Poisson tops training; American youngsters charging
After sweeping in the first training run, the Austrians topped out in fourth in the second at Kvitfjell, Norway Friday (March 1) as high winds hampered preparation for the last men's downhill before Finals. Frenchman David Poisson was fastest on the day.
We can anticipate a hard fight for the downhill crown as the two leaders finished second, Aksel Lund Svindal, and third, Dominik Paris. Finnish speed sensation Andreas Romar tied Austrian Klaus Kroell for fourth. Svindal and Paris are separated by just ten points.
Canada's Jan Hudec posted 12th and Manuel Osborne-Paradis was 21st. The US had a couple of youngsters flashing some skills. Jared Goldberg, the Nor Am overall, downhill, super G and combined champion, led the team in 14th, from the 44th start. Wiley Maple, ninth in the current Europa Cup downhill standings, placed 24th.
Winds died down for the late starters opening the door for Goldberg and Maple and they took advantage. Steven Nyman skipped the training run, suffering from a minor illness.
Kvitfjell (NOR)
Training
Men's Downhill
March 1, 2013
| Rank | Bib | FIS Code | Name | Year | Nation | Total Time | FIS Points |
| 1 | 13 | 191964 | POISSON David | 1982 | FRA | 1:46.11 | |
| 2 | 19 | 421328 | SVINDAL Aksel Lund | 1982 | NOR | 1:46.45 | |
| 3 | 20 | 291459 | PARIS Dominik | 1989 | ITA | 1:47.16 | |
| 4 | 25 | 180570 | ROMAR Andreas | 1989 | FIN | 1:47.27 | |
| 4 | 22 | 50753 | KROELL Klaus | 1980 | AUT | 1:47.27 | |
| 6 | 11 | 292514 | HEEL Werner | 1982 | ITA | 1:47.35 | |
| 7 | 8 | 51327 | PUCHNER Joachim | 1987 | AUT | 1:47.36 | |
| 8 | 14 | 50858 | STREITBERGER Georg | 1981 | AUT | 1:47.58 | |
| 9 | 7 | 194190 | ROGER Brice | 1990 | FRA | 1:47.63 | |
| 10 | 32 | 191591 | BERTRAND Yannick | 1980 | FRA | 1:47.71 | |
| 11 | 30 | 510727 | DEFAGO Didier | 1977 | SUI | 1:47.80 | |
| 12 | 9 | 102271 | HUDEC Jan | 1981 | CAN | 1:47.81 | |
| 13 | 21 | 560447 | SPORN Andrej | 1981 | SLO | 1:47.83 | |
| 14 | 44 | 934643 | GOLDBERG Jared | 1991 | USA | 1:47.91 | |
| 15 | 12 | 53817 | FRANZ Max | 1989 | AUT | 1:47.92 | |
| 16 | 58 | 511352 | VILETTA Sandro | 1986 | SUI | 1:47.95 | |
| 16 | 46 | 294277 | KLOTZ Siegmar | 1987 | ITA | 1:47.95 | |
| 16 | 41 | 202059 | FERSTL Josef | 1988 | GER | 1:47.95 | |
| 19 | 36 | 293141 | VARETTONI Silvano | 1984 | ITA | 1:48.02 | |
| 20 | 54 | 561216 | KLINE Bostjan | 1991 | SLO | 1:48.04 | |
| 21 | 5 | 102899 | OSBORNE-PARADIS Manuel | 1984 | CAN | 1:48.14 | |
| 22 | 47 | 54005 | STRIEDINGER Otmar | 1991 | AUT | 1:48.16 | |
| 23 | 16 | 293006 | INNERHOFER Christof | 1984 | ITA | 1:48.28 | |
| 24 | 50 | 930024 | MAPLE Wiley | 1990 | USA | 1:48.30 | |
| 25 | 39 | 103512 | FRISCH Jeffrey | 1984 | CAN | 1:48.31 | |
| 25 | 35 | 53981 | KROELL Johannes | 1991 | AUT | 1:48.31 | |
| 27 | 4 | 510890 | ZURBRIGGEN Silvan | 1981 | SUI | 1:48.37 | |
| 28 | 29 | 530874 | GANONG Travis | 1988 | USA | 1:48.41 | |
| 29 | 26 | 511139 | KUENG Patrick | 1984 | SUI | 1:48.43 | |
| 29 | 23 | 292455 | FILL Peter | 1982 | ITA | 1:48.43 | |
| 31 | 55 | 531452 | BIESEMEYER Thomas | 1989 | USA | 1:48.46 | |
| 31 | 48 | 501439 | HEDIN Douglas | 1990 | SWE | 1:48.46 | |
| 33 | 34 | 53968 | BERTHOLD Frederic | 1991 | AUT | 1:48.49 | |
| 34 | 27 | 511313 | JANKA Carlo | 1986 | SUI | 1:48.50 | |
| 35 | 15 | 192746 | THEAUX Adrien | 1984 | FRA | 1:48.54 | |
| 36 | 28 | 51332 | SCHEIBER Florian | 1987 | AUT | 1:48.57 | |
| 37 | 10 | 51215 | BAUMANN Romed | 1986 | AUT | 1:48.67 | |
| 38 | 63 | 194298 | GIEZENDANNER Blaise | 1991 | FRA | 1:48.68 | |
| 39 | 53 | 194167 | MUZATON Maxence | 1990 | FRA | 1:48.70 | |
| 40 | 65 | 530939 | WEIBRECHT Andrew | 1986 | USA | 1:48.75 | |
| 41 | 43 | 103612 | PRIDY Morgan | 1990 | CAN | 1:48.83 | |
| 42 | 49 | 193034 | BOUILLOT Alexandre | 1985 | FRA | 1:48.85 | |
| 43 | 60 | 511808 | SCHMED Fernando | 1991 | SUI | 1:48.90 | |
| 43 | 3 | 533131 | SULLIVAN Marco | 1980 | USA | 1:48.90 | |
| 45 | 6 | 561067 | PERKO Rok | 1985 | SLO | 1:48.92 | |
| 46 | 42 | 53936 | DUERAGER Markus | 1990 | AUT | 1:48.97 | |
| 47 | 1 | 53902 | MAYER Matthias | 1990 | AUT | 1:49.00 | |
| 48 | 57 | 192504 | MERMILLOD BLONDIN Thomas | 1984 | FRA | 1:49.12 | |
| 49 | 31 | 380260 | KOSTELIC Ivica | 1979 | CRO | 1:49.13 | |
| 50 | 56 | 400281 | VAN HEEK Marvin | 1991 | NED | 1:49.18 | |
| 51 | 38 | 511981 | WEBER Ralph | 1993 | SUI | 1:49.55 | |
| 52 | 45 | 103385 | PRIDY Conrad | 1988 | CAN | 1:49.70 | |
| 53 | 33 | 102873 | KUCERA John | 1984 | CAN | 1:49.71 | |
| 54 | 64 | 421650 | BJERKESTRAND Iver | 1987 | NOR | 1:49.99 | |
| 55 | 52 | 511634 | SPESCHA Christian | 1989 | SUI | 1:50.26 | |
| 56 | 66 | 191746 | DE TESSIERES Gauthier | 1981 | FRA | 1:50.29 | |
| 57 | 51 | 293550 | MARSAGLIA Matteo | 1985 | ITA | 1:50.54 | |
| 58 | 59 | 561217 | KOSI Klemen | 1991 | SLO | 1:50.58 | |
| 59 | 62 | 934518 | DANIELS Nick | 1991 | USA | 1:50.68 | |
| 60 | 61 | 501230 | ERICSSON Daniel | 1987 | SWE | 1:51.12 | |
| 61 | 68 | 501324 | OLSSON Matts | 1988 | SWE | 1:52.03 | |
| 62 | 67 | 380341 | ULLRICH Max | 1994 | CRO | 1:53.62 | |
| 63 | 2 | 103271 | THOMSEN Benjamin | 1987 | CAN | 2:02.95 | |
| 64 | 18 | 50742 | REICHELT Hannes | 1980 | AUT | 5:30.79 | |
| Did not start 1st run | |||||||
| 40 | 201606 | KEPPLER Stephan | 1983 | GER | |||
| Did not finish 1st run | |||||||
| 37 | 511529 | GISIN Marc | 1988 | SUI | |||
| 24 | 533866 | NYMAN Steven | 1982 | USA | |||
| 17 | 102263 | GUAY Erik | 1981 | CAN | |||

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