Paerson takes final training run, Vonn third

Dec 04, 2008

Anja Paerson captured the final training run for Saturday’s World Cup downhill at Lake Louise, Alberta. Frenchwoman Marie Marchand-Arvier was a tenth of a second back with American Lindsey Vonn in third.


Anja Paerson captured the final training run for Saturday’s World Cup downhill at Lake Louise, Alberta. Frenchwoman Marie Marchand-Arvier was a tenth of a second back with American Lindsey Vonn in third.
 

Paerson has four career World Cup downhill wins and was third at Lake Louise in December 2006. Marchand-Arvier, the second skier out of the starthouse held the early lead by a wide margin until Paerson, in bib 12, overtook her.

The defending downhill champion Lindsey Vonn, was third on the day. She won the only other training run for the race and has won four Cup downhills on the site, including last season.




Third was fine with Vonn. Cold weather had come in overnight and the track ran two second faster than it had the previous day.  “It was a lot faster today, so I just tried to be in a correct position,” says Vonn. “I skied okay, you know, nothing special. But I don’t ever like to do that well in the last training run before the race because I just feel like I can’t get more on race day. … I’d rather always keep working.”

Canadian Emily Brydon, came in fourth in the final training run, a result which would match her best Cup result on the hill.

 

The U.S. also had some sweet results from a couple of young skiers: Chelsea Marshall, 22, jumped to 13th, and Leanne Smith, 22, finished 25th.

Women’s DH training, Lake Louise, Dec. 4, 2008

Rank Bib FIS Code Name Year Nation Total Time
 1  12  505483 PAERSON Anja  1981  SWE   1:51.36
 2  2  196460 MARCHAND-ARVIER Marie  1985  FRA   1:51.46
 3  15  537544 VONN Lindsey  1984  USA   1:51.82
 4  7  105997 BRYDON Emily  1980  CAN   1:52.01
 5  4  515560 SCHILD Martina  1981  SUI   1:52.22
 6  16  296729 FANCHINI Nadia  1986  ITA   1:52.32
 7  23  516138 GUT Lara  1991  SUI   1:52.49
 8  9  206001 RIESCH Maria  1984  GER   1:52.50
 9  19  55750 FISCHBACHER Andrea  1985  AUT   1:52.53
 9  13  515170 STYGER Nadia  1978  SUI   1:52.53
 11  20  196573 REVILLET Aurelie  1986  FRA   1:52.65
 12  36  515849 DETTLING Andrea  1987  SUI   1:52.93
 13  43  538038 MARSHALL Chelsea  1986  USA   1:52.99
 14  17  106022 JANYK Britt  1980  CAN   1:53.02
 15  18  55069 GOETSCHL Renate  1975  AUT   1:53.05
 16  40  195983 ROLLAND Marion  1982  FRA   1:53.11
 17  8  55669 HOLAUS Maria  1983  AUT   1:53.13
 18  25  296008 MERIGHETTI Daniela  1981  ITA   1:53.19
 19  14  106402 VANDERBEEK Kelly  1983  CAN   1:53.42
 20  53  505632 LINDELL-VIKARBY Jessica  1984  SWE   1:53.43
 21  32  295533 RECCHIA Lucia  1980  ITA   1:53.51
 22  55  296427 SCHNARF Johanna  1984  ITA   1:53.56
 22  46  515244 CASANOVA Carmen  1980  SUI   1:53.56
 24  26  515747 GISIN Dominique  1985  SUI   1:53.58
 25  51  538305 SMITH Leanne  1987  USA   1:53.63
 26  6  55576 GOERGL Elisabeth  1981  AUT   1:53.66
 27  1  295136 CECCARELLI Daniela  1975  ITA   1:53.70
 28  37  515766 SUTER Fabienne  1985  SUI   1:53.75
 29  5  515573 AUFDENBLATTEN Fraenzi  1981  SUI   1:53.78
 30  30  296431 STUFFER Verena  1984  ITA   1:53.85
 31  22  206175 STECHERT Gina  1987  GER   1:53.93
 32  35  55970 SCHMIDHOFER Nicole  1989  AUT   1:53.94
 33  28  565243 MAZE Tina  1983  SLO   1:53.95
 34  27  55588 RUMPFHUBER Ingrid  1981  AUT   1:53.96
 35  21  495318 RUIZ CASTILLO Carolina  1981  SPA   1:54.03
 36  49  505449 BENT Nike  1981  SWE   1:54.09
 37  10  195671 JACQUEMOD Ingrid  1978  FRA   1:54.22
 38  54  538685 MCKENNIS Alice  1989  USA   1:54.24
 38  50  55766 MADER Regina  1985  AUT   1:54.24
 38  47  106849 YURKIW Larisa  1988  CAN   1:54.24
 41  42  537626 RICHARDSON Kaylin  1984  USA   1:54.27
 42  29  515429 DUMERMUTH Monika  1977  SUI   1:54.28
 43  45  537582 COOK Stacey  1984  USA   1:54.33
 44  33  55539 BERGER Silvia  1980  AUT   1:54.34
 45  24  296473 SIORPAES Wendy  1985  ITA   1:54.36
 46  34  465059 MIKLOS Edith  1988  ROU   1:54.59
 47  59  106410 DESFORGES Emilie  1983  CAN   1:54.70
 48  41  55947 FENNINGER Anna  1989  AUT   1:54.94
 49  61  505886 KLING Kajsa  1988  SWE   1:54.95
 50  44  296623 MAZZOTTI Lucia  1985  ITA   1:55.15
 51  57  105920 SIMMERLING Georgia  1989  CAN   1:55.16
 52  38  106465 LAWRENCE Sherry  1984  CAN   1:55.21
 53  48  537565 KELLEHER Keely  1984  USA   1:55.39
 54  31  155415 ZAHROBSKA Sarka  1985  CZE   1:55.57
 55  60  105334 MCBROOM Kelly  1989  CAN   1:55.63
 56  11  537545 MANCUSO Julia  1984  USA   1:55.71
 57  56  375018 COLETTI Alexandra  1983  MON   1:56.11
 57  39  536473 LALIVE Caroline  1979  USA   1:56.11
 59  52  296476 ALFIERI Camilla  1985  ITA   1:56.14
 60  58  195972 AUBERT Sandrine  1982  FRA   1:57.22
 61  62  515587 PUENCHERA Jessica  1982  SUI   1:58.23
 62  63  538284 MCJAMES Megan  1987  USA   1:58.80
 63  64  495615 MORLANS Leyre  1987  SPA   2:02.18















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