Loeseth wins opening NorAm, Canada gives chase

Nina Loeseth in the Beaver Creek World Cup GS (GEPA/Christian Walgram)

Norway’s Nina Loeseth, who finished 12th in yesterday’s World Cup giant slalom at Beaver Creek, drove down the road to grab a win in the opening race of the women’s Loveland NorAm tech series. Loeseth produced a blazing second run, which she won by over half a second, to secure the victory over runner-up Erin Mielzynski of Canada. Mielzynski, who was regarded primarily as a slalom specialist until her 16th place finish in Beaver Creek yesterday, won the first run of today’s NorAm and was joined on the podium by teammate Marie-Pier Prefontaine (who placed 9th in yesterday’s World Cup) in third.

The first American was independent skier Megan McJames, who sat second after the first run and ultimately finished fourth. The University of Colorado’s Brooke Wales was the top NCAA skier in seventh. In addition to the Norwegian and Canadian teams, the race also included World Cup skiers from Austria, Switzerland, and Germany.

Results

PL BIB   CODE  COMPETITOR----------------- NAT     TIME    TIME   TOTAL    RACE 
     Nr         SURNAME NAME                      1stRUN  2ndRUN    TIME  POINTS 

  1  21  425771 LOESETH, Nina               NOR    51.38   55.96  1`47.34   0.00 
  2   8  106961 MIELZYNSKI, Erin            CAN    51.20   56.52  1`47.72   3.15 
  3  10  106825 PREFONTAINE, Marie-Pier     CAN    51.32   56.78  1`48.10   6.30 
  4   1  538284 MCJAMES, Megan              USA    51.30   56.93  1`48.23   7.38 
  5   4  107532 TOMMY, Mikaela              CAN    51.45   56.93  1`48.38   8.62 
  6  22  516280 HOLDENER, Wendy             SUI    52.00   57.06  1`49.06  14.26 
  7  13  538975 WALES, Brooke               USA    52.15   56.97  1`49.12  14.76 
  8  20  306249 HASEGAWA, Emi               JPN    51.84   57.36  1`49.20  15.42 
  9  29  515997 FEIERABEND, Denise          SUI    52.62   56.65  1`49.27  16.00 
 10   5  107387 CRAWFORD, Candace           CAN    51.99   57.31  1`49.30  16.25 
 11  18   55759 KIRCHGASSER, Michaela       AUT    51.91   57.46  1`49.37  16.83 
 12  23   55977 THALMANN, Carmen            AUT    52.65   56.76  1`49.41  17.16 
 13  34  425916 FAUSA, Chloe Margrethe      NOR    53.09   56.50  1`49.59  18.66 
 14  30  206355 DUERR, Lena                 GER    52.34   57.41  1`49.75  19.98 
 15  26  206444 HOESL, Simona               GER    52.72   57.10  1`49.82  20.56 
 16  60  539932 IRWIN, Katharine            USA    52.52   57.56  1`50.08  22.72 
 17  25  516394 SUTER, Jasmina              SUI    53.36   56.81  1`50.17  23.46 
 18  52  106183 TERWIEL, Elli               CAN    52.56   57.72  1`50.28  24.38 
 19  40  107044 IRWIN, Madison              CAN    52.54   57.76  1`50.30  24.54 
 20  12  425879 RIIS-JOHANNESSEN, Kristina  NOR    52.74   57.62  1`50.36  25.04 
 21  79  107068 PHELAN, Brittany            CAN    52.89   57.72  1`50.61  27.11 
 22  11  539457 MARNO, Anna                 USA    53.11   57.53  1`50.64  27.36 
 23  28  155415 STRACHOVA, Sarka            CZE    52.97   57.71  1`50.68  27.69 
 24  27   56032 SCHILD, Bernadette          AUT    52.96   57.79  1`50.75  28.27 
 25  17  538514 HARTMAN, Katie              USA    53.47   57.32  1`50.79  28.61 
 26  33  537772 STIEGLER, Resi              USA    53.34   57.49  1`50.83  28.94 
 27  48  297153 CIPRIANI, Enrica            ITA    52.41   58.57  1`50.98  30.18 
 28  32  185317 SOPPELA, Merle              FIN    53.02   58.06  1`51.08  31.01 
      2  565315 ROBNIK, Mateja              SLO    52.87   58.21  1`51.08  31.01 
 30  45  385041 NOVOSELIC, Sofija           CRO    52.71   58.41  1`51.12  31.34 
 31  15  105649 RYLEY, Kate                 CAN    53.19   57.98  1`51.17  31.76 
 32  38  485631 YAKOVISHINA, Elena          RUS    53.50   58.06  1`51.56  34.99 
 33  16  539927 LAPANJA, Lila               USA    53.37   58.21  1`51.58  35.16 
 34   9  539678 PETERSON, Foreste           USA    53.39   58.42  1`51.81  37.06 
 35  47  385092 KOMSIC, Andrea              CRO    53.69   58.46  1`52.15  39.88 
 36  58  107415 MOORE, Kelly                CAN    53.96   58.48  1`52.44  42.29 
 37  36  107217 KNOWLES, Natalie            CAN    53.98   58.60  1`52.58  43.45 
 38  43  425889 MYKLEBUST, Karoline Soevik  NOR    53.73   58.89  1`52.62  43.78 
 39   7  105615 ROUTHIER, Eve               CAN    53.07   59.57  1`52.64  43.94 
 40  56  385093 TRSINSKI, Sasa              CRO    53.78   58.90  1`52.68  44.28 
 41  64   35177 SIMARI BIRKNER, Angelica    ARG    54.24   59.19  1`53.43  50.49 
 42  50  516407 KASPER, Vanessa             SUI    54.39   59.10  1`53.49  50.99 
 43  57  107518 BARTLETT, Caroline          CAN    54.35   59.25  1`53.60  51.90 
 44  69  107590 BOULANGER, Elyse            CAN    54.30   59.86  1`54.16  56.55 
 45  53  539109 DELANEY, Devin              USA    54.24 1`00.18  1`54.42  58.70 
 46  68  107447 GOULD, Stephanie            CAN    54.37 1`00.18  1`54.55  59.78 
 47  55  485748 GOLENKOVA, Valentina        RUS    54.33 1`00.31  1`54.64  60.53 
 48  35   35079 SIMARI BIRKNER, Maria Belen ARG    54.59 1`00.09  1`54.68  60.86 
 49  66  175043 MOE-LANGE, Yina             DAN    55.49   59.81  1`55.30  66.00 
 50  73  425914 TEFRE, Elise-Woien          NOR    55.02 1`00.52  1`55.54  67.99 
 51  76   45267 BAMFORD, Emily              AUS    55.10 1`01.06  1`56.16  73.13 
 52  54   35131 GASTALDI, Nicol             ARG    55.52 1`01.34  1`56.86  78.93