Teller saves best for last at final qualification race

By Published On: January 17th, 2014Comments Off on Teller saves best for last at final qualification race
John Teller advances past Matt for the lead (GEPA/Daniel Goetzhaber)

John Teller advances past Matt for the lead (GEPA/Daniel Goetzhaber)

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.”

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Results

Rank Bib FIS Code Name Year Nation Result Level Points
 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

 

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