They built – and flew into place – a start ramp at Verbier for the World Speed Skiing Championships. The site already held a speed mark of 219.280kph, or 136mph, so organizers and athletes were expectant. Mother Nature sapped that expectancy with a lack of snow, leaving the track just below the constructed ramp too rock strewn and dangerous for use.
With a lower start, the site record was safe, but 31 year old Simon Origone of Italy – the record holder – proved to be the fastest clocking in at 211.67 (131.5mph) to edge his little brother Ivan for the gold medal. He had won all three training runs and it was the ninth straight time Simon has finished first or second in World Cup or World Championship speed skiing competition. The gold was his fourth in a World Championship dating back to 2005. The man has it down pat.
The women’s gold medal went to 39 year old Frenchwoman Karin DuBouchet Revol ahead of a couple of Swedes, Linda Baginski in second and Sanna Tidstrand third.
Boris Soula photo –
| Place |
|
Verbier
(SUI) |
|
Discipline |
|
Speed Skiing |
| Date |
|
21.04.2011 |
|
Category |
|
World Ski Championships |
| Race codex |
|
8617 |
|
Gender |
|
M |
|
|
|
|
TD Name |
|
Cozzi Marco (ITA) |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Rank |
Bib |
FIS Code |
Name |
Year |
Nation |
Speed (km/h) |
| 1 |
61 |
7039 |
ORIGONE Simone |
1979 |
ITA |
211.67 |
| 2 |
59 |
7078 |
ORIGONE Ivan |
1987 |
ITA |
209.70 |
| 3 |
66 |
190130 |
MONTES Bastien |
1985 |
FRA |
209.69 |
| 4 |
57 |
7178 |
SCHROTTSHAMMER Klaus |
1979 |
AUT |
209.67 |
| 5 |
69 |
510089 |
MAY Philippe |
1970 |
SUI |
209.19 |
| 6 |
75 |
7204 |
BILLY Louis |
1993 |
FRA |
208.33 |
| 7 |
67 |
7053 |
PERSSON Daniel |
1975 |
SWE |
208.03 |
| 8 |
58 |
7170 |
BILLY Simon |
1991 |
FRA |
207.59 |
| 9 |
62 |
7230 |
CERMAK Radek |
1980 |
CZE |
207.47 |
| 10 |
56 |
7055 |
JANSSON Christian |
1982 |
SWE |
206.80 |
| 11 |
81 |
7182 |
DOBROWOLSKI Jedrzej |
1981 |
POL |
205.33 |
| 12 |
80 |
7155 |
PIMKIN Nikolay |
1963 |
RUS |
205.15 |
| 13 |
93 |
7028 |
HOLMGREN Johan |
1963 |
SWE |
204.27 |
| 14 |
63 |
7109 |
STERBA Petr |
1969 |
CZE |
204.24 |
| 15 |
27 |
50015 |
MUENZER Markus |
1969 |
AUT |
192.86 |
| 16 |
16 |
7210 |
MEICHTRY Gregory |
1977 |
SUI |
191.84 |
| 17 |
28 |
7192 |
BAR Stefano |
1990 |
ITA |
191.28 |
| 18 |
23 |
7249 |
LINDBLOM Sebastian |
1989 |
SWE |
191.03 |
| 19 |
24 |
500059 |
MAGNUSSON Jan |
1965 |
SWE |
189.77 |
| 20 |
19 |
7194 |
EIGENMANN Reto |
1970 |
SUI |
188.94 |
| 21 |
25 |
7141 |
FOIDL Guenther |
1982 |
AUT |
188.38 |
| 22 |
26 |
50026 |
PEER Gerhard |
1967 |
AUT |
188.29 |
| 23 |
60 |
420039 |
STAVIK Finn-Arne |
1970 |
NOR |
194.69 |
| 24 |
73 |
7081 |
ANDERSSON Daniel |
1978 |
SWE |
191.80 |
| 25 |
64 |
7116 |
DEVENES Ismael |
1982 |
SUI |
191.29 |
| 26 |
90 |
7120 |
BOHACEK Radek |
1975 |
CZE |
191.14 |
| 27 |
55 |
510028 |
STUMP Roger |
1963 |
SUI |
190.84 |
| 28 |
65 |
7049 |
ADARRAGA Ricardo |
1965 |
SPA |
190.75 |
| 29 |
89 |
7153 |
CANTALUPO Jerome |
1979 |
FRA |
190.72 |
| 30 |
71 |
7156 |
NUYANZIN Pavel |
1962 |
RUS |
190.45 |
| 31 |
96 |
290009 |
RENALDO Antonio |
1961 |
ITA |
190.12 |
| 32 |
72 |
7227 |
ABRAHAMSSON Mats |
1968 |
SWE |
189.73 |
| 33 |
68 |
7135 |
MUNROE Neil |
1971 |
CAN |
189.56 |
| 34 |
43 |
50018 |
HOCHRAINER Martin |
1975 |
AUT |
178.44 |
| 35 |
17 |
7110 |
SAGE Mathieu |
1973 |
FRA |
178.43 |
| 36 |
41 |
7322 |
FALLMANN Herbert |
1972 |
AUT |
177.61 |
| 37 |
29 |
7255 |
PRUELLER Christoph |
1983 |
AUT |
176.24 |
| 38 |
18 |
220014 |
PONCIN Marc |
1966 |
GBR |
176.01 |
| 39 |
32 |
7181 |
HORN Tom |
1984 |
GBR |
174.65 |
| 40 |
21 |
7043 |
MONTES Jimmy |
1987 |
FRA |
174.17 |
| 41 |
9 |
7278 |
BACKLUND Erik |
1993 |
SWE |
172.70 |
| 42 |
13 |
7171 |
QUEYRAS Charles Edouard |
1992 |
FRA |
171.84 |
| 43 |
15 |
7118 |
KIPFER Julien |
1991 |
SUI |
170.35 |
| 44 |
7 |
7294 |
PORTAL Robin |
1995 |
FRA |
168.01 |
| 45 |
14 |
7231 |
SAMUELSSON Robert |
1993 |
SWE |
167.93 |
| 46 |
300 |
7325 |
BJOERNNES Magnus |
1993 |
NOR |
166.71 |
| 47 |
11 |
7243 |
MABIT Emmeric |
1993 |
FRA |
166.67 |
| 48 |
10 |
7228 |
FERNQVIST Olof |
1992 |
SWE |
166.27 |
| 49 |
8 |
7205 |
DEGAND Terix |
1993 |
FRA |
165.98 |
| 50 |
12 |
7229 |
FERNQVIST Karl |
1992 |
SWE |
165.50 |
| 51 |
45 |
7323 |
TOURNIER Kilian |
1994 |
SUI |
164.47 |
| 52 |
95 |
100004 |
EARLE Adam |
1967 |
CAN |
184.55 |
| 53 |
77 |
7235 |
RINGNES Eilif-K. |
1972 |
NOR |
183.91 |
| 54 |
85 |
7065 |
PRIHODA Michal |
1968 |
CZE |
183.82 |
| 55 |
74 |
290058 |
ANDERLINI Andrea |
1968 |
ITA |
183.74 |
| 56 |
78 |
7119 |
KIPFER Jean-Marc |
1964 |
SUI |
183.56 |
| 57 |
70 |
7117 |
AESCHBACH Mike |
1973 |
SUI |
183.13 |
| 58 |
79 |
50030 |
SCHMID Stephan |
1968 |
AUT |
182.15 |
| 59 |
82 |
7234 |
SULTAN Denis |
1967 |
FRA |
181.69 |
| 60 |
83 |
7191 |
ROUGET Sebastien |
1969 |
BEL |
181.20 |
| 61 |
76 |
50025 |
NUSSBAUMER Andreas |
1969 |
AUT |
181.08 |
| 62 |
87 |
7251 |
MANNI Luigi |
1971 |
ITA |
179.84 |
| 63 |
98 |
7324 |
RICHARD Steve |
1970 |
SUI |
174.24 |
| 64 |
94 |
510033 |
GYGAX Eric |
1953 |
SUI |
174.14 |
| 65 |
42 |
7315 |
STANGL Josef |
1962 |
AUT |
172.85 |
| 66 |
30 |
7245 |
HEDLEY Benja |
1977 |
GBR |
172.83 |
| 67 |
36 |
7281 |
GREEN Yannick |
1986 |
GBR |
172.45 |
| 68 |
22 |
7240 |
BARTOS Zdenek |
1965 |
CZE |
172.44 |
| 69 |
20 |
7077 |
DELANSAY Pierre-Andre |
1967 |
FRA |
172.15 |
| 70 |
35 |
7253 |
BARBIER Pierre |
1978 |
FRA |
171.71 |
| 71 |
31 |
7105 |
TOROK Vaclav |
1973 |
CZE |
171.65 |
| 72 |
38 |
190132 |
DUREY Laurent |
1969 |
FRA |
170.75 |
| 73 |
88 |
7206 |
JECHOUX Tommy |
1993 |
FRA |
170.30 |
| 74 |
33 |
7295 |
FARRELL Jan |
1983 |
GBR |
169.00 |
| 75 |
34 |
7302 |
CALILLI Vittorio |
1953 |
ITA |
168.86 |
| 76 |
40 |
7174 |
POUEYTO Alain |
1961 |
FRA |
165.42 |
| 77 |
46 |
7285 |
BERTUIN Stephane |
1970 |
FRA |
164.32 |
| 78 |
91 |
190092 |
DEGAND Serge |
1957 |
FRA |
177.47 |
| 79 |
44 |
190133 |
HAMEL Francois |
1952 |
FRA |
167.85 |
| Place |
|
Verbier
(SUI) |
|
Discipline |
|
Speed Skiing |
| Date |
|
21.04.2011 |
|
Category |
|
World Ski Championships |
| Race codex |
|
8618 |
|
Gender |
|
L |
|
|
|
|
TD Name |
|
Cozzi Marco (ITA) |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Rank |
Bib |
FIS Code |
Name |
Year |
Nation |
Speed (km/h) |
| 1 |
48 |
195019 |
DUBOUCHET REVOL Karine |
1971 |
FRA |
204.05 |
| 2 |
50 |
505005 |
BAGINSKI Linda |
1982 |
SWE |
203.13 |
| 3 |
47 |
7054 |
TIDSTRAND Sanna |
1985 |
SWE |
202.70 |
| 4 |
52 |
7096 |
ROMANO Jennifer |
1990 |
FRA |
201.51 |
| 5 |
53 |
535012 |
SACHS Tracie |
1972 |
USA |
200.48 |
| 6 |
49 |
7122 |
HOVLAND-UDEN Lisa |
1990 |
SWE |
199.35 |
| 7 |
54 |
295004 |
BANFO Elena |
1976 |
ITA |
197.34 |
| 8 |
2 |
7275 |
NIEMI Sara |
1991 |
SWE |
167.94 |
| 9 |
3 |
7293 |
MARTINEZ Clea |
1995 |
FRA |
166.52 |
| 10 |
5 |
7317 |
ESTEBAN ORAIN Lou |
1995 |
FRA |
162.37 |
| 11 |
1 |
7167 |
MARTINEZ Celia |
1991 |
FRA |
161.82 |
| 12 |
4 |
7260 |
MATSLOFVA Hanna |
1994 |
SWE |
160.22 |
In memoriam: The veteran of the staff, McKee started with Ski Racing in 1980. Over the seasons, he covered virtually every aspect of the sport, from the pro tours to junior racing, freestyle and World Cup alpine competition. He wrote the first national stories for many U.S. team stars, and was still around to report on their retirements. “Longevity has its rewards,” he said, “but it’s a slow process.”