Moltzan gold, Ginnis bronze at World Juniors slalom

HAFJELL, Norway – The U.S. Ski Team’s Paula Moltzan won her first major international event by racing to gold in the women’s slalom at the Junior World Championships in Norway. Germany’s Marlene Schmotz was 0.65 seconds back for silver and Austria’s Katharina Truppe collected bronze.

“I am really happy as I wasn’t expecting this at all. It’s a nice surprise! In the first run, I ran first and the conditions were just unreal,” the happy Junior World Champion said after the race. “It was a pretty tough competition. These girls are great skiers and it could have gone to anyone today. Perhaps it was just my day with a little bit of luck. AJ (Ginnis) and I were definitely feeding off of each other’s energy, it was awesome to watch him compete and just lay it down. And then I was like ‘OK, now it’s my turn.'”

It was Moltzan’s first big title on an international stage. The 20-year-old, who landed in fourth at the past Junior Worlds in Jasna, recently finished 20th in slalom at the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships in Vail/Beaver Creek, Colo.

Local hero Henrik Kristoffersen beat the record of most Junior World Championship victories with his slalom win in the men’s race. A regular at Europa Cup races and the defending super G Junior World Champion Marco Schwarz of Austria was more than one and a half seconds back, good enough for silver. The U.S. Ski Team’s AJ Ginnis crossed the finish line with a 1.75-second margin and grabbed bronze. Teammate Erik Arvidsson finished 22nd, and Global Racing’s Jack Auty was 27th.

“The first run was sweet. Second run was pretty bumpy, so I’m super happy I could ski down and finish in third,” said Ginnis. “The morning was good for snow and the afternoon was like spring conditions. It was a pretty good day for the U.S.”

Tying with Benjamin Raich for five gold medals after his giant slalom victory a day earlier, Kristoffersen is now the man to beat when it comes to Junior World titles on the men’s side.

“I like to beat records and this is great! In a way it was already historic yesterday to tie with Benjamin but it’s even cooler to be the record holder now on the men’s side,” said Kristoffersen. “Success doesn’t come easy. There’s a lot of hard work involved.”

Born in 1994, it was the last showing of 20-year-old Kristoffersen at this level as he is no longer eligible to compete at Junior Worlds. “It’s been a great end to my junior career. Now, I have to become grown up, gain weight and even behave like a grown-up”, he joked.

Release courtesy of FIS and USSA

Results

Women’s slalom – March 9

1	1	539909	MOLTZAN Paula	1994	USA	51.47	52.07	1:43.54
2	4	206532	SCHMOTZ Marlene	1994	GER	52.44	51.75	1:44.19	+0.65
3	5	56315	TRUPPE Katharina	1996	AUT	53.64	50.89	1:44.53	+0.99
4	10	516334	CHABLE Charlotte	1994	SUI	53.14	51.51	1:44.65	+1.11
5	24	565417	PLUT Eli	1994	SLO	52.99	51.67	1:44.66	+1.12
6	13	516426	STOFFEL Elena	1996	SUI	53.07	51.86	1:44.93	+1.39
7	29	516504	DANIOTH Aline	1998	SUI	53.78	51.17	1:44.95	+1.41
8	9	385096	POPOVIC Leona	1997	CRO	53.27	51.78	1:45.05	+1.51
9	20	565428	BREZOVNIK Sasa	1995	SLO	52.99	52.09	1:45.08	+1.54
10	22	107583	REMME Roni	1996	CAN	54.39	50.75	1:45.14	+1.60
11	3	56258	AGER Christina	1995	AUT	52.95	52.25	1:45.20	+1.66
12	16	56253	HUBER Katharina	1995	AUT	53.77	51.50	1:45.27	+1.73
13	21	56217	BRUNNER Stephanie	1994	AUT	53.99	51.35	1:45.34	+1.80
14	31	516528	MEILLARD Melanie	1998	SUI	53.44	51.92	1:45.36	+1.82
15	23	197616	ALPHAND Estelle	1995	FRA	53.78	51.67	1:45.45	+1.91
16	8	56199	KAPPAURER Elisabeth	1994	AUT	53.99	51.87	1:45.86	+2.32
17	38	197812	GERACI Romane	1997	FRA	54.47	51.65	1:46.12	+2.58
18	32	197540	FORNI Josephine	1994	FRA	54.34	51.94	1:46.28	+2.74
18	28	426160	MOHAGEN Julie Flo	1996	NOR	54.98	51.30	1:46.28	+2.74
20	18	107556	MCCARTHY Jocelyn	1996	CAN	54.32	52.35	1:46.67	+3.13
21	17	426153	NORBYE Tuva	1996	NOR	55.20	51.51	1:46.71	+3.17
22	43	197651	DIREZ Clara	1995	FRA	54.66	52.08	1:46.74	+3.20
23	11	45331	SMALL Greta	1995	AUS	54.29	52.79	1:47.08	+3.54
24	27	426032	TRULSRUD Tonje Healey	1994	NOR	55.28	52.09	1:47.37	+3.83
25	65	299276	BASSINO Marta	1996	ITA	55.49	51.90	1:47.39	+3.85
26	40	565403	LIVK Klara	1994	SLO	55.29	52.48	1:47.77	+4.23
27	30	426187	LYSDAHL Kristin Anna	1996	NOR	55.12	52.74	1:47.86	+4.32
28	50	506701	HOERNBLAD Lisa	1996	SWE	55.50	52.49	1:47.99	+4.45
29	58	299029	GALLI Jole	1995	ITA	55.71	53.73	1:49.44	+5.90
30	35	506700	HAAKANSSON-FERMBAECK Vera	1996	SWE	55.62	53.95	1:49.57	+6.03
31	59	185411	LUUKKO Nea	1996	FIN	56.37	54.25	1:50.62	+7.08
32	47	506739	STENVALL Emma	1996	SWE	55.98	54.67	1:50.65	+7.11
33	34	485807	OVCHINIKOVA Daria	1995	RUS	56.17	54.56	1:50.73	+7.19
34	44	485802	TKACHENKO Ekaterina	1995	RUS	57.23	53.65	1:50.88	+7.34
35	57	107562	GARTNER Stephanie	1996	CAN	56.31	54.58	1:50.89	+7.35
36	55	435371	WASEK Katarzyna	1996	POL	56.31	54.90	1:51.21	+7.67
37	62	415205	HUDSON Piera	1996	NZL	56.65	54.99	1:51.64	+8.10
38	75	225612	MEAD Darcie	1996	GBR	57.28	55.32	1:52.60	+9.06
39	60	185437	HANNOLA Hilla	1998	FIN	56.56	56.05	1:52.61	+9.07
40	76	555036	ABOLTINA Agnese	1996	LAT	57.85	55.44	1:53.29	+9.75
41	41	307704	ARAI Mio	1997	JPN	57.40	56.59	1:53.99	+10.45
42	51	485799	ALEXEEVA Nadezda	1995	RUS	57.82	56.35	1:54.17	+10.63
43	67	255352	ASGEIRSDOTTIR Erla	1994	ISL	57.86	56.43	1:54.29	+10.75
44	64	225590	MACAULAY Alice	1995	GBR	57.76	56.63	1:54.39	+10.85
45	77	35222	BARUZZI FARRIOL Francesca	1998	ARG	59.11	56.90	1:56.01	+12.47
46	81	197848	ARBEZ Tess	1997	IRE	1:00.18	57.75	1:57.93	+14.39
47	79	255364	SOLVADOTTIR Audur-Brynja	1995	ISL	1:00.56	57.50	1:58.06	+14.52
48	78	516442	DIAS Camille	1996	POR	59.76	58.44	1:58.20	+14.66
49	68	225597	WIDDUP Bethany	1995	GBR	1:01.62	56.90	1:58.52	+14.98
50	83	175050	BERTHELSEN Nuunu Chemnitz	1996	DAN	1:00.40	1:00.39	2:00.79	+17.25
51	88	225665	JENKINS Megan	1998	GBR	1:03.23	59.29	2:02.52	+18.98
52	82	235292	SAMARINOU Maria	1996	GRE	1:02.56	1:00.62	2:03.18	+19.64
53	87	395018	VAHER Lise-Anette	1996	EST	1:04.81	1:01.98	2:06.79	+23.25
54	89	245070	CSIMA Laura	1997	HUN	1:04.09	1:03.00	2:07.09	+23.55
55	85	235277	GKOGKOU Anastasia	1995	GRE	1:05.69	1:03.42	2:09.11	+25.57
56	92	245072	EIGLER Patricia	1998	HUN	1:10.88	1:08.15	2:19.03	+35.49
Disqualified 1st run
	73	6535765	MANGAN Patricia	1997	USA
	2	705423	VLHOVA Petra	1995	SVK
Did not finish 2nd run
	91	345124	ARNOUK Judy	1998	LIB
	90	245073	MAROTY Monika	1997	HUN
	80	255373	JOHANNSDOTTIR Thelma Rut	1995	ISL
	69	6535930	WARDLE Galena	1998	USA
	52	435334	GASIENICA-DANIEL Maryna	1994	POL
	49	426043	TVIBERG Maria Therese	1994	NOR
	39	516429	GROEBLI Nathalie	1996	SUI
	36	565453	AJLEC Desiree	1996	SLO
	26	405138	JELINKOVA Adriana	1995	NED
	7	506583	SAEFVENBERG Charlotta	1994	SWE
Did not finish 1st run
	86	395015	TOBI Triin	1995	EST
	84	785007	JANUSKEVICIUTE Ieva	1994	LTU
	74	6535759	LEBBY Stephanie	1997	USA
	72	155873	ARNOLD Andrea	1998	CZE
	71	496138	BARGALLO Julia	1995	SPA
	70	65108	NELLES Mathilde	1997	BEL
	66	298904	CILLARA ROSSI Valentina	1994	ITA
	63	485749	PROKOPYEVA Aleksandra	1994	RUS
	61	565447	SEIDL Claudia	1996	SLO
	56	185383	AHONEN Saana	1994	FIN
	54	206520	DORSCH Patrizia	1994	GER
	53	155790	CAMKOVA Veronika	1996	CZE
	48	185403	MAKINEN Janina	1996	FIN
	46	6535773	O BRIEN Nina	1997	USA
	45	355061	HILZINGER Jessica	1997	LIE
	42	107532	TOMMY Mikaela	1995	CAN
	37	107613	GRENIER Valerie	1996	CAN
	33	426100	HOLTMANN Mina Fuerst	1995	NOR
	25	299313	PERRUCHON Martina	1996	ITA
	19	307493	ANDO Asa	1996	JPN
	15	298767	SOSIO Federica	1994	ITA
	14	516344	KOPP Rahel	1994	SUI
	12	107387	CRAWFORD Candace	1994	CAN
	6	506557	GRASSL Paulina	1994	SWE

Men’s slalom – March 9

1	7	422304	KRISTOFFERSEN Henrik	1994	NOR	44.64	52.91	1:37.55		6.00
2	2	54320	SCHWARZ Marco	1995	AUT	46.81	52.29	1:39.10	+1.55	17.44
3	1	6531063	GINNIS AJ	1994	USA	45.19	54.11	1:39.30	+1.75	18.92
4	49	6190403	NOEL Clement	1997	FRA	46.33	53.01	1:39.34	+1.79	19.21
4	37	512182	MEILLARD Loic	1996	SUI	46.20	53.14	1:39.34	+1.79	19.21
6	9	512063	BONVIN Anthony	1994	SUI	45.76	53.76	1:39.52	+1.97	20.54
7	3	422390	MONSEN Marcus	1995	NOR	45.82	53.86	1:39.68	+2.13	21.72
8	24	561322	HADALIN Stefan	1995	SLO	45.59	54.20	1:39.79	+2.24	22.53
9	17	512138	SIMONET Sandro	1995	SUI	46.06	53.82	1:39.88	+2.33	23.20
10	45	6291430	MAURBERGER Simon	1995	ITA	46.68	53.33	1:40.01	+2.46	24.16
11	23	54245	HETTEGGER Thomas	1994	AUT	46.65	53.44	1:40.09	+2.54	24.75
12	27	180737	LUUKKO Max	1994	FIN	46.02	54.16	1:40.18	+2.63	25.41
13	14	501994	SUNDQUIST Max-gordon	1994	SWE	45.84	54.39	1:40.23	+2.68	25.78
14	48	202615	TREMMEL Anton	1994	GER	46.57	53.79	1:40.36	+2.81	26.74
14	5	380361	RODES Istok	1996	CRO	45.73	54.63	1:40.36	+2.81	26.74
16	4	92720	POPOV Albert	1997	BUL	45.63	54.85	1:40.48	+2.93	27.63
17	20	422300	EIDE Peder Dahlum	1994	NOR	45.88	54.72	1:40.60	+3.05	28.51
18	33	194892	CASTELLON Rudy	1994	FRA	46.20	54.64	1:40.84	+3.29	30.28
19	18	561313	DVORNIK Aljaz	1995	SLO	46.54	54.36	1:40.90	+3.35	30.73
20	13	180731	DAHL Juho	1994	FIN	45.77	55.16	1:40.93	+3.38	30.95
21	22	6190210	GERACI Hugo	1996	FRA	46.18	54.79	1:40.97	+3.42	31.24
22	73	6531444	ARVIDSSON Erik	1996	USA	47.07	54.18	1:41.25	+3.70	33.31
23	40	180722	KUUKKA Justus	1994	FIN	46.86	54.71	1:41.57	+4.02	35.67
24	35	180732	NIEMELA Arttu	1994	FIN	47.32	54.30	1:41.62	+4.07	36.04
25	70	104311	GRASIC Martin	1995	CAN	47.08	55.01	1:42.09	+4.54	39.51
26	42	380363	KOLEGA Elias	1996	CRO	47.26	55.52	1:42.78	+5.23	44.60
27	61	6531106	AUTY Jack	1995	USA	47.17	55.64	1:42.81	+5.26	44.82
28	53	60253	MARCHANT Armand	1997	BEL	47.44	55.48	1:42.92	+5.37	45.64
29	54	491853	DEL CAMPO Juan	1994	SPA	47.65	55.82	1:43.47	+5.92	49.69
30	99	400294	HAAS VAN DER Spike	1997	NED	47.68	56.75	1:44.43	+6.88	56.78
31	26	54358	GRAF Mathias	1996	AUT	47.64	56.82	1:44.46	+6.91	57.00
32	30	30388	BIRKNER DE MIGUEL Tomas	1997	ARG	47.52	57.45	1:44.97	+7.42	60.77
33	15	501992	GRAHN Dan Axel	1994	SWE	48.53	56.54	1:45.07	+7.52	61.50
34	55	20388	ALAYRACH Josh	1995	AND	47.78	57.52	1:45.30	+7.75	63.20
35	6	6291574	SALA Tommaso	1995	ITA	50.13	55.56	1:45.69	+8.14	66.08
36	56	481514	BORODAYKIN Artem	1994	RUS	47.93	57.78	1:45.71	+8.16	66.23
37	88	40612	SCOTT Alec	1997	AUS	48.85	57.39	1:46.24	+8.69	70.14
38	101	151238	ZABYSTRAN Jan	1998	CZE	49.55	57.31	1:46.86	+9.31	74.72
38	95	20392	SOLSONA Robert	1995	AND	49.00	57.86	1:46.86	+9.31	74.72
40	110	6300451	KATO Seigo	1998	JPN	48.91	58.07	1:46.98	+9.43	75.60
41	96	320419	LEE Han-Hee	1997	KOR	49.22	58.74	1:47.96	+10.41	82.83
42	90	20386	PUIG DAVI Arnau	1994	AND	49.53	58.62	1:48.15	+10.60	84.24
43	94	320424	JUNG Min-Sik	1997	KOR	49.39	1:00.14	1:49.53	+11.98	94.42
44	93	430667	BIALOBRZYCKI Dominik	1995	POL	50.27	1:00.17	1:50.44	+12.89	101.14
45	83	230651	ANTONIOU Ioannis	1995	GRE	51.06	59.55	1:50.61	+13.06	102.39
46	121	700915	BROZMAN Branislav	1996	SVK	51.78	1:02.95	1:54.73	+17.18	132.80
47	103	710351	EMRIC Eman	1996	BIH	53.70	1:01.64	1:55.34	+17.79	137.30
48	112	250344	DAGBJARTSSON Arnor-Dagur	1994	ISL	52.36	1:03.44	1:55.80	+18.25	140.70
49	113	240148	SZOLLOS Barnabas	1998	HUN	53.22	1:02.91	1:56.13	+18.58	143.14
50	116	550078	OPMANIS Elvis	1997	LAT	52.90	1:03.60	1:56.50	+18.95	145.87
51	123	340440	BEHLOK Allen	1998	LIB	1:01.83	1:12.95	2:14.78	+37.23	280.79
52	125	590038	BRANCAL Ricardo	1996	POR	1:04.64	1:16.31	2:20.95	+43.40	326.33
Disqualified 2nd run
	108	780013	ZAVECKAS Rokas	1996	LTU
	34	6531160	LEEVER Alex	1995	USA
Disqualified 1st run
	44	422400	HVAMMEN Kjetil	1995	NOR
Did not start 2nd run
	81	151060	PAULUS Daniel	1994	CZE
Did not start 1st run
	41	512120	VON GRUENIGEN Noel	1995	SUI
Did not finish 2nd run
	126	770015	TIMOFEEV Evgeniy	1994	KGZ
	124	780020	ALEKSANDRAVICIUS Vilius	1995	LTU
	122	340447	ZINA Jeffrey	1998	LIB
	120	390039	VIRRO Sten-Mark	1997	EST
	119	210040	TUKHTAEV Kamiljon	1997	UZB
	117	280034	BIRAN Itamar	1998	ISR
	114	550087	ZVEJNIEKS Davis	1998	LAT
	111	170159	VORRE Marcus	1998	DAN
	109	250361	AUDUNSSON Kristinn-Logi	1995	ISL
	106	230667	PROIOS Ioannis	1995	GRE
	105	221170	HENDERSON Paul	1995	GBR
	104	700929	PRIELOZNY Matej	1997	SVK
	102	60256	VERBEKE Tom	1997	BEL
	98	240142	SZOLLOS Benjamin	1996	HUN
	97	110383	VON APPEN Sven	1997	CHI
	89	221190	NORRIS Kieran	1995	IRE
	87	430762	JASICZEK Jedrzej	1997	POL
	86	151159	KUCERA Jan	1996	CZE
	84	6531127	DUFFY Drew	1995	USA
	80	180840	MAKELA Eetu	1998	FIN
	79	221213	RAPOSO Charlie	1996	GBR
	77	481549	STUKOV Maksim	1994	RUS
	76	561304	CAS Jure	1994	SLO
	75	700901	HYSKA Martin	1994	SVK
	72	6531217	WEISEL Kipling	1995	USA
	69	221168	BAGGIO Max	1995	GBR
	63	40536	DEMSCHAR Daniel	1994	AUS
	62	6190074	GATEAU Elie	1995	FRA
	60	20378	ESTEVE Axel	1994	AND
	52	194858	ALLEGRE Nils	1994	FRA
	47	54275	ANNEWANTER Manuel	1995	AUT
	39	60236	VAN DEN BROECKE Dries	1995	BEL
	29	422318	ROEISLAND Max	1994	NOR
	19	54252	RASCHNER Dominik	1994	AUT
	12	501983	STEIN-LAGERHEIM Casper	1994	SWE
	11	512086	LUCHSINGER Jan	1994	SUI
	8	430633	JASICZEK Michal	1994	POL
Did not finish 1st run
	118	900002	MANKANDEE Chonatee	1997	THA
	115	270061	COMERFORD Cormac	1996	IRE
	107	240145	BENEDEK Patrik	1997	HUN
	100	110324	VON APPEN Henrik	1994	CHI
	92	6300464	KOYAMA Youhei	1998	JPN
	91	80076	GRAHN Guilherme	1997	BRA
	85	700916	SENKAR Samuel	1996	SVK
	82	104468	READ Jeffrey	1997	CAN
	78	30357	DUKE William	1995	ARG
	74	481785	EFIMOV Simon	1996	RUS
	71	40577	LAIDLAW Harry	1996	AUS
	68	550066	ZVEJNIEKS Miks	1995	LAT
	67	481782	MYAGKOV Fedor	1996	RUS
	66	151110	STEPAN Martin	1995	CZE
	65	92721	TODOROV Yoan	1997	BUL
	64	6291725	ZINGERLE Hannes	1995	ITA
	59	202712	HEGELE Georg	1996	GER
	58	202604	SAUTER Paul	1994	GER
	57	561310	HROBAT Miha	1995	SLO
	51	104153	MCCONVILLE Patrick	1994	CAN
	50	491876	PUENTE TASIAS Alex	1994	SPA
	46	202597	SCHMID Alexander	1994	GER
	43	202590	WASMEIER Lukas	1994	GER
	38	54340	LAHNSTEINER Maximilian	1996	AUT
	36	194873	SARRAZIN Cyprien	1994	FRA
	32	561314	KUNC Jan	1995	SLO
	31	561296	SPIK Jakob	1994	SLO
	28	6291646	DA VILLA Davide	1995	ITA
	25	250348	KRISTGEIRSSON Einar Kristinn	1994	ISL
	21	502015	JAKOBSEN Kristoffer	1994	SWE
	16	422403	ROEA Henrik	1995	NOR
	10	491879	SALARICH Joaquim	1994	SPA