Hoefl-Riesch edges Maze in first Cortina DH training
Germany’s Maria Hoefl-Riesch ran fastest on the first day of downhill training with a time of 1 minute, 39.31 seconds, edging out Slovenia’s Tina Maze at the top of the time sheets by a mere 0.01 second. Austria’s Anna Fenninger finished third, 0.69 seconds off the pace.
Current leader in the downhill standings, Hoefl-Riesch is looking strong on the “Olympia delle Tofane” slope. She has already won two downhills this World Cup season and could equal her personal best from 2010-11 with another this week.
“I like the place here and really appreciate the downhill course,” said Hoefl-Riesch after the run. “Conditions like today are perfect. I hope it will be the same on race day. … For a first training, it was pretty good. I found a good line. My skis are fast, I managed to carry some speed in all sections of the course. I’ll try to do the same or even better on Saturday. The snow isn’t so hard, and we have to ski smooth, to be delicate on the edges.”
The Americans were able to crack two in the top ten. Julia Mancuso, who seems to be hitting her stride just in time for Sochi, finished eighth, and Stacey Cook managed tenth.
“(Cortina) is a pretty fast course, even though there’s not a ton to it. There are a lot of section where you just have to stick your nose in it, so I think it just takes a lot of guts,” said Mancuso. “(My recent momentum) is exciting. I have three weeks now until the Olympics, and I still have my goals set on Sochi there. The race week now is just a building block to that. World Cup is really not that much of a focus for me anymore; it’s really training for the Olympics.”
A second downhill training day is scheduled for tomorrow. The setting might be different since snowfalls are expected in the next 24 hours.
Results — Training Day 1
Rank | Bib | FIS Code | Name | Year | Nation | Total Time | Diff. | |||
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1 | 14 | 206001 | HOEFL-RIESCH Maria | 1984 | GER | 1:39.31 | ||||
2 | 18 | 565243 | MAZE Tina | 1983 | SLO | 1:39.32 | +1.10 | |||
3 | 15 | 55947 | FENNINGER Anna | 1989 | AUT | 1:40.00 | +0.69 | |||
4 | 1 | 515766 | SUTER Fabienne | 1985 | SUI | 1:40.27 | +0.96 | |||
5 | 4 | 55766 | STERZ Regina | 1985 | AUT | 1:40.44 | +1.13 | |||
6 | 12 | 55576 | GOERGL Elisabeth | 1981 | AUT | 1:40.60 | +1.29 | |||
7 | 17 | 55913 | MOSER Stefanie | 1988 | AUT | 1:40.61 | +1.30 | |||
8 | 6 | 537545 | MANCUSO Julia | 1984 | USA | 1:40.62 | +1.31 | |||
9 | 27 | 425880 | SEJERSTED Lotte Smiseth | 1991 | NOR | 1:40.65 | +1.34 | |||
10 | 9 | 537582 | COOK Stacey | 1984 | USA | 1:40.71 | +1.40 | |||
11 | 16 | 355050 | WEIRATHER Tina | 1989 | LIE | 1:40.75 | +1.44 | |||
12 | 3 | 296729 | FANCHINI Nadia | 1986 | ITA | 1:40.87 | +1.56 | |||
13 | 30 | 515573 | AUFDENBLATTEN Fraenzi | 1981 | SUI | 1:40.88 | +1.57 | |||
13 | 2 | 296008 | MERIGHETTI Daniela | 1981 | ITA | 1:40.88 | +1.57 | |||
15 | 5 | 495318 | RUIZ CASTILLO Carolina | 1981 | SPA | 1:40.90 | +1.59 | |||
16 | 22 | 505886 | KLING Kajsa | 1988 | SWE | 1:41.03 | +1.72 | |||
16 | 11 | 516138 | GUT Lara | 1991 | SUI | 1:41.03 | +1.72 | |||
18 | 7 | 515747 | GISIN Dominique | 1985 | SUI | 1:41.29 | +1.98 | |||
19 | 23 | 296431 | STUFFER Verena | 1984 | ITA | 1:41.33 | +2.02 | |||
20 | 37 | 297702 | MARSAGLIA Francesca | 1990 | ITA | 1:41.38 | +2.07 | |||
20 | 25 | 296427 | SCHNARF Johanna | 1984 | ITA | 1:41.38 | +2.07 | |||
22 | 36 | 155563 | KRIZOVA Klara | 1989 | CZE | 1:41.49 | +2.18 | |||
22 | 19 | 205218 | REBENSBURG Viktoria | 1989 | GER | 1:41.49 | +2.18 | |||
24 | 41 | 297910 | CURTONI Elena | 1991 | ITA | 1:41.54 | +2.23 | |||
25 | 47 | 245066 | MIKLOS Edit | 1988 | HUN | 1:41.56 | +2.25 | |||
25 | 20 | 55750 | FISCHBACHER Andrea | 1985 | AUT | 1:41.56 | +2.25 | |||
27 | 13 | 296472 | FANCHINI Elena | 1985 | ITA | 1:41.69 | +2.38 | |||
28 | 21 | 56128 | HUETTER Cornelia | 1992 | AUT | 1:41.72 | +2.41 | |||
29 | 31 | 55690 | HOSP Nicole | 1983 | AUT | 1:41.77 | +2.46 | |||
30 | 32 | 56125 | PUCHNER Mirjam | 1992 | AUT | 1:42.05 | +2.74 | |||
31 | 51 | 375018 | COLETTI Alexandra | 1983 | MON | 1:42.06 | +2.75 | |||
32 | 42 | 539536 | WILES Jacqueline | 1992 | USA | 1:42.10 | +2.79 | |||
33 | 39 | 565320 | FERK Marusa | 1988 | SLO | 1:42.24 | +2.93 | |||
34 | 33 | 425929 | MOWINCKEL Ragnhild | 1992 | NOR | 1:42.54 | +3.23 | |||
35 | 8 | 515806 | JNGLIN-KAMER Nadja | 1986 | SUI | 1:42.64 | +3.33 | |||
36 | 26 | 106849 | YURKIW Larisa | 1988 | CAN | 1:42.65 | +3.34 | |||
37 | 49 | 538855 | FORD Julia | 1990 | USA | 1:42.67 | +3.36 | |||
38 | 56 | 107312 | ROTH Julia | 1993 | CAN | 1:42.68 | +3.37 | |||
39 | 44 | 298694 | PICHLER Karoline | 1994 | ITA | 1:42.76 | +3.45 | |||
39 | 43 | 56087 | SIEBENHOFER Ramona | 1991 | AUT | 1:42.76 | +3.45 | |||
41 | 40 | 55970 | SCHMIDHOFER Nicole | 1989 | AUT | 1:42.87 | +3.56 | |||
42 | 10 | 515782 | KAUFMANN-ABDERHALDEN Marianne | 1986 | SUI | 1:42.91 | +3.60 | |||
43 | 29 | 196460 | MARCHAND-ARVIER Marie | 1985 | FRA | 1:42.94 | +3.63 | |||
44 | 48 | 197006 | GAUTHIER Marine | 1990 | FRA | 1:43.24 | +3.93 | |||
45 | 35 | 516219 | NUFER Priska | 1992 | SUI | 1:43.26 | +3.95 | |||
46 | 28 | 538305 | SMITH Leanne | 1987 | USA | 1:43.38 | +4.07 | |||
47 | 38 | 197295 | PIOT Jennifer | 1992 | FRA | 1:43.42 | +4.11 | |||
48 | 55 | 505632 | LINDELL-VIKARBY Jessica | 1984 | SWE | 1:43.51 | +4.20 | |||
49 | 46 | 515997 | FEIERABEND Denise | 1989 | SUI | 1:43.88 | +4.57 | |||
50 | 52 | 506399 | HECTOR Sara | 1992 | SWE | 1:44.05 | +4.74 | |||
51 | 45 | 197497 | MIRADOLI Romane | 1994 | FRA | 1:44.32 | +5.01 | |||
52 | 58 | 106825 | PREFONTAINE Marie-Pier | 1988 | CAN | 1:44.86 | +5.55 | |||
53 | 54 | 225206 | ALCOTT Chemmy | 1982 | GBR | 1:45.47 | +6.16 | |||
54 | 57 | 435245 | CHRAPEK Karolina | 1990 | POL | 1:46.30 | +6.99 | |||
Did not start 1st run | ||||||||||
53 | 565400 | HORVAT Katja | 1993 | SLO | ||||||
50 | 55818 | KOEHLE Stefanie | 1986 | AUT | ||||||
Did not finish 1st run | ||||||||||
34 | 565333 | BRODNIK Vanja | 1989 | SLO | ||||||
24 | 538573 | ROSS Laurenne | 1988 | USA |