Teller saves best for last at final qualification race
VAL THORENS, France – John Teller of Mammoth Lakes, Calif., muscled his way to victory at the final ski cross Olympic qualifier at the FIS World Cup in Val Thorens. It was the best U.S. result of the season after Teller placed 11th in a race in Val Thorens back in December. Victor Oehling Norberg of Sweden and Canadian David Duncan rounded out the podium in second and third, respectively, while U.S. athlete Joe Swensson finished 18th.
“I have had a tough year so far but am beyond happy to start the middle of my season this way,” said Teller. “I feel that I have just hit my stride and am ramping up for February. I have to thank my tech Chris Taylor for the rockets that got me to the final and the top step of the podium.”
U.S. Olympic team nominations for ski cross are expected Jan. 21. While athletes need two top-three finishes to meet the objective criteria, the strength of Teller’s finish today makes him a strong candidate for Olympic selection.
“I think we had about the same tail wind today (as yesterday), but the visibility was a little bit better,” added Teller. “I think that was a big key for me. Being able to see really helped me get through to win this thing.”
Release courtesy of USSA
Results
Rank | Bib | FIS Code | Name | Year | Nation | Result | Level | Points | ||
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1 | 8 | 2527399 | TELLER John | 1983 | USA | 1000.00 | ||||
2 | 4 | 2528541 | OEHLING NORBERG Victor | 1990 | SWE | 800.00 | ||||
3 | 2 | 2526897 | DUNCAN David | 1982 | CAN | 600.00 | ||||
4 | 3 | 2527286 | LEMAN Brady | 1986 | CAN | 500.00 | ||||
5 | 6 | 2526820 | DELBOSCO Christopher | 1982 | CAN | 450.00 | ||||
6 | 18 | 2526137 | FORSLUND Michael | 1986 | SWE | 400.00 | ||||
7 | 5 | 2527361 | PELLINEN Jouni | 1983 | FIN | 360.00 | ||||
8 | 1 | 2451417 | MATT Andreas | 1982 | AUT | 320.00 | ||||
9 | 10 | 2527296 | BOHNACKER Daniel | 1990 | GER | 290.00 | ||||
10 | 11 | 2526291 | NIEDERER Armin | 1987 | SUI | 260.00 | ||||
11 | 16 | 2528959 | TAFEL Tristan | 1990 | CAN | 240.00 | ||||
12 | 29 | 2525888 | MOZHAEV Sergey | 1988 | RUS | 220.00 | ||||
13 | 7 | 2526877 | BOVOLENTA Arnaud | 1988 | FRA | 200.00 | ||||
14 | 14 | 2529580 | LEDUC Mathieu | 1990 | CAN | 180.00 | ||||
15 | 21 | 2529330 | MITHASSEL Christian | 1987 | NOR | 160.00 | ||||
16 | 24 | 2528672 | DEVOUASSOUX Jonas | 1989 | FRA | 150.00 | ||||
17 | 12 | 2527142 | GRIMUS Anton | 1990 | AUS | 140.00 | ||||
18 | 13 | 2527992 | SWENSSON Joe | 1986 | USA | 130.00 | ||||
19 | 15 | 2386524 | KRAUS Tomas | 1974 | CZE | 120.00 | ||||
20 | 17 | 2528718 | CHAPUIS Jean Frederic | 1989 | FRA | 110.00 | ||||
21 | 22 | 2527297 | EIGLER Florian | 1990 | GER | 100.00 | ||||
22 | 25 | 2448410 | NETZER Conradign | 1980 | SUI | 90.00 | ||||
23 | 26 | 2529466 | EKLUND John | 1993 | SWE | 80.00 | ||||
24 | 30 | 2526998 | WAHRSTOETTER Christoph | 1989 | AUT | 70.00 | ||||
25 | 9 | 2526955 | FIVA Alex | 1986 | SUI | 60.00 | ||||
26 | 19 | 2411938 | ZANGERL Thomas | 1983 | AUT | 50.00 | ||||
27 | 20 | 2527624 | GASSER Patrick | 1985 | SUI | 45.00 | ||||
28 | 27 | 2484604 | KOLLER Patrick | 1983 | AUT | 40.00 | ||||
29 | 28 | 2528200 | FISCHER Thomas | 1986 | GER | 36.00 | ||||
30 | 31 | 2526524 | RING CHRISTENSEN Morten | 1990 | NOR | 32.00 | ||||
31 | 32 | 2529207 | RIEGLER Daniel | 1991 | AUT | 28.00 | ||||
32 | 23 | 2485244 | SCHAUER Andreas | 1986 | GER | 26.00 | ||||
33 | 2526349 | STAEHLI Peter | 1989 | SUI | 24.00 | |||||
34 | 2530862 | OGORELC Blaz | 1990 | SLO | 22.00 | |||||
35 | 2527032 | FLISAR Filip | 1987 | SLO | 20.00 | |||||
36 | 2527607 | BORGE LIE Thomas | 1985 | NOR | 19.70 | |||||
37 | 2526789 | STICKL Simon | 1987 | GER | 19.40 | |||||
38 | 2529953 | THANEI Stefan | 1981 | ITA | 19.10 | |||||
39 | 2530791 | PREBBLE Jamie | 1991 | NZL | 18.80 | |||||
40 | 2528452 | BISCHOFBERGER Marc | 1991 | SUI | 18.50 | |||||
41 | 2525886 | KOROTKOV Egor | 1986 | RUS | 18.20 | |||||
42 | 2527622 | JUELL Didrik Bastian | 1990 | NOR | 17.90 | |||||
43 | 2529198 | TOMASI Marco | 1987 | ITA | 17.60 | |||||
44 | 2527042 | ECKERT Paul | 1990 | GER | 17.30 | |||||
45 | 2450835 | MIAILLIER Sylvain | 1986 | FRA | 17.00 | |||||
46 | 2530524 | HELIE Louis-Pierre | 1986 | CAN | 16.70 | |||||
47 | 2529292 | MIDOL Jonathan | 1988 | FRA | 16.40 | |||||
48 | 2391471 | MANI Alois | 1983 | SUI | 16.10 | |||||
49 | 2529200 | CROSSAN Brant | 1992 | USA | 15.80 | |||||
50 | 2527826 | LEPAGE Sebastien | 1990 | FRA | 15.50 | |||||
51 | 2528877 | PROMOK Franz | 1987 | AUT | 15.20 | |||||
52 | 2531019 | DUNAND Arnaud | 1990 | FRA | 14.90 | |||||
53 | 2387009 | LEWEN Lars | 1975 | SWE | 14.60 | |||||
54 | 2527635 | TCHIKNAVORIAN Terence | 1992 | FRA | 14.30 | |||||
55 | 2529980 | RIDZIK Sergey | 1992 | RUS | 14.00 | |||||
56 | 2485016 | DANILOV Artem | 1986 | RUS | 13.70 | |||||
57 | 2527299 | NAGL Rupert | 1989 | GER | 13.40 | |||||
58 | 2529470 | ANDERSSON Viktor | 1992 | SWE | 13.10 | |||||
59 | 2529427 | GREGORIO Borja | 1992 | SPA | 12.80 | |||||
60 | 2529696 | MAURIELLO Francesco | 1994 | ITA | 12.50 | |||||
61 | 2527952 | WHELAN Peter Edwin | 1989 | GBR | 12.20 | |||||
62 | 2526576 | DUMAX BAUDRON Yann | 1988 | FRA | 11.90 | |||||
63 | 2528345 | BEAUCAMPS Arnold | 1990 | FRA | 11.60 | |||||
64 | 2527846 | ANIKIN Ivan | 1988 | RUS | 11.30 | |||||
65 | 2528956 | ILIN Roman | 1992 | RUS | 11.00 | |||||
66 | 2528709 | CASTELLAZ Diego | 1985 | ITA | 10.70 | |||||
67 | 2531112 | DRAKE Ed | 1986 | GBR | 10.40 | |||||
68 | 2529201 | WALLASCH Tyler | 1994 | USA | 0.00 | |||||
69 | 2528241 | HABRAT Mateusz | 1990 | POL | 0.00 | |||||
70 | 2526971 | RICIOLI Trevor | 1985 | USA | 0.00 | |||||
71 | 2526574 | DOMENACH Thomas | 1988 | FRA | 0.00 | |||||
72 | 2190772 | TAKIZAWA Hiroomi | 1973 | JPN | 0.00 | |||||
73 | 2485144 | NISHIZAWA Hayato | 1985 | JPN | 0.00 | |||||
74 | 2529564 | MONFORTE Nicolo | 1995 | USA | 0.00 | |||||
Did not finish | ||||||||||
2529006 | ROHRWECK Johannes | 1990 | AUT | |||||||
2455006 | SCHMID Michael | 1984 | SUI | |||||||
2385263 | KONO Kenji | 1983 | JPN |