World Jr. Champs: Ganong 4th in men's DH

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Italy’s Hagen Patscheider won the downhill by the slimmest of margins Tuesday at the the FIS Alpine Junior World Ski Championships in Formigal, Spain. The 20-year-old nipped Norway’s Eian Sandvik by 0.01 seconds, with American Travis Ganong tying for fourth place.
Italy’s Hagen Patscheider won the downhill by the slimmest of margins Tuesday at the the FIS Alpine Junior World Ski Championships in Formigal, Spain. The 20-year-old nipped Norway’s Eian Sandvik by 0.01 seconds, with American Travis Ganong tying for fourth place.
    Ganong touched his hip and shoulder on the ground on the entry turn to the first major jump on the Tres Hombres course. The impact dislocated his shoulder, according to U.S. team leader Walt Evans. Amazingly, Ganong was able to rotate the shoulder back into place while continuing down the course.   
    The gold is Patscheider’s best result in the Junior Worlds so far. Last year in Flachau, he finished eighth in giant slalom. In the Europa Cup he finished eighth twice in a super G within the last month, his best results on that circuit.
    “Winning by just one hundredth of a second is luck so I guess it was my lucky day today,” Patscheider said. “I am normally actually better in the technical disciplines rather than in the downhill. Today’s course may look a bit flat but it has some really technical parts and is in fact quite challenging. The course was in a good condition given the circumstances. I will also compete in the super G and GS here in Formigal so let’s see how those will go.”
    Sandvik took the second-place finish in stride.
    “It is great to win the silver medal and I am not disappointed to lose the gold by just one hundredth of a second,” he said. “I am best in the speed events though also typically do well in slalom. This is the reward for some very hard work – of course I aimed to win a medal but did not think that I’d really make it.”
    Sandvik finished 12th in the Junior Worlds downhill last season. Swiss Jonas Fravi finished in third place, 0.28 behind Patscheider. Ganong and Matts Olsson of Sweden each finished 0.41 behind Patscheider.
    “I am very happy about this medal. My goal was to make it to the prize-giving ceremony tonight, so the top six, but I did not expect to be on the podium,” Fravi said.
    Germany, Austria and Switzerland currently lead the overall medal count at world juniors with two apiece.
    The next men’s competition in the slalom on Wednesday.

Rank Bib FIS Code Name Year Nation Total Time FIS Points
 1  7  294911 PATSCHEIDER Hagen  1988  ITA   1:45.31  29.14
 2  8  421871 SANDVIK Eian  1989  NOR   1:45.32  29.27
 3  20  511682 FRAVI Jonas  1990  SUI   1:45.59  32.73
 4  10  501324 OLSSON Matts  1988  SWE   1:45.72  34.40
 4  9  530874 GANONG Travis  1988  USA   1:45.72  34.40
 6  22  294904 PANGRAZZI Paolo  1988  ITA   1:45.75  34.78
 7  11  421750 HAUG Kristian  1988  NOR   1:45.78  35.17
 8  25  200379 SANDER Andreas  1989  GER   1:45.88  36.45
 9  4  103313 DAWSON Travis  1988  CAN   1:46.17  40.16
 10  19  511529 GISIN Marc  1988  SUI   1:46.20  40.55
 11  18  511640 VALSECCHI Renzo  1989  SUI   1:46.30  41.83
 12  17  53853 SIEBER Bjoern  1989  AUT   1:46.31  41.96
 13  21  53902 MAYER Matthias  1990  AUT   1:46.39  42.98
 14  14  421797 THEODORSEN Espen  1988  NOR   1:46.63  46.06
 15  3  51399 FUCHS Marco  1988  AUT   1:46.68  46.70
 16  23  53936 DUERAGER Markus  1990  AUT   1:47.01  50.93
 17  12  51401 GRAF Bernhard  1988  AUT   1:47.08  51.83
 18  2  530925 HELDMAN Bump  1988  USA   1:47.11  52.21
 19  36  291459 PARIS Dominik  1989  ITA   1:47.15  52.73
 20  15  421860 NORDBOTTEN Jonathan  1989  NOR   1:47.45  56.57
 21  26  103323 BREWINGTON Cam  1988  CAN   1:47.59  58.37
 22  1  530644 HAMMER Maximilian  1988  USA   1:47.78  60.80
 23  29  103375 NELLA Tyler  1988  CAN   1:47.86  61.83
 24  28  511634 SPESCHA Christian  1989  SUI   1:47.90  62.34
 25  16  930024 MAPLE Wiley  1990  USA   1:48.00  63.62
 26  5  511513 CAVIEZEL Mauro  1988  SUI   1:48.07  64.52
 27  46  180545 HUTTUNEN Tuomas  1988  FIN   1:48.09  64.78
 28  32  561216 KLINE Bostjan  1991  SLO   1:48.34  67.98
 29  43  193879 CHAPUIS Jean-Frederic  1989  FRA   1:48.37  68.37
 30  13  51403 HERZOG Alexander  1988  AUT   1:48.59  71.19
 31  45  194212 THOULE Nicolas  1990  FRA   1:48.70  72.60
 32  27  511539 JAQUET Yoan  1988  SUI   1:49.12  77.98
 33  35  532554 PHILLIPS Andrew  1989  USA   1:49.20  79.01
 34  39  990116 DE ALIPRANDINI Luca  1990  ITA   1:49.44  82.08
 35  37  491151 DE LA CUESTA Paul  1988  SPA   1:49.47  82.47
 36  64  501291 BAUMANN Thomas  1988  SWE   1:49.50  82.85
 37  31  531799 FORD Tommy  1989  USA   1:49.54  83.37
 38  33  421859 NILSEN Markus  1989  NOR   1:49.56  83.62
 39  41  193986 PLACE Francois  1989  FRA   1:49.59  84.01
 40  34  100615 MACKIE Michael  1989  CAN   1:49.71  85.54
 41  50  561138 DEBELJAK Jan  1988  SLO   1:49.77  86.31
 42  47  294653 ANSTEIN Pirmin  1988  ITA   1:49.81  86.83
 43  38  103729 READ Erik  1991  CAN   1:50.00  89.26
 44  40  100558 COOK Dustin  1989  CAN   1:50.21  91.95
 45  56  194364 PINTURAULT Alexis  1991  FRA   1:50.38  94.13
 46  42  561161 JAZBEC Patrick  1989  SLO   1:50.45  95.03
 47  65  150743 BERNDT Ondrej  1988  CZE   1:50.51  95.80
 48  44  481006 ZUEV Stepan  1988  RUS   1:50.59  96.83
 49  70  481199 DANILOCHKIN Yuri  1991  RUS   1:50.69  98.11
 50  54  180666 TORSTI Samu  1991  FIN   1:51.34  106.44
 51  59  481148 MAITAKOV Sergei  1990  RUS   1:51.86  113.11
 52  55  180541 HARMANEN Niko  1988  FIN   1:51.87  113.23
 53  61  501401 SAXVALL Per  1989  SWE   1:52.05  115.54
 54  62  501557 PIETILAE HOLMNER Johan  1991  SWE   1:52.25  118.11
 55  51  220874 BALDWIN Thomas  1990  GBR   1:52.56  122.08
 56  52  60159 VAN BUYNDER Frederik  1988  BEL   1:52.58  122.34
 57  57  501458 LINDH Kalle  1990  SWE   1:52.63  122.98
 58  58  150878 HOVORAK Martin  1990  CZE   1:53.62  135.67
 59  60  150833 JURICA Antonin  1989  CZE   1:53.75  137.33
 60  66  480989 SCHASTNIH Alexander  1988  RUS   1:54.24  143.62
 61  68  491160 PUJOL Josep  1988  SPA   1:54.32  144.64
 62  67  491152 FERNANDEZ Francisco  1988  SPA   1:55.47  159.38
 63  69  690086 FESHCHUK Rostyslav  1990  UKR   1:57.89  190.41

Did not finish 1st run : ERIKSSON Ricko (SWE), TONETTI Riccardo (ITA), WHELAN Peter-Edwin (GBR), ROMAR Andreas (FIN), ROGER Brice (FRA), SKUBE Matic (SLO)

 
 

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