Results and analysis of December 16 World Cup moguls in Tignes

Results and analysis of December 16 World Cup moguls in Tignes{mosimage}World Cup

Women’s Moguls
Tignes, France
Dec. 16, 2004
1. Jennifer Heil, CAN 25.94
2. Kari Traa, NOR 24.93
3. Sara Kjellin, SWE 24.91
4. Laurel Shanley, USA 24.82
5. Margarita Marbler, AUT 24.75
6. Elisa Kurylowicz, CAN 24.21
7. Nikola Sudova, CZE 23.69
8. Aiko Uemura, JPN 23.55
9. Shannon Bahrke, USA 23.50
10. Miyuki Hatanaka, JPN 22.91
11. Michelle Roark, USA 22.28
12. Stephanie StPierre, CAN 4.75
In qualification:
13. Kristi Richards, CAN 21.41
14. Hannah Kearney, USA 21.15
15. Deborah Scanzio, ITA 21.10
16. Daria Serova, RUS 21.01
17. Ljudmila Dymchenko, RUS 20.87
18. Marie Jouval, FRA 20.63
19. Jennifer Simm, CAN 20.50
20. Sylvia Kerfoot, CAN 20.10
21. Mariangela Fabia Parravicini, ITA 19.59
22. Marina Cherkasova, RUS 19.45
23. Ekaterina Radigina, RUS 19.40
24. Jenny Kittstein, GER 18.98
25. Manuela Berchtold, AUS 18.34
26. Vera Setcheneva, RUS 18.15
27. Yulia Rodionova, KAZ 17.11
28. Jillian Vogtli, USA 15.25
29. Sarka Sudova, CZE 15.18
30. Nuria Montane, SPA 13.65

Men’s Moguls
Tignes, France
Dec. 16, 2004
1. Janne Lahtela, FIN 26.45
2. Travis Mayer, USA 25.91
3. Travis-Antone Cabral, USA 25.41
4. Luke Westerlund, USA 25.35
5. Vitali Glushenko, RUS 25.08
6. Dale Begg-Smith, CAN 24.96
7. Toby Dawson, USA 24.92
8. Laurent Niol, FRA 24.87
9. Lauri Lassila, FIN 24.74
10. David Babic, USA 24.60
11. Pierre-Alexandre Rousseau, CAN 23.96
12. Guilbaut Colas, FRA 12.20
In qualification:
13. Mikko Ronkainen, FIN 23.40
14. Tapio Luusua, FIN 23.29
15. Olle Daunfeldt, SWE 23.26
16. Andrei Volkov, RUS 23.10 (3)
17. Vladimir Tiumentsev, RUS 23.10 (2)
18. Tolgat Sajpov, RUS 23.04
19. Jean Francois Therrien, CAN 23.02
20. Chris Wong, CAN 22.90
21. Nathan Roberts, USA 23.63
22. Lauri Kolomainen, FIN 22.61
23. Rusian Sharifulin, RUS 22.50
24. Nick Fisher, AUS 22.47
25. Grischa Weber, GER 22.39
26. Gregoire Dufosse, FRA 22.00
27. Silvan Palazot, FRA 21.92
28. Nobuyuki Nishi, JPN 21.91
29. Julien Bedel, FRA 21.75
30. Arild Gaarden Hansen, NOR 21.74
other North Americans:
35. Jeremy Bloom, USA 20.71
42. Vincent Marquis, CAN 16.10

Defending World Cup mogul champion Jennifer Heil collected her fifth career win. She had not placed better than 7th at Tignes before. “Last year was a really exciting season,” Heil said, “I had lots of people who helped me along. After having a consistent season, I know what I have to do.’

It was the 64th career podium for runner-up Kari Traa… but just her eighth second place finish. … She won at Tignes in 2000 and 2001. … It is just the third podium for Sara Kjellin. … The first coming 1/30/1998. … She was 5th at Tignes in 2000.

It is the 7th top five result for Laurel Shanley. … Her career best is third, scored twice at Mont Tremblant 1/11/03 and Neaba 2/22/04. … Sixth matches sixth best result ever for Elisa Kurlowicz. … She has one win from Fernie dual meet 1/24/04. …It is the 45th career top 10 for Shannon Bahrke. .. She was second at Tignes in 2002. … It is the 30th time Michelle Roark has tallied a top 11 score. … She was 3rd at Tignes 12/1/02. … It is the 14th time Stephanie StPierre has qualified for the final round of a World Cup event. … Russian Yulia Rodionova, 15, is the first athlete born in the decade of the 1990’s to score in a World Cup skiing event.

It is the 22nd career World Cup win for Janne Lahtela. … He is the second winningest male mogul skier behind Edgar Grosprion. … It is the eighth career podium for Travis Mayer. … He has one win, and four seconds. … His previous results at Tignes include a 50th and 27th. … Mayer only competed in three domestic World Cups last season as he focused instead on classes at Cornell. “I came back pretty quick,” he said, “Considering the hard conditions and everything, I’m very happy.” … It is the 12th career podium for Travis Cabral. … He won at Tignes 12/1/02. … It is the seventh time Luke Westerlund has scored a top four result (3 seconds, 4 fourths). … He has two previous stops at Tignes, both resulting in 51st placings. … It is the 25th top seven placing for Toby Dawson … He was fourth at Tignes in ’02. … It is the 14th top 10 result for David Babic. … He was 6th at Tignes in ’02.