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 |