WJC – Austria's Stephanie Venier claims SG gold

By Published On: February 24th, 2013Comments Off on WJC – Austria's Stephanie Venier claims SG gold

LeMASSIF – Austria went two for two in the super G races at the World Championships, Sunday (Feb 24), with Stephanie Venier capturing the women’s gold medal. Thomas Mayrpeter won the men’s title earlier in the day.

Austria wasn’t stopped there as Venier was joined by Rosina Schneeberger on the podium with the bronze medal. Swiss racer Corinne Suter split the two for the silver medal.

“I’m very happy with my run. I won, I’m very happy,” said Venier. The slope was good. It was good snow, I think” she said with a laugh.

Top American Katie Ryan, more versed in English, was able to put the course in better perspective. “The part we were running, from the super G from the bottom down is trickier than you think just because though it seems pretty straightforward it has features on it that we don’t often see.  There’s a predominant side hill, a basketball turn into some more difficult compressions that don’t seem that big. The part we ran was pretty cool. I like these things. I’m excited to get on the whole thing with the downhill.”

The course was essentially identical to the one the men ran in the  morning, but a few gates had been tweaked a touch. The bigger problem was getting the race in at all. “I think they’ve more snow in the last 72hours than they had all season,” said US team leader Lester Keller. Add to that the need to squeeze in two super G’s on the same day.

“We actually totally got through the race today, It’s pretty impressive,” said Ryan. “Kudos to the province of Quebec for pulling it off. When we got here there was so much snow, it didn’t seem possible. They can’t start the race after 2:30. It was 2:15 and you couldn’t see the first three gates. It cleared just in time.”

Ryan finished sixth, the best finish for the US so far in the championship. France’s Romane Miradoli was fourth and Ragnhilde Mowinckel of Norway, a triple medalist last season was fifth.

Other Americans included Jaqueline Wiles in 13th, Abby Ghent in 28th and Katherine Irwin in 31st. Canada put Julia Roth in ninth, Valerie Grenier 25th, Charley Field 37th, Kelly Moore 39th, Candace Crawford 40th. Seventeen young women failed to finish including Canadian Mikaela Tommy.

SkiRacing photo/Mame McKee

Le Massif (CAN)
FIS Junior World Ski Championships
Ladies’ Super G
Feb 24, 2013

Rank Bib FIS Code Name Year Nation Total Time FIS Points
 1  12  56177 VENIER Stephanie  1993  AUT   1:00.89  6.00
 2  6  516319 SUTER Corinne  1994  SUI   1:01.69  19.80
 3  24  56241 SCHNEEBERGER Rosina  1994  AUT   1:01.80  21.69
 4  9  197497 MIRADOLI Romane  1994  FRA   1:01.93  23.93
 5  2  425929 MOWINCKEL Ragnhild  1992  NOR   1:02.07  26.35
 6  16  539685 RYAN Katie  1993  USA   1:02.14  27.56
 7  26  206520 DORSCH Patrizia  1994  GER   1:02.17  28.07
 8  4  516248 FLURY Jasmine  1993  SUI   1:02.20  28.59
 9  1  107312 ROTH Julia  1993  CAN   1:02.41  32.21
 10  3  197295 PIOT Jennifer  1992  FRA   1:02.51  33.94
 11  40  516394 SUTER Jasmina  1995  SUI   1:02.52  34.11
 12  30  506555 BLOMQVIST Lisa  1994  SWE   1:02.53  34.28
 13  25  539536 WILES Jacqueline  1992  USA   1:02.59  35.32
 14  19  56126 ZELLER Lisa-Maria  1992  AUT   1:02.60  35.49
 14  11  197319 BAUD Adeline  1992  FRA   1:02.60  35.49
 16  13  516219 NUFER Priska  1992  SUI   1:02.62  35.83
 17  10  56125 PUCHNER Mirjam  1992  AUT   1:02.69  37.04
 18  33  45331 SMALL Greta  1995  AUS   1:02.72  37.56
 19  29  197651 DIREZ Clara  1995  FRA   1:02.73  37.73
 20  58  506341 WIKSTROEM Emelie  1992  SWE   1:02.77  38.42
 20  56  206497 FILSER Andrea  1993  GER   1:02.77  38.42
 22  14  485632 BEDAREVA Maria  1992  RUS   1:02.80  38.94
 23  22  425982 WINQUIST Annie  1993  NOR   1:02.84  39.63
 24  47  565400 HORVAT Katja  1993  SLO   1:03.01  42.56
 25  50  107613 GRENIER Valerie  1996  CAN   1:03.04  43.08
 25  36  197641 GAUCHE Laura  1995  FRA   1:03.04  43.08
 27  48  298642 GIARDINI Ida  1993  ITA&n
bsp;		  1:03.19  45.66
 28  15  539363 GHENT Abby  1992  USA   1:03.20  45.83
 29  18  506399 HECTOR Sara  1992  SWE   1:03.23  46.35
 30  20  485631 YAKOVISHINA Elena  1992  RUS   1:03.26  46.87
 31  32  539932 IRWIN Katharine  1994  USA   1:03.28  47.21
 32  27  485665 KEDRINA Anastasia  1992  RUS   1:03.33  48.08
 33  41  506664 FJAELLSTROEM Magdalena  1995  SWE   1:03.37  48.77
 34  45  705423 VLHOVA Petra  1995  SVK   1:03.54  51.70
 35  23  426043 TVIBERG Maria Therese  1994  NOR   1:03.62  53.08
 36  34  565417 PLUT Eli  1994  SLO   1:04.08  61.01
 37  46  107469 FIELD Charley  1995  CAN   1:04.11  61.53
 38  53  485772 ASTAPENKO Daria  1994  RUS   1:04.33  65.32
 39  54  107415 MOORE Kelly  1994  CAN   1:04.44  67.22
 40  57  107387 CRAWFORD Candace  1994  CAN   1:04.55  69.11
 41  21  197616 ALPHAND Estelle  1995  FRA   1:06.52  103.08
 42  59  705415 SOBEKOVA Simona  1994  SVK   1:09.55  155.33
Did not start 1st run
   35  107532 TOMMY Mikaela  1995  CAN     
   7  298323 GOGGIA Sofia  1992  ITA     
Did not finish 1st run
   55  465098 CAILL Ania Monica  1995  ROU     
   52  206536 WALLNER Marina  1994  GER     
   51  485731 ROMANOVA Anastasia  1993  RUS     
   49  705394 KANTOROVA Barbara  1992  SVK     
   44  299276 BASSINO Marta  1996  ITA     
   43  298124 AGNELLI Nicole  1992  ITA     
   42  56328 ORTLIEB Nina  1996  AUT     
   39  565401 BUCIK Ana  1993  SLO     
   38  206532 SCHMOTZ Marlene  1994  GER     
   37  298694 PICHLER Karoline  1994  ITA     
   31  298583 MEDETTI Alessia  1993  ITA     
   28  485749 PROKOPYEVA Aleksandra  1994  RUS     
   17  206460 WENIG Michaela  1992  GER     
   8  56128 HUETTER Cornelia  1992  AUT     
   5  516185 HAEHLEN Joana  1992  SUI     

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In memoriam: The veteran of the staff, McKee started with Ski Racing in 1980. Over the seasons, he covered virtually every aspect of the sport, from the pro tours to junior racing, freestyle and World Cup alpine competition. He wrote the first national stories for many U.S. team stars, and was still around to report on their retirements. “Longevity has its rewards,” he said, “but it’s a slow process.”

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