Top U.S. tech racers set for New Zealand FIS series

By Published On: August 18th, 2008Comments Off on Top U.S. tech racers set for New Zealand FIS series

Ted Ligety, Erik Schlopy and Jimmy Cochran are among the U.S. Ski Team’s starters for a FIS race series set to begin on Tuesday at Coronet Peak, New Zealand. Giant slaloms are scheduled Tuesday and Wednesday and slaloms Thursday and Friday.
Ted Ligety, Erik Schlopy and Jimmy Cochran are among the U.S. Ski Team’s starters for a FIS race series set to begin on Tuesday at Coronet Peak, New Zealand. Giant slaloms are scheduled Tuesday and Wednesday and slaloms Thursday and Friday.
    The U.S. men and women, the Japanese national team and the Swedish men and women’s teams are all currently training at Coronet Peak’s Gully Race Arena. The Canadian women’s team just left and the Swiss women are due to arrive next month.
Following this week’s FIS races are the Volkswagen National Championships, to be held Aug. 29-31 at Coronet Peak.
    U.S. alpine head men’s coach Sasha Rearick says the team is delighted with the facilities at Coronet Peak.
    “The improvements to snowmaking, particularly in the race arena, have been fantastic,” he said. “The quality of the snow and the surface we’re able to train on is absolutely world class.”

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