Sterz leads Meribel training Day 2, Mancuos 3rd
In the second day of women’s downhill training in Meribel, Austria’s Regina Sterz clocked the fastest time of the day, 1:42.43.
Tina Maze, who skied the fastest training run Thursday, was in the top three for the second day in a row. She was just a half second off Sterz’s pace.
And Julia Mancuso, who recently won a bronze medal in the World Championships super G, proved the speed skis are still running well. The American rounded out the top three. Stacey Cook wasn’t far behind in fifth, while Alice McKennis finished 17th, Laurenne Ross 23rd and Leanne Smith 37th.
Results
Meribel (FRA)
Training
Ladies’ Downhill
| Rank | Name | Year | Nation | Total Time | |||
| 1 | STERZ Regina | 1985 | AUT | 1:42.43 | |||
| 2 | MAZE Tina | 1983 | SLO | 1:42.92 | |||
| 3 | MANCUSO Julia | 1984 | USA | 1:43.21 | |||
| 4 | REBENSBURG Viktoria | 1989 | GER | 1:43.39 | |||
| 5 | COOK Stacey | 1984 | USA | 1:43.53 | |||
| 6 | ROLLAND Marion | 1982 | FRA | 1:43.54 | |||
| 7 | HOEFL-RIESCH Maria | 1984 | GER | 1:43.70 | |||
| 8 | GUT Lara | 1991 | SUI | 1:43.71 | |||
| 9 | FANCHINI Nadia | 1986 | ITA | 1:43.76 | |||
| 10 | MARCHAND-ARVIER Marie | 1985 | FRA | 1:43.88 | |||
| 11 | SCHMIDHOFER Nicole | 1989 | AUT | 1:43.92 | |||
| 12 | RUIZ CASTILLO Carolina | 1981 | SPA | 1:43.95 | |||
| 12 | WEIRATHER Tina | 1989 | LIE | 1:43.95 | |||
| 14 | SEJERSTED Lotte Smiseth | 1991 | NOR | 1:43.98 | |||
| 15 | SUTER Fabienne | 1985 | SUI | 1:44.04 | |||
| 16 | KAMER Nadja | 1986 | SUI | 1:44.06 | |||
| 17 | MCKENNIS Alice | 1989 | USA | 1:44.07 | |||
| 18 | FANCHINI Elena | 1985 | ITA | 1:44.11 | |||
| 19 | MOSER Stefanie | 1988 | AUT | 1:44.21 | |||
| 20 | STUFFER Verena | 1984 | ITA | 1:44.47 | |||
| 21 | BORSOTTI Camilla | 1988 | ITA | 1:44.48 | |||
| 22 | STUHEC Ilka | 1990 | SLO | 1:44.52 | |||
| 23 | ROSS Laurenne | 1988 | USA | 1:44.54 | |||
| 24 | HOSP Nicole | 1983 | AUT | 1:44.55 | |||
| 24 | FISCHBACHER Andrea | 1985 | AUT | 1:44.55 | |||
| 26 | GOERGL Elisabeth | 1981 | AUT | 1:44.57 | |||
| 27 | MERIGHETTI Daniela | 1981 | ITA | 1:44.60 | |||
| 28 | AUFDENBLATTEN Fraenzi | 1981 | SUI | 1:44.76 | |||
| 29 | KAUFMANN-ABDERHALDEN Marianne | 1986 | SUI | 1:44.85 | |||
| 30 | MARSAGLIA Francesca | 1990 | ITA | 1:44.91 | |||
| 31 | AGERER Lisa Magdalena | 1991 | ITA | 1:45.08 | |||
| 32 | ALTACHER Margret | 1986 | AUT | 1:45.12 | |||
| 33 | DETTLING Andrea | 1987 | SUI | 1:45.23 | |||
| 34 | KLING Kajsa | 1988 | SWE | 1:45.27 | |||
| 35 | KRIZOVA Klara | 1989 | CZE | 1:45.31 | |||
| 36 | BAILET Margot | 1990 | FRA | 1:45.41 | |||
| 37 | SMITH Leanne | 1987 | USA | 1:45.48 | |||
| 38 | KUENG Mirena | 1988 | SUI | 1:45.63 | |||
| 39 | MIKLOS Edit | 1988 | HUN | 1:45.65 | |||
| 40 | CURTONI Elena | 1991 | ITA | 1:45.85 | |||
| 41 | HRONEK Veronique | 1991 | GER | 1:45.96 | |||
| 42 | YURKIW Larisa | 1988 | CAN | 1:46.37 | |||
| 43 | KIRCHGASSER Michaela | 1985 | AUT | 1:46.43 | |||
| 44 | BARTHET Anne-Sophie | 1988 | FRA | 1:46.57 | |||
| 45 | BRODNIK Vanja | 1989 | SLO | 1:46.77 | |||
| 46 | GAUTHIER Marine | 1990 | FRA | 1:46.78 | |||
| 47 | TIPPLER Tamara | 1991 | AUT | 1:47.16 | |||
| 48 | GAGNON Marie-Michele | 1989 | CAN | 1:47.40 | |||
| 49 | GANTNEROVA Jana | 1989 | SVK | 1:48.44 | |||
| 50 | SIMARI BIRKNER Macarena | 1984 | ARG | 1:50.32 | |||
| 51 | SIMARI BIRKNER Maria Belen | 1982 | ARG | 1:51.91 | |||
| Did not start 1st run | |||||||
| COLETTI Alexandra | 1983 | MON | |||||
| FENNINGER Anna | 1989 | AUT | |||||
About the Author: Geoff Mintz
Geoff Mintz is a former alpine ski racer who cut his teeth at Ragged Mountain and Waterville Valley, N.H. After graduating from Holderness and UVM, he relocated to Colorado, where he worked on the hill prior to pursuing a career in journalism. Mintz served as associate editor for Ski Racing Media from 2011 to 2015. He later reconnected with his local roots to manage all marketing and communications for Ski & Snowboard Club Vail before resuming work at SRM as editor-in-chief.
