Holtmann and Battilani win final titles at World Juniors

HAFJELL, Norway – In the final races of the FIS Alpine Junior World Ski Championships, Norwegian Mina Fuerst Holtmann and Italian Henri Battilani shredded to gold in downhill.

In brilliant weather conditions, the races were nothing short of excitement with 129 racers on start (49 ladies and 80 men).

In the ladies’ event, Holtmann’s teammate Maria Therese Tviberg landed in second place, half a second behind the leader. Nicole Delago of Italy finished in third, 0.75 seconds back. Canadian Valerie Grenier finished fifth to cap off her impressive showing after winning bronze in the GS. U.S. development team athlete Breeze Johnson was the top American in 13th, followed by Katharine Irwin in 15th and Alice Merryweather in 30th.

In the men’s race, which followed the ladies’ competition, Norweigan Marcus Monsen and Swiss Niels Hintermann took silver and bronze, 0.33 and 0.34 seconds off the pace. Erik Arvidsson of the U.S. development team was the top American in 11th followed immediately by his teammate Sam Morse in 12th. Canadian Broderick Thompson was just one hundredth off Morse in 13th.

It was the first Junior Worlds title for both 19-year-old Holtmann and 21-year-old Battilani. Holtmann now owns a full set of medals from Hafjell with gold in downhill, silver in super G, and bronze in alpine combined.

The prestigious Marc Holder Trophy named after the former FIS President was won by Norway with 114 points ahead of Switzerland and Austria with 93 and 70 points, respectively. Before the downhill, Switzerland held the pole position but with six racers in the top 10, team Norway snagged the title on the final day.

With the conclusion of the downhill races, the 2015 FIS Alpine Junior World Ski Championships have come to an end and were officially closed in a ceremony following the competitions. The 2016 edition of the Championships will be held in Sochi, Russia.

Release courtesy of FIS

Results

Women’s downhill

1	8	426100	HOLTMANN Mina Fuerst	1995	NOR	1:32.58		17.01
2	22	426043	TVIBERG Maria Therese	1994	NOR	1:33.08	+0.50	23.76
3	21	299466	DELAGO Nicole	1996	ITA	1:33.33	+0.75	27.14
4	18	197616	ALPHAND Estelle	1995	FRA	1:33.40	+0.82	28.08
5	1	107613	GRENIER Valerie	1996	CAN	1:33.56	+0.98	30.24
6	27	206548	MAGG Ann Katrin	1994	GER	1:33.68	+1.10	31.86
7	30	299402	GASSLITTER Verena	1996	ITA	1:33.72	+1.14	32.40
8	41	56258	AGER Christina	1995	AUT	1:33.92	+1.34	35.10
9	19	298767	SOSIO Federica	1994	ITA	1:33.95	+1.37	35.51
10	26	426092	CHRISTENSEN Nora Grieg	1995	NOR	1:33.96	+1.38	35.64
11	49	516344	KOPP Rahel	1994	SUI	1:34.01	+1.43	36.32
12	36	426187	LYSDAHL Kristin Anna	1996	NOR	1:34.19	+1.61	38.75
13	10	6535455	JOHNSON Breezy	1996	USA	1:34.20	+1.62	38.88
14	11	56311	REISINGER Elisabeth	1996	AUT	1:34.32	+1.74	40.50
15	24	539932	IRWIN Katharine	1994	USA	1:34.33	+1.75	40.64
15	7	206668	WEIDLE Kira	1996	GER	1:34.33	+1.75	40.64
17	15	197592	REILLER Gaelle	1995	FRA	1:34.34	+1.76	40.77
18	2	45331	SMALL Greta	1995	AUS	1:34.35	+1.77	40.91
19	23	56200	NICOLUSSI Kerstin	1994	AUT	1:34.55	+1.97	43.61
20	12	516429	GROEBLI Nathalie	1996	SUI	1:34.75	+2.17	46.31
21	17	197641	GAUCHE Laura	1995	FRA	1:34.77	+2.19	46.58
22	20	197497	MIRADOLI Romane	1994	FRA	1:34.83	+2.25	47.39
23	29	426153	NORBYE Tuva	1996	NOR	1:34.84	+2.26	47.52
24	32	299029	GALLI Jole	1995	ITA	1:34.96	+2.38	49.14
25	16	206520	DORSCH Patrizia	1994	GER	1:35.00	+2.42	49.68
25	14	485749	PROKOPYEVA Aleksandra	1994	RUS	1:35.00	+2.42	49.68
27	3	506584	RAPAPORT Helena	1994	SWE	1:35.13	+2.55	51.44
28	25	197665	LARROUY Noemie	1995	FRA	1:35.31	+2.73	53.87
29	5	299363	ZENERE Asja	1996	ITA	1:35.40	+2.82	55.09
30	6	6535600	MERRYWEATHER Alice	1996	USA	1:35.48	+2.90	56.17
31	42	426032	TRULSRUD Tonje Healey	1994	NOR	1:35.61	+3.03	57.92
32	28	56328	ORTLIEB Nina	1996	AUT	1:35.79	+3.21	60.35
33	31	107583	REMME Roni	1996	CAN	1:35.80	+3.22	60.49
34	43	56199	KAPPAURER Elisabeth	1994	AUT	1:35.84	+3.26	61.03
35	35	516351	DAYER Julie	1995	SUI	1:36.55	+3.97	70.61
36	9	298904	CILLARA ROSSI Valentina	1994	ITA	1:36.63	+4.05	71.69
37	45	555036	ABOLTINA Agnese	1996	LAT	1:36.71	+4.13	72.77
38	38	485807	OVCHINIKOVA Daria	1995	RUS	1:36.85	+4.27	74.66
39	34	565428	BREZOVNIK Sasa	1995	SLO	1:36.90	+4.32	75.34
40	46	225572	BROWN Cara	1994	GBR	1:37.18	+4.60	79.12
41	40	225612	MEAD Darcie	1996	GBR	1:37.24	+4.66	79.93
42	39	385096	POPOVIC Leona	1997	CRO	1:37.32	+4.74	81.01
43	37	465098	CAILL Ania Monica	1995	ROU	1:37.35	+4.77	81.41
44	47	485799	ALEXEEVA Nadezda	1995	RUS	1:37.37	+4.79	81.68
45	44	485868	POGREBITSKAYA Olga	1996	RUS	1:37.61	+5.03	84.92
46	48	225641	CLISSOLD Honor	1997	GBR	1:41.13	+8.55	132.45
Did not finish 1st run
	33	506701	HOERNBLAD Lisa	1996	SWE
	13	56283	RETTENWENDER Martina	1995	AUT
	4	197812	GERACI Romane	1997	FRA

Men’s downhill

1	4	6291029	BATTILANI Henri	1994	ITA	1:29.62		18.82
2	3	422390	MONSEN Marcus	1995	NOR	1:29.95	+0.33	23.42
3	13	512124	HINTERMANN Niels	1995	SUI	1:29.96	+0.34	23.56
4	42	422403	ROEA Henrik	1995	NOR	1:30.27	+0.65	27.89
5	18	54306	DUJAKOVIC Slaven	1995	AUT	1:30.66	+1.04	33.33
6	23	422421	MARKEGAARD Tomas	1995	NOR	1:30.72	+1.10	34.16
7	8	501987	MONSEN Felix	1994	SWE	1:30.76	+1.14	34.72
8	7	202566	BRANDNER Christof	1994	GER	1:30.78	+1.16	35.00
9	29	380341	ULLRICH Max	1994	CRO	1:30.98	+1.36	37.79
10	20	561310	HROBAT Miha	1995	SLO	1:31.05	+1.43	38.77
11	17	6531444	ARVIDSSON Erik	1996	USA	1:31.10	+1.48	39.46
12	10	6531520	MORSE Sam	1996	USA	1:31.13	+1.51	39.88
13	12	104096	THOMPSON Broderick	1994	CAN	1:31.14	+1.52	40.02
14	46	202615	TREMMEL Anton	1994	GER	1:31.16	+1.54	40.30
15	27	6291536	PAINI Federico	1995	ITA	1:31.34	+1.72	42.81
16	36	422400	HVAMMEN Kjetil	1995	NOR	1:31.40	+1.78	43.65
17	38	422483	THORSEN Alexander Sannes	1996	NOR	1:31.41	+1.79	43.79
18	6	512036	PFISTER Marc	1994	SUI	1:31.46	+1.84	44.48
19	40	194873	SARRAZIN Cyprien	1994	FRA	1:31.47	+1.85	44.62
19	39	422300	EIDE Peder Dahlum	1994	NOR	1:31.47	+1.85	44.62
21	1	6290985	BUZZI Emanuele	1994	ITA	1:31.48	+1.86	44.76
22	34	202603	MAAS Maximilian	1994	GER	1:31.49	+1.87	44.90
23	2	6190176	BAILET Matthieu	1996	FRA	1:31.51	+1.89	45.18
24	11	481514	BORODAYKIN Artem	1994	RUS	1:31.54	+1.92	45.60
25	57	54358	GRAF Mathias	1996	AUT	1:31.61	+1.99	46.58
26	14	6531217	WEISEL Kipling	1995	USA	1:31.62	+2.00	46.72
27	16	512039	ROULIN Gilles	1994	SUI	1:31.66	+2.04	47.27
28	21	104272	SEGER Brodie	1995	CAN	1:31.67	+2.05	47.41
28	19	6190210	GERACI Hugo	1996	FRA	1:31.67	+2.05	47.41
30	22	104531	CRAWFORD James	1997	CAN	1:31.68	+2.06	47.55
31	77	512138	SIMONET Sandro	1995	SUI	1:31.72	+2.10	48.11
31	25	6190006	SCHULLER Victor	1995	FRA	1:31.72	+2.10	48.11
33	33	110324	VON APPEN Henrik	1994	CHI	1:31.83	+2.21	49.64
34	26	180729	SVENSK Mikael	1994	FIN	1:31.84	+2.22	49.78
34	15	561322	HADALIN Stefan	1995	SLO	1:31.84	+2.22	49.78
36	28	6531127	DUFFY Drew	1995	USA	1:31.86	+2.24	50.06
37	5	194858	ALLEGRE Nils	1994	FRA	1:32.07	+2.45	52.99
38	9	221117	GOWER Jack	1994	GBR	1:32.09	+2.47	53.27
39	41	6531726	SZWEBEL Florian	1996	USA	1:32.17	+2.55	54.39
40	52	180737	LUUKKO Max	1994	FIN	1:32.22	+2.60	55.08
40	44	54245	HETTEGGER Thomas	1994	AUT	1:32.22	+2.60	55.08
42	37	380361	RODES Istok	1996	CRO	1:32.46	+2.84	58.43
43	61	54275	ANNEWANTER Manuel	1995	AUT	1:32.68	+3.06	61.50
44	30	481782	MYAGKOV Fedor	1996	RUS	1:32.79	+3.17	63.03
45	59	202712	HEGELE Georg	1996	GER	1:32.89	+3.27	64.43
46	31	561299	ROBIC Sergij	1994	SLO	1:33.11	+3.49	67.50
47	51	491853	DEL CAMPO Juan	1994	SPA	1:33.16	+3.54	68.20
48	73	202604	SAUTER Paul	1994	GER	1:33.17	+3.55	68.33
49	58	170159	VORRE Marcus	1998	DAN	1:33.39	+3.77	71.40
50	45	430640	BABICKI Pawel	1994	POL	1:33.44	+3.82	72.10
51	49	700929	PRIELOZNY Matej	1997	SVK	1:33.85	+4.23	77.82
52	47	561344	FLORJANCIC Ven	1996	SLO	1:33.86	+4.24	77.96
53	60	60253	MARCHANT Armand	1997	BEL	1:34.02	+4.40	80.19
54	55	221168	BAGGIO Max	1995	GBR	1:34.38	+4.76	85.21
55	50	110383	VON APPEN Sven	1997	CHI	1:34.43	+4.81	85.91
56	56	700915	BROZMAN Branislav	1996	SVK	1:34.52	+4.90	87.16
57	64	550066	ZVEJNIEKS Miks	1995	LAT	1:34.53	+4.91	87.30
58	65	670067	KALYUZHNOV Nikita	1994	KAZ	1:34.69	+5.07	89.54
59	69	700916	SENKAR Samuel	1996	SVK	1:35.49	+5.87	100.69
60	68	700901	HYSKA Martin	1994	SVK	1:35.64	+6.02	102.79
61	79	151110	STEPAN Martin	1995	CZE	1:36.07	+6.45	108.78
62	63	151238	ZABYSTRAN Jan	1998	CZE	1:36.38	+6.76	113.11
63	66	151215	FOREJTEK Filip	1997	CZE	1:36.40	+6.78	113.39
64	76	710351	EMRIC Eman	1996	BIH	1:36.62	+7.00	116.45
65	70	770015	TIMOFEEV Evgeniy	1994	KGZ	1:37.30	+7.68	125.94
66	62	670074	BORZENKOV Vsevolod	1995	KAZ	1:37.65	+8.03	130.82
67	72	900002	MANKANDEE Chonatee	1997	THA	1:38.47	+8.85	142.26
68	80	550078	OPMANIS Elvis	1997	LAT	1:39.04	+9.42	150.21
69	74	670080	KUCHIN Zakhar	1997	KAZ	1:41.20	+11.58	180.34
70	78	210040	TUKHTAEV Kamiljon	1997	UZB	1:42.83	+13.21	203.07
Disqualified 1st run
	54	6190074	GATEAU Elie	1995	FRA
Did not start 1st run
	67	151186	STRAKA Jan	1997	CZE
Did not finish 1st run
	75	550087	ZVEJNIEKS Davis	1998	LAT
	71	6291725	ZINGERLE Hannes	1995	ITA
	53	180831	KANKKUNEN Sampo	1998	FIN
	48	481785	EFIMOV Simon	1996	RUS
	43	491876	PUENTE TASIAS Alex	1994	SPA
	35	481730	KUZNETSOV Ivan	1996	RUS
	32	104468	READ Jeffrey	1997	CAN
	24	512182	MEILLARD Loic	1996	SUI