North American injuries notable in Wengen World Cup training

By Published On: January 11th, 2011Comments Off on North American injuries notable in Wengen World Cup training

Osborne-ParadisThe initial training run ahead of the Lauberhorn Downhill at Wengen, Switzerland  is complete with Italian Christof Innerhofer leading by .89 of a second over Swiss great Didier Cuche with downhill standings leader Michael Walchhofer in third.

Tobias Gruenefelder of Switzerland was fourth and World Cup overall leader Ivica Kostelic fifth.

Both North American squads are weakened by injury and displayed a conservative approach to the longest track on the World Cup circuit. The Americans are without the services of Andrew Weibrecht to a dislocated shoulder that required surgery and ended his season. Marco Sullivan is home in California with a head injury.

“Nobody has been saying much because these head injuries are fickle in how they play out,” Sullivan said. ” I am hoping to be back this season, just not sure when.  One thing I can tell you is that I have been downgraded from a possible subdural hematoma, basically bleeding in the brain, to a TBI or traumatic brain injury, which as far as I can tell is just a bad concussion.”

The remaining Americans were down the finish order with Bode Miller 27th and Steven Nyman 29th. In a tie for 33rd was Ted Ligety. Though the GS standings leader has just one World Cup downhill result to his credit, it was a fourth at the end of the 2007 season at Lenzerheide.

Other U.S. results included Travis Ganong in 47th, Erik Fisher 56th, Tim Jitloff 60th and Wiley Maple 63rd.

The Canadians were also out for a casual training run as evidenced by Manuel Osborne-Paradis’ team leading 40th place finish. Jan Hudec was 42nd. Ryan Semple finished 57th and Kelby Halbert 68th. Robbie Dixon was in the start list but declined the start as he recovers from a concussion. He later tweeted he would not race at Wengen. Dustin Cook failed to finish. Eric Guay will miss his second straight downhill as he deals with a sore back.

Gepa photo of Manuel Osborne-Paradis

Place   Wengen
(SUI)		   Discipline   Downhill
Date   11.01.2011   Category   Training
Race codex   1407   Gender   M
Valid for FIS Points   NO   TD Name   Both Peter (AUT)
       
  
OFFICIAL RESULTS – FIRST TRAINING
Rank Bib FIS Code Name Year Nation Total Time
 1  1  293006 INNERHOFER Christof  1984  ITA   2:34.07
 2  10  510030 CUCHE Didier  1974  SUI   2:34.96
 3  12  50041 WALCHHOFER Michael  1975  AUT   2:35.53
 4  3  510747 GRUENENFELDER Tobias  1977  SUI   2:36.29
 5  19  380260 KOSTELIC Ivica  1979  CRO   2:36.42
 6  2  50858 STREITBERGER Georg  1981  AUT   2:36.55
 7  23  201606 KEPPLER Stephan  1983  GER   2:36.76
 8  9  51005 SCHEIBER Mario  1983  AUT   2:36.95
 9  24  560332 JERMAN Andrej  1978  SLO   2:36.99
 9  14  50753 KROELL Klaus  1980  AUT   2:36.99
 11  8  511313 JANKA Carlo  1986  SUI   2:37.13
 12  42  191591 BERTRAND Yannick  1980  FRA   2:37.25
 13  54  293550 MARSAGLIA Matteo  1985  ITA   2:37.27
 14  36  294277 KLOTZ Siegmar  1987  ITA   2:37.31
 15  7  421328 SVINDAL Aksel Lund  1982  NOR   2:37.43
 16  34  291459 PARIS Dominik  1989  ITA   2:37.60
 17  11  292514 HEEL Werner  1982  ITA   2:37.62
 18  29  192746 THEAUX Adrien  1984  FRA   2:37.65
 19  28  510767 HOFFMANN Ambrosi  1977  SUI   2:37.70
 20  13  501076 OLSSON Hans  1984  SWE   2:37.95
 21  57  150398 BANK Ondrej  1980  CZE   2:38.08
 22  20  191740 CLAREY Johan  1981  FRA   2:38.23
 23  37  51327 PUCHNER Joachim  1987  AUT   2:38.33
 24  18  50833 GRUGGER Hans  1981  AUT   2:38.37
 25  25  500150 JAERBYN Patrik  1969  SWE   2:38.65
 26  41  510498 ZUEGER Cornel  1981  SUI   2:38.69
 27  4  532431 MILLER Bode  1977  USA   2:38.80
 28  17  51215 BAUMANN Romed  1986  AUT   2:38.84
 29  27  533866 NYMAN Steven  1982  USA   2:38.89
 30  47  292291 THANEI Stefan  1981  ITA   2:39.13
 31  40  290998 STAUDACHER Patrick  1980  ITA   2:39.30
 32  44  511634 SPESCHA Christian  1989  SUI   2:39.31
 33  52  294904 PANGRAZZI Paolo  1988  ITA   2:39.49
 33  33  534562 LIGETY Ted  1984  USA   2:39.49
 35  45  561067 PERKO Rok  1985  SLO   2:39.62
 36  22  191964 POISSON David  1982  FRA   2:39.79
 37  46  511383 FEUZ Beat  1987  SUI   2:39.80
 38  31  421483 JANSRUD Kjetil  1985  NOR   2:39.82
 39  39  511529 GISIN Marc  1988  SUI   2:39.90
 40  6  102899 OSBORNE-PARADIS Manuel  1984  CAN   2:40.11
 41  32  50625 RAICH Benjamin  1978  AUT   2:40.28
 42  43  102271 HUDEC Jan  1981  CAN   2:40.57
 43  5  510890 ZURBRIGGEN Silvan  1981  SUI   2:40.90
 44  67  193034 BOUILLOT Alexandre  1985  FRA   2:40.96
 45  49  201811 STECHERT Tobias  1985  GER   2:41.07
 46  21  192932 FAYED Guillermo  1985  FRA   2:41.09
 47  38  530874 GANONG Travis  1988  USA   2:41.25
 48  48  294911 PATSCHEIDER Hagen  1988  ITA   2:41.84
 49  55  910004 DEFLORIAN Mirko  1980  MDA   2:41.88
 50  35  510993 ALBRECHT Daniel  1983  SUI   2:42.16
 51  60  291034 PLANK Andy  1989  ITA   2:42.18
 52  75  20267 ESTEVE RIGAIL Kevin  1989  AND   2:42.49
 53  66  53853 SIEBER Bjoern  1989  AUT   2:42.79
 54  65  192504 MERMILLOD BLONDIN Thomas  1984  FRA   2:42.81
 55  72  491151 DE LA CUESTA Paul  1988  SPA   2:43.12
 56  53  534939 FISHER Erik  1985  USA   2:44.09
 57  69  102403 SEMPLE Ryan  1982  CAN   2:44.13
 58  68  491129 TERRA Ferran  1987  SPA   2:44.76
 59  73  20174 VIDOSA Roger  1984  AND   2:45.32
 60  74  534959 JITLOFF Tim  1985  USA   2:46.13
 61  70  380298 SIROKI Tin  1987  CRO   2:46.16
 62  79  60159 VAN BUYNDER Frederik  1988  BEL   2:46.74
 63  61  930024 MAPLE Wiley  1990  USA   2:47.25
 64  77  150495 VRABLIK Martin  1982  CZE   2:49.11
 65  76  430429 BYDLINSKI Maciej  1988  POL   2:49.69
 66  78  430472 KLUSAK Michal  1990  POL   2:53.31
 67  16  292455 FILL Peter  1982  ITA   5:09.81
 68  59  103656 HALBERT Kelby  1990  CAN   7:10.38
 69  51  180570 ROMAR Andreas  1989  FIN   7:16.58
 70  64  511352 VILETTA Sandro  1986  SUI   8:11.72
Did not start 1st run
   71  150644 KRYZL Krystof  1986  CZE   
   30  511139 KUENG Patrick  1984  SUI   
   26  102961 DIXON Robbie  1985  CAN   
Did not finish 1st run
   63  100558 COOK Dustin  1989  CAN   
   62  51007 SCHOERGHOFER Philipp  1983  AUT   
   58  193232 GELLOZ Sylvain  1986  FRA   
   56  421400 MYHRE Lars Elton  1984  NOR   
   50  380292 ZRNCIC-DIM Natko  1986  CRO   
   15  560447 SPORN Andrej  1981  SLO 

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About the Author: Hank McKee

In memoriam: The veteran of the staff, McKee started with Ski Racing in 1980. Over the seasons, he covered virtually every aspect of the sport, from the pro tours to junior racing, freestyle and World Cup alpine competition. He wrote the first national stories for many U.S. team stars, and was still around to report on their retirements. “Longevity has its rewards,” he said, “but it’s a slow process.”

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