Altenmarkt: Goetschl tops, Mancuso 3rd in downhill

Jan 13, 2007

Renate Goetschl claimed her 41st career World Cup victory Saturday by winning the women's downhill.
    The 31-year-old Austrian finished in 1 minute, 19.32 seconds, 0.23 better than Dominique Gisin of Switzerland.
    Olympic GS champion Julia Mancuso of the United States was third, 0.30 seconds behind Goetschl.

ALTENMARKT-ZAUCHENSEE, Austria — Renate Goetschl claimed her 41st career World Cup victory Saturday by winning the women's downhill.
    The 31-year-old Austrian finished in 1 minute, 19.32 seconds, 0.23 better than Dominique Gisin of Switzerland.
    Olympic GS champion Julia Mancuso of the United States was third, 0.30 seconds behind Goetschl.
    ''This was just a perfect race for me,'' said Goetschl, who also has two super G wins this season. ''Everything went so well. I can't name a point on the course where I could have gone any faster.''
    Mancuso led the race until the final jump just before the finish, where she lost balance.
    ''I leaned backward too much and lost some speed after the landing. Otherwise, I probably would have won, but I am still happy with my performance and the third spot.''
    World Cup discipline leader Lindsey Kildow of the United States was 0.50 seconds faster than Goetschl on the first part of the course. But she did not finish after losing control of her left ski and crashing. She was uninjured.
    ''This is sad,'' Kildow said. ''I am very disappointed as I know I could have done so well on this course. Of course, I am glad to be OK after the crash, but this cost me a whole lot of points.''
    Kildow did not blame herself for crashing out. ''It was not my fault,'' she said. ''There was just a very icy point on the course and there was not much I could about that.''
    Gisin's second place marked her career-best achievement, after finishing ninth in the Val d'Isere downhill last December.
    Gisin was the only skier who started in Friday's downhill before that race got called off due to strong winds.
    ''That turned out to be a good practice run for today's race,'' Gisin said. ''I liked the jumps in the course, and I think that's where I won time to most other skiers.''
    Goetschl's victory marked the first women's World Cup downhill win by an Austrian skier for almost a year. Goetschl also won in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, on Jan. 28, 2006.
    Despite not finishing, Kildow kept her lead in the downhill standings with 340 points. Goetschl is second with 325. Mancuo is third with 266.
    Austria's Marlies Schild, who finished 11th, maintained her lead in the overall World Cup standings with 821 points, ahead of compatriots Nicole Hosp with 708 and Kathrin Zettel with 562.
    Zettel had missed the only downhill training Thursday due to illness and was therefore not allowed to start in Saturday's race.
    Goetschl moved to fourth position with 541, Kildow is fifth with 448.

Mancuso on DH roll
    "I tried to set up on this one gate [at the bottom] where I'd skied aggressively in training," Mancuso said. "I think it was a bad idea. I tried to be more patient and it didn't work."
    "I've been skiing really well and I surprised myself more in training than today. It was a fast in the middle and bumpy on the bottom," said Mancuso, who earned her first World Cup victory in a downhill last month. "I felt so comfortable on my skis."
    She called it "a good decision" to lower the start because of high winds again at the top of the course.
    Three other U.S. women broke into the top 30 with Stacey Cook 16th, Kirsten Clark 20th and Resi Stiegler, starting 54th, placing 28th for the first downhill points of her career.
    Head coach Patrick Riml — back on tour after being home a week ago for the birth of his first child, daughter Raina James Riml — was pleased with three women in the top 20 and Stiegler's finest downhill result.
    "Julia's on the podium again, obviously doing a hell of a job. In the last downhills, she's been first, second and third, which is outstanding. And it's an outstanding result for Resi … and I think it's a fair result for Stacey and Kirsten … but, for Stacey, who's struggled a bit after being fourth Dec. 1 in Lake Louise [Alberta], it's good to see her back in there like that."
    Kildow, running 30th, was a half-second ahead of Goetschl, who skied 29th, when she went off-course and into the safety nets. "To be that far ahead after 26 seconds is really something, but too bad she couldn't finish. Still, she's the leader, so that's a positive," he said. "There's a right-footer [left-hand turn] where it's icy and Lindsey just slipped and went out. She was really going."
    The race originally was to have been a super combined, but when high winds Friday stopped the DH, organizers pushed back the downhill to Saturday and rescheduled the super combi for Sunday. The super G originally set for Sunday will be rescheduled for another location later in the season.
    After Friday's cancellation, the downhill race replaced a super combi, which will now be held on Sunday.

THE SCOOP
By Hank McKee 

Equipment
Women's downhill, Altenmarkt-Zauchensee, Austria, Jan. 13, 2007
Skier, skis/boots/bindings
1 Goetschl, Atomic/Atomic/Atomic
2 Gisin, Volkl/Tecnica/Marker
3 Mancuso, Rossignol/Lange/Rossignol
4 Holaus, Volkl/Tecnica/Marker
5 Jacquemod, Salomon/Salomon/Salomon
6 Styger, Volkl/Lange/Marker
7 Paerson, Salomon/Salomon/Salomon
8 Wolf, Rossignol/Rossignol/Rossignol
9 Berthod, Dynastar/Lange/Look
10 Aufdenblatten, Rossignol/Rossignol/Rossignol

Women's downhill, Altenmarkt-Zauchensee, Austria, Jan. 13, 2007 … The race is delayed one day due to wind. … It is the 17th race of the women's 27-event World Cup schedule. … It is the fifth of nine scheduled DHs.
    It is the 41st career win for Renate Goetschl. … Her 21st in DH. … It is her third win at Altenmarkt-Zauchensee. … She is second all time on the Austrian women's win list and the third-winningest Austrian World Cup racer of all time behind Annemarie Moser-Proell (62) and Hermann Maier (53). …It is her third win of the season but first in DH, the other two wins coming in SG at Lake Louise Dec. 3 and Reiteralm Dec. 16. … She had been second in two DH' earlier this season, at Lake Louise Dec. 2 and Val d'Isere Dec. 19.
    It is the first career podium and just the third scoring result for Dominique Gisin, the other two each ninth-place results at Val d'Isere in back-to-back races earlier this season (Dec. 19-20). … She is 21 years old from Egelberg.
    It is the sixth career podium for Julia Mancuso. … Th
e fourth in DH. … It is her third podium of the season, all in DH, the other two a first and second at Val d'Isere. It is the first World Cup result for fourth-place finisher Maria Holaus.
    It is the 34th time Emily Brydon has placed in the top 15. … 15th time in DH. … The sixth time this season in eight scoring races. … It is the 12th career top 15 for Kelly VanderBeek. … Third in DH (rest in SG). … Her fifth top 15 of the season with four top-seven results and one 18th placing. … In 15th place, Stacey Cook matches her fourth-best career result. … It is her second-best result of four this season, the better a fourth-place DH result at Lake Louise Dec. 1. … It is the second-best result of the season and best DH result of the season for Britt Janyk. … It is the fourth top-20 result of the season for Kirsten Clark and her third-best of five DH finishes. … Resi Stiegler claims her first career DH points. … She needs only SG to complete scores in all disciplines in this season and for her career.
    Marlies Schild (11th in race) maintains the lead of the overall standings 821-708 over Nicole Hosp (23rd in race). … Kathrin Zettel (did not race) is third at 562. … Race winner Goetschl moves to fourth at 641. … Lindsey Kildow (DNF) is the top American in the overall rankings in fifth at 448. … Kildow maintains the lead in the DH standings 340-325 over Goetschl. … Mancuso moves to third at 266. … Winning margin is .23 of a second. … Top six are within the same second. … Top 23 within two seconds. 

Altenmarkt-Zauchensee women's World Cup DH results

Rank Bib FIS Code Name Year Nation Total Time FIS Points
 1  29  55069 GOETSCHL Renate  1975  AUT   1:19.32  0.00
 2  1  515747 GISIN Dominique  1985  SUI   1:19.55  3.91
 3  27  537545 MANCUSO Julia  1984  USA   1:19.62  5.11
 4  33  55669 HOLAUS Maria  1983  AUT   1:20.03  12.08
 5  18  195671 JACQUEMOD Ingrid  1978  FRA   1:20.19  14.81
 6  23  515170 STYGER Nadia  1978  SUI   1:20.25  15.83
 7  28  505483 PAERSON Anja  1981  SWE   1:20.34  17.36
 8  45  515774 WOLF Tamara  1985  SUI   1:20.54  20.76
 9  25  515409 BERTHOD Sylviane  1977  SUI   1:20.65  22.64
 10  24  515573 AUFDENBLATTEN Fraenzi  1981  SUI   1:20.72  23.83
 11  51  196460 MARCHAND-ARVIER Marie  1985  FRA   1:20.81  25.36
 11  31  55590 SCHILD Marlies  1981  AUT   1:20.81  25.36
 11  5  105997 BRYDON Emily  1980  CAN   1:20.81  25.36
 14  17  106402 VANDERBEEK Kelly  1983  CAN   1:21.01  28.76
 15  36  55538 WIRTH Katja  1980  AUT   1:21.04  29.27
 16  9  537582 COOK Stacey J  1984  USA   1:21.05  29.44
 17  50  355050 WEIRATHER Tina  1989  LIE   1:21.09  30.12
 18  26  55212 MEISSNITZER Alexandra  1973  AUT   1:21.12  30.64
 19  46  106022 JANYK Britt  1980  CAN   1:21.15  31.15
 20  8  536138 CLARK Kirsten L  1977  USA   1:21.17  31.49
 21  60  495318 RUIZ CASTILLO Carolina  1981  SPA   1:21.18  31.66
 22  7  515244 CASANOVA Carmen  1980  SUI   1:21.29  33.53
 23  15  55690 HOSP Nicole  1983  AUT   1:21.30  33.70
 24  56  375018 COLETTI Alexandra  1983  MON   1:21.37  34.89
 25  3  296008 MERIGHETTI Daniela  1981  ITA   1:21.39  35.23
 26  22  206001 RIESCH Maria  1984  GER   1:21.40  35.40
 27  14  296472 FANCHINI Elena  1985  ITA   1:21.47  36.59
 28  54  537772 STIEGLER Resi  1985  USA   1:21.48  36.76
 29  11  515348 BORGHI Catherine  1976  SUI   1:21.50  37.10
 30  19  55576 GOERGL Elisabeth  1981  AUT   1:21.53  37.61
 31  2  225206 ALCOTT Chemmy  1982  GBR   1:21.54  37.78
 32  6  515429 DUMERMUTH Monika  1977  SUI   1:21.57  38.29
 33  20  55750 FISCHBACHER Andrea  1985  AUT   1:21.65  39.66
 34  21  296729 FANCHINI Nadia  1986  ITA   1:21.72  40.85
 35  10  55588 RUMPFHUBER Ingrid  1981  AUT   1:21.74  41.19
 36  43  296473 SIORPAES Wendy  1985  ITA   1:21.83  42.72
 37  42  196573 REVILLET Aurelie  1986  FRA   1:21.84  42.89
 38  57  537626 RICHARDSON Kaylin L  1984  USA   1:21.86  43.23
 39  49  106666 RUBENS Shona  1986  CAN   1:21.89  43.74
 40  53  296623 MAZZOTTI Lucia  1985
 		 ITA   1:21.90  43.91
 41  12  515560 SCHILD Martina  1981  SUI   1:21.92  44.25
 42  58  536884 LUDLOW Libby  1981  USA   1:22.12  47.66
 43  16  295533 RECCHIA Lucia  1980  ITA   1:22.16  48.34
 44  48  296427 SCHNARF Johanna  1984  ITA   1:22.21  49.19
 45  47  505260 HARGIN Janette  1977  SWE   1:22.22  49.36
 46  44  297134 BORSOTTI Camilla  1988  ITA   1:22.25  49.87
 47  13  505449 BENT Nike  1981  SWE   1:22.28  50.38
 48  38  196412 WEYRICH Clothilde  1985  FRA   1:22.29  50.55
 49  41  106465 LAWRENCE Sherry  1984  CAN   1:22.35  51.57
 50  4  205119 HALTMAYR Petra  1975  GER   1:22.42  52.76
 51  39  206175 STECHERT Gina  1987  GER   1:22.47  53.61
 52  37  505632 LINDELL-VIKARBY Jessica  1984  SWE   1:22.57  55.31
 53  35  515692 GRAND Rabea  1984  SUI   1:22.63  56.34
 54  32  565243 MAZE Tina  1983  SLO   1:22.64  56.51
 55  62 &nbs
p;255098		 KRISTJANSDOTTIR Dagny L.  1980  ISL   1:22.72  57.87
 56  40  206035 CHMELAR Fanny  1985  GER   1:22.74  58.21
 57  52  205843 STEMMER Stefanie  1981  GER   1:22.83  59.74
 58  63  106849 YURKIW Larisa  1988  CAN   1:22.85  60.08
 59  34  295136 CECCARELLI Daniela  1975  ITA   1:23.10  64.33
 60  59  206173 SPRINGL Monika  1987  GER   1:23.15  65.19
 61  66  106410 DESFORGES Emilie  1983  CAN   1:23.25  66.89
 62  61  565261 ROBNIK Petra  1984  SLO   1:23.43  69.95
 63  55  565278 RABIC Urska  1985  SLO   1:23.57  72.33
 64  65  505886 KLING Kajsa  1988  SWE   1:23.76  75.57
 65  64  155563 KRIZOVA Klara  1989  CZE   1:26.27  118.29


Did not finish 1st run:
KILDOW Lindsey C (USA)

World Cup downhill standings
 (After 5 of 9 races)
1. Lindsey Kildow, United States, 340 points.
2. Renate Goetschl, Austria, 325.
3. Julia Mancuso, United States, 266.
4. Anja Paerson, Sweden, 212.
5. Ingrid Jacquemod, France, 172.
6. Andrea Fischbacher, Austria, 148.
7. Kelly VanderBeek, Canada, 143.
8. Maria Riesch, Germany, 142.
9. Dominique Gisin, Switzerland, 138.
10. Alexandra Meissnitzer, Austria, 137.

Overall World Cup standings
(After 16 of 33 races)
1. Marlies Schild, Austria, 821 points.
2. Nicole Hosp, Austria, 708.
3. Kathrin Zettel, Austria, 562.
4. Renate Goetschl, Austria, 541.
5. Lindsey Kildow, United States, 448.
6. Anja Paerson, Sweden, 444.
7. Julia Mancuso, United States, 434.
8. Tanja Poutiainen, Finland, 358.
9. Michaela Kirchgasser, Austria, 343.
10. Sarka Zahrobska, Czech Republic, 340.

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