Canadian domination on second day of NorAms
Heavy snowfall during the second run couldn’t hold back the charging Canadian ladies who proved their dominance over several World Cup regulars in the second of two contested Loveland NorAm giant slalom races. Norway’s Nina Loeseth, who won yesterday, managed to squeeze onto the podium in third behind race winner Marie-Michele “Mitch” Gagnon and runner-up Marie-Pier “M-P” Prefontaine of Canada. Canuck teammate Erin Mielzynski finished fourth.
Austria’s Kathrin Zettel, who finished second in the opening World Cup giant slalom race of the year in Soelden, Austria, struggled in both runs and could only muster fifth in the Continental Cup race. The Swiss team also had difficulty and only had one athlete, Jasmina Suter, crack the top 10. Wendy Holdener failed to finish the first run along with low-point skiers Michaela Kirchgasser of Austria and Emi Hasegawa of Japan.
The top American in the race was the U.S. Ski Team’s Resi Stiegler who finished 17th, followed by development team athletes Paula Moltzan in 19th and Katharine Irwin in 20th.
Results
PL BIB CODE COMPETITOR----------------- NAT TIME TIME TOTAL RACE Nr SURNAME NAME 1stRUN 2ndRUN TIME POINTS 1 22 105269 GAGNON, Marie-Michele CAN 56.07 56.38 1`52.45 0.00 2 1 106825 PREFONTAINE, Marie-Pier CAN 55.91 56.61 1`52.52 0.55 3 5 425771 LOESETH, Nina NOR 55.93 56.75 1`52.68 1.82 4 3 106961 MIELZYNSKI, Erin CAN 56.13 57.45 1`53.58 8.94 5 20 55838 ZETTEL, Kathrin AUT 56.84 56.98 1`53.82 10.84 6 26 565331 LAVTAR, Katarina SLO 57.13 56.76 1`53.89 11.40 7 28 206444 HOESL, Simona GER 56.83 57.24 1`54.07 12.82 8 37 425916 FAUSA, Chloe Margrethe NOR 56.99 57.69 1`54.68 17.65 9 21 55898 BREM, Eva-Maria AUT 56.97 57.73 1`54.70 17.81 10 27 516394 SUTER, Jasmina SUI 57.43 57.38 1`54.81 18.68 11 14 515997 FEIERABEND, Denise SUI 57.89 57.00 1`54.89 19.31 12 43 107044 IRWIN, Madison CAN 57.20 57.82 1`55.02 20.34 29 56032 SCHILD, Bernadette AUT 57.47 57.55 1`55.02 20.34 14 33 206355 DUERR, Lena GER 58.09 57.25 1`55.34 22.87 15 2 107387 CRAWFORD, Candace CAN 57.75 57.67 1`55.42 23.51 16 30 425879 RIIS-JOHANNESSEN, Kristina NOR 57.00 58.49 1`55.49 24.06 17 34 537772 STIEGLER, Resi USA 57.51 58.06 1`55.57 24.69 24 565268 DREV, Ana SLO 57.69 57.88 1`55.57 24.69 19 9 539909 MOLTZAN, Paula USA 57.83 57.77 1`55.60 24.93 20 63 539932 IRWIN, Katharine USA 57.78 57.88 1`55.66 25.41 21 25 55977 THALMANN, Carmen AUT 57.71 58.00 1`55.71 25.80 22 17 538514 HARTMAN, Katie USA 57.96 57.98 1`55.94 27.62 23 10 539457 MARNO, Anna USA 57.43 58.52 1`55.95 27.70 24 12 565315 ROBNIK, Mateja SLO 57.65 58.60 1`56.25 30.08 25 8 105649 RYLEY, Kate CAN 57.72 58.71 1`56.43 31.50 26 50 385092 KOMSIC, Andrea CRO 58.67 59.01 1`57.68 41.39 27 16 105615 ROUTHIER, Eve CAN 58.65 59.21 1`57.86 42.82 28 18 539678 PETERSON, Foreste USA 58.68 59.21 1`57.89 43.06 29 31 115115 BARAHONA, Noelle CHI 58.83 59.44 1`58.27 46.06 30 55 106183 TERWIEL, Elli CAN 59.08 59.22 1`58.30 46.30 31 60 107415 MOORE, Kelly CAN 58.79 59.54 1`58.33 46.54 32 19 539927 LAPANJA, Lila USA 59.17 59.28 1`58.45 47.49 33 59 385093 TRSINSKI, Sasa CRO 59.30 59.38 1`58.68 49.31 34 72 107590 BOULANGER, Elyse CAN 59.18 59.75 1`58.93 51.29 35 44 107312 ROTH, Julia CAN 59.32 1`00.06 1`59.38 54.85 36 62 107562 GARTNER, Stephanie CAN 59.04 1`00.36 1`59.40 55.01 37 36 539390 MCLEAN, Shane USA 59.26 1`00.64 1`59.90 58.96 38 4 538284 MCJAMES, Megan USA 57.31 1`02.60 1`59.91 59.04 39 56 539109 DELANEY, Devin USA 59.44 1`00.62 2`00.06 60.23 40 53 516407 KASPER, Vanessa SUI 59.32 1`00.77 2`00.09 60.47 41 65 6535455 JOHNSON, Breezy USA 59.61 1`00.68 2`00.29 62.05 42 69 175043 MOE-LANGE, Yina DAN 59.53 1`00.78 2`00.31 62.21 43 49 35089 SIMARI BIRKNER, Macarena ARG 59.64 1`00.71 2`00.35 62.53 44 71 107447 GOULD, Stephanie CAN 59.88 1`00.55 2`00.43 63.16 45 68 107497 POITRAS, Adrienne CAN 59.81 1`00.64 2`00.45 63.32 46 79 45267 BAMFORD, Emily AUS 1`00.35 1`00.21 2`00.56 64.19 47 76 107556 MCCARTHY, Jocelyn CAN 1`00.15 1`00.66 2`00.81 66.17 48 86 6535759 LEBBY, Stephanie USA 1`00.37 1`00.87 2`01.24 69.57 49 81 6535478 O BRIEN, Audrey USA 1`00.51 1`01.82 2`02.33 78.20