Weather delays World Cup ski cross opener

By Published On: January 13th, 2008Comments Off on Weather delays World Cup ski cross opener

Heavy snow forced the postponement of Saturday’s scheduled World Cup ski cross competition in Les Contamines, France. The season-opening meet is now slated for Sunday.
Heavy snow forced the postponement of Saturday’s scheduled World Cup ski cross competition in Les Contamines, France. The season-opening meet is now slated for Sunday.
    A total of 25 centimeters of snow fell through the night and into the day making race conditions difficult and unfair for the field. A qualifying run was held, with Austria’s Karin Huttary leading the women’s field and Michael Schmid of Switzerland leading the men’s field.
     “The amount of snow that fell on the track made it too difficult for the volunteers to clear and as a result the track was reduced to one lane making it impossible for competitors to pass one another,” said Canadian team head coach Eric Archer. “The upshot is that they are calling for better weather tomorrow with partly cloudy skis in the morning and sunshine in the afternoon.”
    The top Canadian in men’s qualifying was Davey Barr in fifth place. A pair of Americans, Casey Puckett and Jakub Fiala, finished second and third, respectively, with Czech Tomas Kraus fourth.
 
Official qualifying results
Women

 
 Rk  Bib       Name                          Nat   Qual. Time
 1     112     HUTTARY Karin              AUT   48.46
 2     105     BERNTSEN Hedda          NOR   49.09
 3     102     MURK Seraina               SUI    49.20
 4     113     DAVID Ophelie              FRA   49.24
 5     131     MURRAY Julia                CAN   49.50
 6     104     FARIC Sasa                   SLO   49.78
 7     127     MCIVOR Ashleigh           CAN   49.98
 8     115     ILJANS Magdalena         SWE  50.24
 9     111     BOULANGEAT Meryl       FRA   50.27
 10  101      FUKUSHIMA Noriko       JPN    50.37
 11  126      OFNER Katrin                AUT   50.56
 12  108      MARSAN Clara               FRA   50.56
 13  110      OWENS Jenny               AUS   50.63
 14  107      SERAIN Emilie               SUI    50.82
 15  125      DEMERS Anik                CAN   50.84
 16  106      GRAUVOGL Alexandra    GER   51.04
 17  120      JENSEN Julie                 NOR   51.53
 18  130      CREMA Katya                AUS   51.81
 19  116      SAITO Akane                 JPN    52.02
 20  119      YALISHEVA Nadezhda    RUS   52.05
 21  123      RIEMEN Karolina           POL   52.23
 22  124      KRZYZYNSKA Dagmara POL    53.48
 23  121      DELGADO Rocio             SPA   53.74
 24  117      SARSFIELD Emily          GBR   54.20
 25  103      SAUVEY Sarah              GBR   56.15
 26  129      FORNI Arianna              ITA    56.21
 
Men
Rk     Bib    Name                                     Nat   Qual. Time

 1       15     SCHMID Michael            SUI    43.49
 2       87     PUCKETT Casey             USA   43.81
 3       77     FIALA Jakub                  USA   43.86
 4       2       KRAUS Tomas               CZE   44.05
 5       54     BARR Davey                  CAN   44.22
 6       22     HAUKKALA Juha            FIN    44.47
 8       13     GAVAGGIO Enak           FRA   44.48
 9       79     DOI Toshiyuki               JPN    44.64
 10     82     RUOPPA Samu              FIN    44.65
 11     14     TAKIZAWA Hiroomi        JPN    44.76
 12     89&nbs
p;    KERR Errol                    USA   44.78
 13     9       BASTELICA Simon         FRA   44.90
 14     19     KONO Kenji                   JPN    45.01
 15     4       LENEL Robin                 FRA   45.01
 16     49     PICCARD Ted                 FRA   45.04
 17     8       LEWEN Lars                  SWE  45.08
 18     11     HAYER Stanley              CAN   45.13
 19     64     KOROTKOV Egor            RUS   45.17
 20     33     BENNETT Brian             CAN   45.22
 21     16     MATT Andreas               AUT   45.36
 22     75     JOHNSON Justin            USA   45.39
 23      6      GROENVOLD Audun      NOR   45.39
 24     25     VON GUNTEN Thomas   SUI    45.59
 25     60     NETZER Conradign        SUI    45.72
 26     74     SHESTAKOV Pavel         RUS   45.91
 27     27     VAINIO Juhani              FIN    45.97
 28     24     EGGEN Silvio                 SUI    46.00
 29     43     KOLLER Patrick             AUT   46.03
 30     23     AUDERER Wolfgang       AUT   46.05
 31     12     SAFAR Zdenek              CZE   46.09
 32     73     STICKL Simon               GER   46.14
 33     84     DUNCAN David              CAN   46.24
 34     80     CULBERT Cam               CAN   46.24

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