Cook fourth in final Lake Louise training; Mancuso seventh, as Vonn takes day off
After three day’s of training in Lake Louise, the ladies should be well-prepared for the weekend of racing in Alberta.
Lindsey Vonn, who on Wednesday led the splits but stood up before the finish to take ninth, did not race in the cloudy final day of training Thursday. For the other racers, the flat light and dusting of snow was seen as good practice in preparation for variable conditions they might experience this weekend.
It certainly didn’t bother Marion Rolland of France, who once again took the win in today’s training run. Daniela Merighetti and Anna Fenninger rounded out the top three.
Stacey Cook continued her strong skiing, managing the fourth best run of the day. And Julia Mancuso had her best training run of the week. She finished seventh.
Regina Sterz who has had consistently fast times is happy with the preparation of the track. “The track is very good. The slope is not bumpy but the snow is everyday different. Yesterday was more aggressive than today and today I think that it’s more difficult to get the right feeling.”
Results — Lake Louise Downhill Training Thursday
| Rank | Name | Year | Nation | Total Time | |||
| 1 | ROLLAND Marion | 1982 | FRA | 1:52.94 | |||
| 2 | MERIGHETTI Daniela | 1981 | ITA | 1:53.12 | |||
| 3 | FENNINGER Anna | 1989 | AUT | 1:53.35 | |||
| 4 | COOK Stacey | 1984 | USA | 1:53.42 | |||
| 5 | MOSER Stefanie | 1988 | AUT | 1:53.62 | |||
| 6 | HOEFL-RIESCH Maria | 1984 | GER | 1:53.64 | |||
| 7 | MANCUSO Julia | 1984 | USA | 1:53.71 | |||
| 8 | REBENSBURG Viktoria | 1989 | GER | 1:53.72 | |||
| 9 | MAZE Tina | 1983 | SLO | 1:53.94 | |||
| 10 | GISIN Dominique | 1985 | SUI | 1:53.98 | |||
| 11 | KAUFMANN-ABDERHALDEN Marianne | 1986 | SUI | 1:54.07 | |||
| 12 | ROSS Laurenne | 1988 | USA | 1:54.10 | |||
| 13 | MARCHAND-ARVIER Marie | 1985 | FRA | 1:54.17 | |||
| 14 | WEIRATHER Tina | 1989 | LIE | 1:54.19 | |||
| 15 | RUIZ CASTILLO Carolina | 1981 | SPA | 1:54.41 | |||
| 16 | SUTER Fabienne | 1985 | SUI | 1:54.51 | |||
| 17 | AUFDENBLATTEN Fraenzi | 1981 | SUI | 1:54.59 | |||
| 18 | FISCHBACHER Andrea | 1985 | AUT | 1:54.71 | |||
| 19 | STERZ Regina | 1985 | AUT | 1:54.76 | |||
| 20 | SCHMIDHOFER Nicole | 1989 | AUT | 1:54.85 | |||
| 21 | KAMER Nadja | 1986 | SUI | 1:54.91 | |||
| 22 | TIPPLER Tamara | 1991 | AUT | 1:54.93 | |||
| 23 | VOGLREITER Mariella | 1989 | AUT | 1:54.94 | |||
| 24 | GUT Lara | 1991 | SUI | 1:55.06 | |||
| 25 | GOERGL Elisabeth | 1981 | AUT | 1:55.08 | |||
| 26 | STUHEC Ilka | 1990 | SLO | 1:55.10 | |||
| 27 | WENIG Michaela | 1992 | GER | 1:55.14 | |||
| 28 | HRONEK Veronique | 1991 | GER | 1:55.23 | |||
| 29 | STUFFER Verena | 1984 | ITA | 1:55.33 | |||
| 30 | FANCHINI Elena | 1985 | ITA | 1:55.40 | |||
| 31 | KUENG Mirena | 1988 | SUI | 1:55.45 | |||
| 32 | FORD Julia | 1990 | USA | 1:55.54 | |||
| 33 | SMITH Leanne | 1987 | USA | 1:55.62 | |||
| 34 | STECHERT Gina | 1987 | GER | 1:55.63 | |||
| 35 | YURKIW Larisa | 1988 | CAN | 1:55.99 | |||
| 36 | ALCOTT Chemmy | 1982 | GBR | 1:56.12 | |||
| 37 | PIOT Jennifer | 1992 | FRA | 1:56.23 | |||
| 38 | MARSAGLIA Francesca | 1990 | ITA | 1:56.31 | |||
| 39 | BAILET Margot | 1990 | FRA | 1:56.33 | |||
| 40 | GHENT Abby | 1992 | USA | 1:56.49 | |||
| 41 | BORSOTTI Camilla | 1988 | ITA | 1:56.63 | |||
| 42 | SEJERSTED Lotte Smiseth | 1991 | NOR | 1:56.65 | |||
| 43 | MARSHALL Chelsea | 1986 | USA | 1:56.80 | |||
| 44 | CURTONI Elena | 1991 | ITA | 1:56.88 | |||
| 45 | CIPRIANI Enrica | 1988 | ITA | 1:56.98 | |||
| 46 | DETTLING Andrea | 1987 | SUI | 1:57.03 | |||
| 47 | BRODNIK Vanja | 1989 | SLO | 1:57.11 | |||
| 48 | COLETTI Alexandra | 1983 | MON | 1:58.69 | |||
| Did not start 1st run | |||||||
| LINDELL-VIKARBY Jessica | 1984 | SWE | |||||
| MIKLOS Edit | 1988 | HUN | |||||
| MCKENNIS Alice | 1989 | USA | |||||
| VONN Lindsey | 1984 | USA | |||||
| RECCHIA Lucia | 1980 | ITA | |||||
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