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