR | 1:22.29 | 18.22 |
14 | 8 | 55538 | WIRTH Katja | 1980 | AUT | 1:22.48 | 20.64 |
15 | 2 | 296729 | FANCHINI Nadia | 1986 | ITA | 1:22.52 | 21.15 |
16 | 10 | 195671 | JACQUEMOD Ingrid | 1978 | FRA | 1:22.59 | 22.04 |
17 | 22 | 55576 | GOERGL Elisabeth | 1981 | AUT | 1:22.88 | 25.73 |
18 | 4 | 515409 | BERTHOD Sylviane | 1977 | SUI | 1:23.00 | 27.26 |
19 | 25 | 536138 | CLARK Kirsten L | 1977 | USA | 1:23.09 | 28.41 |
20 | 57 | 375018 | COLETTI Alexandra | 1983 | MON | 1:23.14 | 29.04 |
20 | 28 | 515170 | STYGER Nadia | 1978 | SUI | 1:23.14 | 29.04 |
22 | 41 | 206175 | STECHERT Gina | 1987 | GER | 1:23.18 | 29.55 |
22 | 35 | 495318 | RUIZ CASTILLO Carolina | 1981 | SPA | 1:23.18 | 29.55 |
24 | 43 | 206035 | CHMELAR Fanny | 1985 | GER | 1:23.23 | 30.19 |
25 | 36 | 565278 | RABIC Urska | 1985 | SLO | 1:23.30 | 31.08 |
26 | 39 | 515429 | DUMERMUTH Monika | 1977 | SUI | 1:23.36 | 31.85 |
27 | 31 | 55588 | RUMPFHUBER Ingrid | 1981 | AUT | 1:23.48 | 33.37 |
27 | 21 | 536884 | LUDLOW Libby | 1981 | USA | 1:23.48 | 33.37 |
29 | 32 | 537582 | COOK Stacey J | 1984 | USA | 1:23.53 | 34.01 |
30 | 33 | 55383 | BLASER Karin | 1979 | AUT | 1:23.56 | 34.39 |
31 | 1 | 196460 | MARCHAND-ARVIER Marie | 1985 | FRA | 1:23.57 | 34.52 |
32 | 13 | 206001 | RIESCH Maria | 1984 | GER | 1:23.61 | 35.03 |
33 | 19 | 565243 | MAZE Tina | 1983 | SLO | 1:23.68 | 35.92 |
34 | 38 | 296473 | SIORPAES Wendy | 1985 | ITA | 1:23.88 | 38.47 |
35 | 27 | 537545 | MANCUSO Julia | 1984 | USA | 1:23.89 | 38.60 |
36 | 47 | 515348 | BORGHI Catherine | 1976 | SUI | 1:23.91 | 38.85 |
36 | 42 | 296427 | SCHNARF Johanna | 1984 | ITA | 1:23.91 | 38.85 |
38 | 52 | 255098 | KRISTJANSDOTTIR Dagny L. | 1980 | ISL | 1:24.07 | 40.89 |
39 | 14 | 55590 | SCHILD Marlies | 1981 | AUT | 1:24.15 | 41.91 |
40 | 55 | 296259 | MOELGG Manuela | 1983 | ITA | 1:24.18 | 42.29 |
41 | 40 | 296008 | MERIGHETTI Daniela | 1981 | ITA | 1:24.29 | 43.69 |
42 | 48 | 296472 | FANCHINI Elena | 1985 | ITA | 1:24.32 | 44.07 |
43 | 45 | 505260 | HARGIN Janette | 1977 | SWE | 1:24.53 | 46.75 |
44 | 56 | 538038 | MARSHALL Chelsea | 1986 | USA | 1:24.62 | 47.90 |
45 | 3 | 505632 | LINDELL-VIKARBY Jessica | 1984 | SWE | 1:24.83 | 50.57 |
46 | 50 | 106666 | RUBENS Shona | 1986 | CAN | 1:24.94 | 51.97 |
47 | 37 | 195837 | MATTEL Magda | 1980 | FRA | 1:25.34 | 57.07 |
48 | 54 | 515244 | CASANOVA Carmen | 1980 | SUI | 1:25.75 | 62.29 |
49 | 58 | 155563 | KRIZOVA Klara | 1989 | CZE | 1:25.97 | 65.09 |
Did not start 1st run :
BERGER Silvia (AUT)
Did not finish 1st run :
LAWRENCE Sherry (CAN), STEMMER Stefanie (GER), WEYRICH Clothilde (FRA), BENT Nike (SWE), MEISSNITZER Alexandra (AUT), FISCHBACHER Andrea (AUT), RECCHIA Lucia (ITA)
Disqualified 1st run :
BORSOTTI Camilla (ITA)