Tina Weirather leads women’s downhill training at World Cup Finals; Mancuso, Vonn go 2,3

By Published On: March 13th, 2012Comments Off on Tina Weirather leads women’s downhill training at World Cup Finals; Mancuso, Vonn go 2,3

Despite challenging, slushy conditions brought on by two days of rain, organizers of the 2012 World Cup Finals in Schladming, Austria were able to maintain the Streicher course and pull off the required downhill training runs today (March 13) ahead of Wednesday’s competition.

Though she missed a gate, Liechtenstein’s Tina Weirather led the women with a 0.29-second advantage on American Julia Mancuso in second. Fellow American Lindsey Vonn, who has already clinched this season’s overall and downhill titles, was another 0.72 seconds behind in third followed by Slovenia’s Tina Maze in fourth.

The wet, unstable conditions in the Austrian Alps led to the cancellation of the first women’s training run scheduled for Monday, but today’s training run satisfies the FIS requirement of at least one trainer before a downhill event.

Only the top 25 ranked women in each discipline are invited to compete at World Cup Finals. The U.S. will be represented by six women headed up by Vonn and Mancuso in tomorrow’s race.

The men’s race will begin at 9:30 AM CET (3:30 AM EST) followed by the women’s start at 11:00 CET (5:00 AM EST).

Rank Bib FIS Code Name Year Nation Total Time
 1  13  355050 WEIRATHER Tina  1989  LIE   1:50.26
 2  18  537545 MANCUSO Julia  1984  USA   1:50.55
 3  16  537544 VONN Lindsey  1984  USA   1:51.27
 4  11  565243 MAZE Tina  1983  SLO   1:51.42
 5  15  55576 GOERGL Elisabeth  1981  AUT   1:52.04
 6  6  55947 FENNINGER Anna  1989  AUT   1:52.17
 7  17  296008 MERIGHETTI Daniela  1981  ITA   1:52.66
 8  24  296427 SCHNARF Johanna  1984  ITA   1:52.73
 9  9  296472 FANCHINI Elena  1985  ITA   1:52.75
 10  14  206001 HOEFL-RIESCH Maria  1984  GER   1:52.93
 11  25  295533 RECCHIA Lucia  1980  ITA   1:53.06
 12  19  537582 COOK Stacey  1984  USA   1:53.34
 13  8  55750 FISCHBACHER Andrea  1985  AUT   1:53.45
 14  21  538685 MCKENNIS Alice  1989  USA   1:53.53
 15  1  515573 AUFDENBLATTEN Fraenzi  1981  SUI   1:53.80
 16  3  565320 FERK Marusa  1988  SLO   1:53.86
 17  20  205218 REBENSBURG Viktoria  1989  GER   1:53.94
 18  22  515806 KAMER Nadja  1986  SUI   1:53.99
 19  12  196460 MARCHAND-ARVIER Marie  1985  FRA   1:54.08
 20  23  538573 ROSS Laurenne  1988  USA   1:54.33
 21  10  195983 ROLLAND Marion  1982  FRA   1:54.52
 22  2  538305 SMITH Leanne  1987  USA   1:54.55
 23  5  196928 WORLEY Tessa  1989  FRA   1:55.06
 24  7  516138 GUT Lara  1991  SUI   1:55.08
 25  4  196573 REVILLET Aurelie  1986  FRA   1:55.10

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