Worley impeccable in World Championships GS win, Shiffrin 6th
On a steep, icy course that tested the best GS skiers in the world, France’s Tessa Worley skied two outstanding runs to take the 2013 World Championships in Schladming Thursday.
Worley was first out a the gate in the morning run, which saw a clear advantage for the early racers, as the course quickly became sliced up and chattery. The afternoon was warmer, sunnier, slightly less icy and a more rhythmic set.
“I was pretty happy with the conditions,” said Worley. “Waking up this morning, I knew it was going to be a good race. It was going to be good for me. I just wanted to ski fast, not to push too much and you can very quickly do big mistakes on this kind of slope.”
Worley, who was then last to kick out in her second run down the Planai course, was able match the intensity of Tina Maze, who currently leads the World Cup giant slalom standings. The Slovenian was disappointed with her first-run performance — she finished fourth — and brought a little more aggressiveness to her second effort. After destroying the final 15 gates of the race, it looked as though Maze might be able to hang on for the win, fending off the Austrians Anna Fenninger and Kathrin Zettel. But Worley was able to fight through a couple small mistakes to secure a decisive 1.12-second margin of victory.
Anna Fenninger, who was reportedly struggling with the host-nation pressure and actually left town for a couple days to get away from the scene, was ultimately knocked back to third. Zettel, second after the first run, gradually lost time on then-leader Maze throughout her second effort to slip off the podium in disappointing fashion.
For American Mikaela Shiffrin, it was an all-around outstanding day on the hill. Unaided by a favorable first-run start position, the 17-year-old competing in her first World Championships may have skied a bit too passively on the top part of the second run, but she was able to make up time on the steep lower half.
“I had really good training and a lot of confidence going into the race,” said Shiffrin. “In the end, it was just me and my skis and red and blue gates. … I always want more, so that’s not anything completely new. I felt like I skied really well on the bottom and just kind of solid up top, like I could have been faster. There were things I could have done better. “
Julia Mancuso also made the start for the American team. “It’s not my day,” she said in the finish coral. She was clean, but not quick enough to crack into the top 20.
“[The conditions] were pretty good actually in some places,” said Mancuso. “It’s really grippy. … Definitely not slick. It’s super compact. I’d say hardest and most perfect slopes we’ve had this year and that makes the steepness a little easier to tolerate.
“GS was disappointing, but it’s hard to get a complete confident feeling when you’re skiing all events and I’ve struggled a lot with my equipment, getting it perfect and changing technicians. For me in GS, I need to have more confidence.”
Story by Geoff Mintz
Photos by GEPA
The SCOOP
by Hank McKee
Women’s World Championship Giant Slalom, Schladming, Austria, Feb. 14, 2013.
Equipment
Skier, skis/boots/bindings
1 Worley, Rossignol/Rossignol/Rossignol
2 Maze, Stoeckli/Lange/Atomic
3 Fenninger, Head/Head/Head
4 Zettel, Atomic/Atomic/Atomic
5 Hansdotter, Rossignol/Rossignol/Rossignol
6 Shiffrin, Atomic/Atomic/Atomic
7 Gut, Rossignol/Rossignol/Rossignol
8 Gagnon, Rossignol/Rossignol/Rossignol
9 Hoefl-Riesch, Head/Lange/Head
10 Drev, Voelkl/Lange/Marker
Women’s World Championship Giant Slalom, Schladming, Austria, Feb. 14, 2013. … It is the seventh of 11 events (including the team event) scheduled for this event. … the first of the women’s technical races. … It is the 47th championship GS. … The 23rd for women. … Tina Maze is the defending champion.
It is the second career World Championship medal for Tessa Worley who also won bronze in GS at Garmisch (2011). … It is the fourth medal of the championships for France and the first in GS since Carol Merle at Morioka-Shizukuishi in 1993. … It is the fourth podium result for Worley this season.
It is the sixth career World Championship medal for Tina Maze and her third of these championships having previously won the super G and silver medal in combined. … She also owns two Olympic silver medals. … It is her 20th podium result of the season.
It is the second career World Championship medal for Anna Fenninger. … She previously won gold in combined at Garmisch. … It is her seventh podium result of the season and fourth third place finish.
It is the first career World Championship placing for Mikaela Shiffrin. … her seventh top six of the season. … It is a career best World Championship result for Marie-Michele Gagnon and matches her second best result of the season. … It is the sixth best GS finish for a Canadian woman in a World Championship event. … It is the 19th career World Championship result for Julia Mancuso. … It is the fourth career World Championship result for Marie-Pier Prefontaine and matches her finish from the super G earlier in the week.
Medal Count
FRA – 4 – (gold, gold, silver, bronze)
AUT – 4 – (gold, bronze, bronze, bronze)
USA – 3 – (gold, gold, bronze)
SLO – 3 – (gold, silver, silver)
GER – 3 – (gold, bronze, bronze)
NOR – 2 – (gold, bronze)
ITA – 2 – (silver, silver)
CRO – 1 – (silver)
SWE – 1 – (silver)
Results
Schladming (AUT)
FIS World Ski Championships
Ladies’ Giant Slalom
Rank | Name | Year | Nation | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total Time | |||
1 | WORLEY Tessa | 1989 | FRA | 1:04.90 | 1:03.16 | 2:08.06 | |||
2 | MAZE Tina | 1983 | SLO | 1:05.99 | 1:03.19 | 2:09.18 | |||
3 | FENNINGER Anna | 1989 | AUT | 1:05.75 | 1:03.49 | 2:09.24 | |||
4 | ZETTEL Kathrin | 1986 | AUT | 1:05.42 | 1:04.18 | 2:09.60 | |||
5 | HANSDOTTER Frida | 1985 | SWE | 1:06.55 | 1:03.79 | 2:10.34 | |||
6 | SHIFFRIN Mikaela | 1995 | USA | 1:06.55 | 1:03.81 | 2:10.36 | |||
7 | GUT Lara | 1991 | SUI | 1:06.93 | 1:03.51 | 2:10.44 | |||
8 | GAGNON Marie-Michele | 1989 | CAN | 1:06.78 | 1:03.91 | 2:10.69 | |||
9 | HOEFL-RIESCH Maria | 1984 | GER | 1:07.34 | 1:03.74 | 2:11.08 | |||
10 | DREV Ana | 1985 | SLO | 1:07.28 | 1:03.93 | 2:11.21 | |||
11 | MOELGG Manuela | 1983 | ITA | 1:07.47 | 1:03.92 | 2:11.39 | |||
11 | REBENSBURG Viktoria | 1989 | GER | 1:06.97 | 1:04.42 | 2:11.39 | |||
13 | LINDELL-VIKARBY Jessica | 1984 | SWE | 1:06.81 | 1:04.96 | 2:11.77 | |||
14 | CURTONI Irene | 1985 | ITA | 1:07.00 | 1:04.85 | 2:11.85 | |||
15 | POUTIAINEN Tanja | 1980 | FIN | 1:07.45 | 1:04.65 | 2:12.10 | |||
16 | BERTRAND Marion | 1984 | FRA | 1:08.04 | 1:04.10 | 2:12.14 | |||
17 | HRONEK Veronique | 1991 | GER | 1:08.14 | 1:04.04 | 2:12.18 | |||
18 | PIETILAE-HOLMNER Maria | 1986 | SWE | 1:08.67 | 1:03.65 | 2:12.32 | |||
19 | HASEGAWA Emi | 1986 | JPN | 1:08.33 | 1:04.04 | 2:12.37 | |||
20 | BARTHET Anne-Sophie | 1988 | FRA | 1:08.65 | 1:03.74 | 2:12.39 | |||
21 | MOWINCKEL Ragnhild | 1992 | NOR | 1:08.10 | 1:04.64 | 2:12.74 | |||
22 | MANCUSO Julia | 1984 | USA | 1:07.79 | 1:05.01 | 2:12.80 | |||
23 | GOERGL Elisabeth | 1981 | AUT | 1:08.10 | 1:05.15 | 2:13.25 | |||
24 | ASTAPENKO Daria | 1994 | RUS | 1:09.19 | 1:04.18 | 2:13.37 | |||
25 | LOESETH Mona | 1991 | NOR | 1:09.02 | 1:04.41 | 2:13.43 | |||
26 | HOLDENER Wendy | 1993 | SUI | 1:08.65 | 1:04.98 | 2:13.63 | |||
27 | WEIRATHER Tina | 1989 | LIE | 1:08.36 | 1:05.29 | 2:13.65 | |||
28 | PREFONTAINE Marie-Pier | 1988 | CAN | 1:08.18 | 1:05.59 | 2:13.77 | |||
29 | GASIENICA DANIEL Agnieszka | 1987 | POL | 1:09.34 | 1:05.47 | 2:14.81 | |||
30 | SEJERSTED Lotte Smiseth | 1991 | NOR | 1:09.66 | 1:05.44 | 2:15.10 | |||
31 | HOSHI Mizue | 1985 | JPN | 1:09.29 | 1:06.09 | 2:15.38 | |||
32 | STUHEC Ilka | 1990 | SLO | 1:09.38 | 1:06.61 | 2:15.99 | |||
33 | KANTOROVA Barbara | 1992 | SVK | 1:10.29 | 1:05.97 | 2:16.26 | |||
34 | GASIENICA DANIEL Maryna | 1994 | POL | 1:10.47 | 1:05.82 | 2:16.29 | |||
35 | LOESETH Nina | 1989 | NOR | 1:08.81 | 1:07.51 | 2:16.32 | |||
36 | HORVAT Katja | 1993 | SLO | 1:10.33 | 1:06.59 | 2:16.92 | |||
37 | ZAHROBSKA Sarka | 1985 | CZE | 1:09.90 | 1:07.52 | 2:17.42 | |||
38 | HALME Nina | 1990 | FIN | 1:10.66 | 1:06.93 | 2:17.59 | |||
39 | DUBOVSKA Martina | 1992 | CZE | 1:10.75 | 1:07.15 | 2:17.90 | |||
40 | JELINKOVA Adriana | 1995 | NED | 1:11.15 | 1:07.55 | 2:18.70 | |||
41 | IGNJATOVIC Nevena | 1990 | SRB | 1:10.74 | 1:08.31 | 2:19.05 | |||
42 | ROMANOVA Anastasia | 1993 | RUS | 1:11.69 | 1:08.05 | 2:19.74 | |||
43 | SIMARI BIRKNER Maria Belen | 1982 | ARG | 1:11.85 | 1:08.33 | 2:20.18 | |||
44 | NOVAKOVIC Zana | 1985 | BIH | 1:10.18 | 1:10.87 | 2:21.05 | |||
45 | SMALL Greta | 1995 | AUS | 1:12.19 | 1:08.94 | 2:21.13 | |||
46 | MATSOTSKA Bogdana | 1989 | UKR | 1:13.70 | 1:10.08 | 2:23.78 | |||
47 | TRSINSKI Sasa | 1996 | CRO | 1:13.67 | 1:10.98 | 2:24.65 | |||
48 | BERECZ Anna | 1988 | HUN | 1:14.07 | 1:11.37 | 2:25.44 | |||
49 | BANCORA Salome | 1993 | ARG | 1:14.41 | 1:11.35 | 2:25.76 | |||
50 | SOLA Matilda | 1994 | CRO | 1:14.42 | 1:11.92 | 2:26.34 | |||
51 | GASUNA Lelde | 1990 | LAT | 1:14.47 | 1:11.92 | 2:26.39 | |||
Disqualified 2nd run | |||||||||
HUDSON Piera | 1996 | NZL | |||||||
Disqualified 1st run | |||||||||
MURADYAN Tatevik | 1992 | ARM | |||||||
HUANG Pei-Chen | 1995 | TPE | |||||||
OETTL REYES Ornella | 1991 | PER | |||||||
KIEK Ronnie | 1993 | ISR | |||||||
SIMARI BIRKNER Macarena | 1984 | ARG | |||||||
ROBNIK Tina | 1991 | SLO | |||||||
KIRCHGASSER Michaela | 1985 | AUT | |||||||
Did not start 2nd run | |||||||||
SUTER Fabienne | 1985 | SUI | |||||||
RUIZ CASTILLO Carolina | 1981 | SPA | |||||||
DUERR Lena | 1991 | GER | |||||||
KARBON Denise | 1980 | ITA | |||||||
Did not start 1st run | |||||||||
CHIARUZZI Eleonora | 1993 | RSM | |||||||
LI Yang | 1989 | CHN | |||||||
Did not qualify for 2nd run | |||||||||
THAKUR Aanchal | 1996 | IND | |||||||
DEVI Varsha | 1995 | IND | |||||||
PHOTIADES Mary | 1995 | CYP | |||||||
BAUER Laura | 1993 | RSA | |||||||
CHAMOUN Jacky | 1991 | LIB | |||||||
CSIMA Reka | 1993 | HUN | |||||||
PALIUTKINA Olga | 1993 | KGZ | |||||||
TAYLOR Alexandra | 1994 | CYP | |||||||
KEIROUZ Celine | 1995 | LIB | |||||||
KALHOR Mitra | 1985 | IRA | |||||||
RALLI Sophia | 1988 | GRE | |||||||
KALHOR Ziba | 1991 | IRA | |||||||
KIADARBANDSARI Fatemeh | 1982 | IRA | |||||||
KALHOR Marjan | 1988 | IRA | |||||||
BERECZ Reka | 1995 | HUN | |||||||
MOHBAT Natacha | 1996 | LIB | |||||||
MARAGKOU Areti | 1993 | GRE | |||||||
SELVA Federica | 1996 | RSM | |||||||
JANUSKEVICIUTE Ieva | 1994 | LTU | |||||||
MAVRIDOU Paraskevi | 1990 | GRE | |||||||
HIRSHFELD Yom | 1991 | ISR | |||||||
BUCHLER Gitit | 1993 | ISR | |||||||
GASPAR Veronica | 1995 | ISV | |||||||
KOKKINI Anastasia | 1992 | GRE | |||||||
KUSMUK Kristina | 1994 | BIH | |||||||
BONDARE Liene | 1996 | LAT | |||||||
PELLEGRIN Elise | 1991 | MLT | |||||||
HADZIC Sumejja | 1994 | BIH | |||||||
KRONE Kristina | 1990 | PUR | |||||||
TYMCHENKO Roksana | 1991 | UKR | |||||||
ABOLTINA Agnese | 1996 | LAT | |||||||
GORBUNOVA Anastasiia | 1995 | UKR | |||||||
EINARSDOTTIR Freydis-Halla | 1994 | ISL | |||||||
HALILOVIC Amira | 1993 | BIH | |||||||
KRUMINA Katrina | 1994 | LAT | |||||||
MONTESINOS Macarena | 1995 | CHI | |||||||
LEMGART Charlotte Techen | 1993 | DAN | |||||||
VAN BUYNDER Isabel | 1991 | BEL | |||||||
VYHMEISTER Stefanie | 1993 | CHI | |||||||
ZUBCIC Tamara | 1995 | CRO | |||||||
TSIKLAURI Nino | 1993 | GEO | |||||||
VILHJALMSDOTTIR Helga Maria | 1995 | ISL | |||||||
BARAHONA Noelle | 1990 | CHI | |||||||
Did not finish 2nd run | |||||||||
DIRKZWAGER Mandy | 1990 | NED | |||||||
ROSS Laurenne | 1988 | USA | |||||||
CHRAPEK Karolina | 1990 | POL | |||||||
HECTOR Sara | 1992 | SWE | |||||||
Did not finish 1st run | |||||||||
NASSAR Lea | 1995 | LIB | |||||||
RADOJICIC Milena | 1995 | MNE | |||||||
LESIK Anastasiya | 1995 | BLR | |||||||
BULATOVIC Ivana | 1994 | MNE | |||||||
DOME Dora | 1996 | HUN | |||||||
JANKOVIC Masa | 1994 | SRB | |||||||
TOMIC Veronika | 1994 | SRB | |||||||
MADSEN Malene | 1993 | DAN | |||||||
GRIGOREVA Kseniya | 1987 | UZB | |||||||
BELL Victoria | 1994 | IRE | |||||||
CEA Javiera | 1994 | CHI | |||||||
TIKUN Tetyana | 1994 | UKR | |||||||
QIN Xiyue | 1988 | CHN | |||||||
ASGEIRSDOTTIR Erla | 1994 | ISL | |||||||
XIA Lina | 1987 | CHN | |||||||
MILLER-BROWN Harriet | 1991 | NZL | |||||||
PALIC Tea | 1991 | CRO | |||||||
SHKANOVA Maria | 1989 | BLR | |||||||
VOLOPICHOVA Valentina | 1993 | CZE | |||||||
KIRKOVA Maria | 1986 | BUL | |||||||
QUIROGA Julietta | 1988 | ARG | |||||||
SOPPELA Merle | 1991 | FIN | |||||||
PAULATHOVA Katerina | 1993 | CZE | |||||||
TOMMY Mikaela | 1995 | CAN | |||||||
FANCHINI Nadia | 1986 | ITA | |||||||
MARMOTTAN Anemone | 1988 | FRA | |||||||
GISIN Dominique | 1985 | SUI |