Radamus has ‘surreal’ success at Youth Olympic Games

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In Lillehammer, Norway, top junior athletes from around the globe have gathered to compete in the Youth Olympic Games. Some alpine skiing athletes are making a big splash like Melanie Meillard of Switzerland and the U.S. Ski Team’s River Radamus.

Meillard’s results have been building throughout the games, earning fourth place in the super G, a second place in the alpine combined and finally winning Tuesday’s giant slalom. Germany’s Katrin Hirtl-Stanggassinger took second place in the giant slalom and Switzerland’s Aline Danioth, who won the alpine combined, took third. The lone American athlete Keely Cashman skied to 14th place in the giant slalom.

“Snow was bulletproof and it was an excellent race,” said women’s U.S. National Training Group (NTG) head coach Thomas Erhard. “Great learning experience for her (Keely Cashman) at a major championship.”

Photo: Simon Bruty for YIS/IOC

Photo: Simon Bruty for YIS/IOC

On Wednesday, it was the men’s turn to race giant slalom, and once again, Radamus stole the show, winning the race by 1.07 seconds with a combined time of 2:35.05 – his biggest margin of victory of the three events in which he has dominated so far.

“It’s surreal,” Radamus said. “I can’t compare it to anything. I’ve never had success at this scale. There are 60 competitors out there and anyone could have won it.”

It was Radamus’ third gold medal in three events after he won the opening super G and also the alpine combined.

Japan’s Yohei Koyama skied into second place in the GS and was followed by Anton Grammel of Germany, earning their first podium finishes of the games.

Competition continues on Thursday, Feb. 18 with the women’s slalom race. Men’s competition will continue on Friday, Feb. 19 with slalom, where Radamus will look to add more metal to his already impressive collection.

Cover photo courtesy of YIS/IOC-Simon Bruty


Official Women’s GS Results

Rank Bib FIS Code Name Year Nation Run 1 Run 2 Total Time Diff. FIS Points
 1  2  516528 MEILLARD Melanie 1998 SUI  1:17.84  1:15.44  2:33.28  17.83
 2  3  206759 HIRTL-STANGGASSINGER Katrin 1998 GER  1:17.80  1:15.54  2:33.34  +0.06  18.21
 3  5  516504 DANIOTH Aline 1998 SUI  1:18.46  1:15.49  2:33.95  +0.67  22.11
 4  7  565471 HROVAT Meta 1998 SLO  1:18.68  1:15.55  2:34.23  +0.95  23.90
 5  13  107798 NULLMEYER Ali 1998 CAN  1:19.44  1:15.29  2:34.73  +1.45  27.10
 6  15  206763 RISPLER Lucia 1998 GER  1:19.68  1:16.00  2:35.68  +2.40  33.17
 7  6  299892 PIZZATO Sofia 1998 ITA  1:19.73  1:16.10  2:35.83  +2.55  34.13
 8  9  56417 FEST Nadine 1998 AUT  1:20.50  1:15.72  2:36.22  +2.94  36.63
 9  16  56416 SCHEIB Julia 1998 AUT  1:20.34  1:16.08  2:36.42  +3.14  37.91
 10  8  6295068 SARACCO Carlotta 1999 ITA  1:19.84  1:16.62  2:36.46  +3.18  38.16
 11  4  185430 HONKANEN Riikka 1998 FIN  1:20.55  1:16.24  2:36.79  +3.51  40.27
 12  18  385101 ZBASNIK Lana 1999 CRO  1:19.89  1:16.92  2:36.81  +3.53  40.40
 13  11  426257 LIE Kajsa Vickhoff 1998 NOR  1:20.86  1:16.43  2:37.29  +4.01  43.47
 14  14  6536213 CASHMAN Keely 1999 USA  1:22.21  1:18.50  2:40.71  +7.43  65.33
 15  26  705460 JANCOVA Tereza 1999 SVK  1:22.56  1:18.79  2:41.35  +8.07  69.43
 16  29  405160 TAN Claire 1998 NED  1:22.85  1:19.57  2:42.42  +9.14  76.27
 17  28  197931 LACHEB Kenza 1998 FRA  1:23.87  1:19.56  2:43.43  +10.15  82.72
 18  19  426236 BEKKESTAD Kristiane 1998 NOR  1:24.55  1:19.22  2:43.77  +10.49  84.90
 19  17  197956 CERUTTI Camille 1998 FRA  1:25.14  1:19.00  2:44.14  +10.86  87.26
 20  27  245077 ARCHAM Chiara 1999 HUN  1:23.71  1:20.80  2:44.51  +11.23  89.63
 21  33  496327 MIQUEL Mirentxu 1998 SPA  1:25.49  1:21.11  2:46.60  +13.32  102.99
 22  22  155873 ARNOLD Andrea Louise 1998 CZE  1:24.40  1:22.58  2:46.98  +13.70  105.42
 23  39  175056 BROENS Ida Sofie bunsov 1999 DAN  1:26.85  1:21.00  2:47.85  +14.57  110.98
 24  40  95139 STOIMENOVA Lorita 1998 BUL  1:26.37  1:23.68  2:50.05  +16.77  125.05
 25  41  675036 KARPOVA Yekaterina 1998 KAZ  1:27.56  1:23.94  2:51.50  +18.22  134.32
 26  37  6000000 SIMADER Sabrina 1998 KEN  1:28.59  1:24.37  2:52.96  +19.68  143.65
 27  38  115215 PFINGSTHORN Magdalena 1998 CHI  1:28.02  1:25.83  2:53.85  +20.57  149.34
 28  42  695127 PONOMARENKO Mariia 1999 UKR  1:31.42  1:27.42  2:58.84  +25.56  181.25
 29  45  545012 MCGILLIVRAY Jocelyn 1998 MEX  1:31.32  1:27.53  2:58.85  +25.57  181.31
 30  49  785013 AUGUSTAITYTE Egle 1999 LTU  1:31.38  1:28.05  2:59.43  +26.15  185.02
 31  51  345140 GEORGE Sonia Marie 1999 LIB  1:33.56  1:30.31  3:03.87  +30.59  213.41
 32  47  235320 MANTSIOU Anastasia 1998 GRE  1:36.87  1:32.36  3:09.23  +35.95  247.68
 33  52  395022 JOGEVA Anna Lotta 1999 EST  1:37.57  1:32.54  3:10.11  +36.83  253.30
 34  48  525101 ACIKGOZ Selin 1998 TUR  1:40.85  1:36.63  3:17.48  +44.20  300.42
 35  44  595019 LOPES Joana 1998 POR  1:42.50  1:40.44  3:22.94  +49.66  335.33
 36  54  575010 OLIVIER Rachel Elizabeth 1999 RSA  1:46.60  1:42.07  3:28.67  +55.39  371.97
 37  55  265046 JAVADI Ava 1998 IRA  1:58.39  1:48.68  3:47.07  +1:13.79  489.61
 38  56  135013 CHEN Wei-Hsuan 1998 TPE  2:42.80  2:25.57  5:08.37  +2:35.09  1009.40
Did not start 1st run
 53  165044 PIERI Andriani 1998 CYP
Did not finish 2nd run
 46  465103 BOIER Iulia 1998 ROU
 43  315219 MILOSEVIC Nadezda 1998 MNE
 36  255406 FRIDGEIRSDOTTIR Holmfridur Dora 1998 ISL
 35  715171 MUZAFERIJA Elvedina 1999 BIH
 25  35222 BARUZZI FARRIOL Francesca 1998 ARG
 1  107747 SMART Amelia 1998 CAN
Did not finish 1st run
 50  315221 KOVACEVIC Milica 1999 SRB
 34  325130 HONG Ye-Bin 1998 KOR
 32  415215 REID Elizabeth 1998 NZL
 31  225662 COOPER Yasmin 1998 GBR
 30  307813 MAEDA Chisaki 1998 JPN
 24  45398 PARKER Kathryn 1998 AUS
 23  435404 KRAJEWSKA Daria 1998 POL
 21  565484 OTONICAR Ziva 1999 SLO
 20  65117 VANREUSEL Kim 1998 BEL
 12  485973 SILANTEVA Anastasiia 1998 RUS
 10  506860 LUTHMAN Jonna 1998 SWE

 

Official Men’s GS Results

Rank Bib FIS Code Name Year Nation Run 1 Run 2 Total Time Diff. FIS Points
 1  9  6532084 RADAMUS River 1998 USA  1:17.16  1:17.89  2:35.05  26.33
 2  7  6300464 KOYAMA Yohei 1998 JPN  1:18.00  1:18.12  2:36.12  +1.07  33.09
 3  5  202883 GRAMMEL Anton 1998 GER  1:18.71  1:17.83  2:36.54  +1.49  35.75
 4  17  54481 TRANINGER Manuel 1998 AUT  1:18.98  1:17.62  2:36.60  +1.55  36.13
 5  2  380377 KOLEGA Samuel 1999 CRO  1:19.43  1:18.49  2:37.92  +2.87  44.47
 6  3  180831 KANKKUNEN Sampo 1998 FIN  1:19.18  1:19.36  2:38.54  +3.49  48.39
 7  8  60261 MAES Sam 1998 BEL  1:19.62  1:19.18  2:38.80  +3.75  50.03
 8  16  151238 ZABYSTRAN Jan 1998 CZE  1:20.55  1:18.71  2:39.26  +4.21  52.94
 9  10  512280 OEHRLI Joel 1998 SUI  1:19.25  1:20.07  2:39.32  +4.27  53.32
 10  12  512273 SPARR Maurus 1998 SUI  1:20.16  1:19.41  2:39.57  +4.52  54.90
 11  1  6292938 TEDDE Michael 1998 ITA  1:19.92  1:20.04  2:39.96  +4.91  57.36
 12  23  481912 KONKOV Aleksey 1998 RUS  1:19.29  1:20.95  2:40.24  +5.19  59.13
 13  15  430778 BEBENEK Szymon 1998 POL  1:20.32  1:20.20  2:40.52  +5.47  60.90
 14  19  240148 SZOLLOS Barnabas 1998 HUN  1:21.28  1:19.50  2:40.78  +5.73  62.55
 15  6  54483 OPETNIK Moritz 1998 AUT  1:22.65  1:18.27  2:40.92  +5.87  63.43
 16  21  110409 HORWITZ Kai 1998 CHI  1:21.07  1:20.60  2:41.67  +6.62  68.17
 17  36  221318 INNES Iain 1998 GBR  1:21.22  1:20.72  2:41.94  +6.89  69.88
 18  26  422626 THORSBY Henrik 1998 NOR  1:21.94  1:20.16  2:42.10  +7.05  70.89
 19  38  400302 SCHAAF Djordy 1998 NED  1:21.70  1:20.65  2:42.35  +7.30  72.47
 20  25  6190556 CAILLOT Ken 1998 FRA  1:22.02  1:20.97  2:42.99  +7.94  76.52
 21  34  350100 MARXER Silvan 1998 LIE  1:22.41  1:20.66  2:43.07  +8.02  77.02
 22  24  104577 ALKIER Justin 1998 CAN  1:20.48  1:22.85  2:43.33  +8.28  78.66
 23  30  561377 CUFAR Anze 1998 SLO  1:22.42  1:20.93  2:43.35  +8.30  78.79
 24  31  700941 KATRENIC Henrich 1998 SVK  1:23.43  1:21.05  2:44.48  +9.43  85.93
 25  29  92735 OKOLSKI Georgi 1998 BUL  1:23.91  1:21.98  2:45.89  +10.84  94.84
 26  44  310436 JEVREMOVIC Raso 1998 SRB  1:23.60  1:22.54  2:46.14  +11.09  96.42
 27  37  780023 DRUKAROV Andrej 1999 LTU  1:24.13  1:23.53  2:47.66  +12.61  106.03
 28  48  360046 OSCH Matthieu 1999 LUX  1:26.49  1:23.93  2:50.42  +15.37  123.48
 29  32  320437 BAE Jun-Woo 1998 KOR  1:25.32  1:25.35  2:50.67  +15.62  125.06
 30  54  450030 MARIOTTI Alessandro 1998 RSM  1:27.03  1:25.81  2:52.84  +17.79  138.77
 31  35  30405 BACIGALUPO Tomas 1998 ARG  1:27.45  1:26.69  2:54.14  +19.09  146.99
 32  53  680068 JAPARIDZE Besarion 1998 GEO  1:27.63  1:26.54  2:54.17  +19.12  147.18
 33  55  310438 SALIHOVIC Eldar 1999 MNE  1:27.36  1:29.33  2:56.69  +21.64  163.11
 34  50  520175 LIMON Nihat Enes 1998 TUR  1:30.52  1:29.27  2:59.79  +24.74  182.70
 35  52  250403 GUDJONSSON Bjarki 1998 ISL  1:30.61  1:29.48  3:00.09  +25.04  184.60
 36  57  260353 AHMADPOUR Alireza 1998 IRA  1:32.64  1:32.85  3:05.49  +30.44  218.73
 37  56  660025 CHERTSIN Uladzislau 1998 BLR  1:29.56  1:39.13  3:08.69  +33.64  238.95
Did not finish 2nd run
 46  750107 BOZHINOVSKI Luka 1998 MKD
 45  270075 SKINNER Gary 1998 IRE
 43  410415 RICH Jackson 1998 NZL
 40  6190671 POETTOZ Michael 1998 COL
 18  550086 GEDRA Zaks 1998 LAT
 14  6190628 ANGUENOT Leo 1998 FRA
 13  502278 VENNERSTROEM Filip 1998 SWE
 11  422630 BREIVIK Odin Vassbotn 1998 NOR
 4  6292768 CANZIO Pietro 1998 ITA
Did not finish 1st run
 60  890009 SHRESTHA Saphal-Ram 1998 NEP
 59  620071 SAURABH Saurabh 1998 IND
 58  460122 STEFANESCU Alexandru Stefan 1999 ROU
 51  340447 ZINA Jeffrey 1998 LIB
 49  561397 NARALOCNIK Nejc 1999 SLO
 47  590042 BUGNONE Andrea 1999 POR
 42  370035 CROESI Paul 1998 MON
 41  280034 BIRAN Itamar 1998 ISR
 39  20437 PEREZ FABREGA Albert 1998 AND
 33  80077 MACEDO Michel 1998 BRA
 28  492197 GARAY Aingeru 1998 SPA
 27  170159 VORRE Marcus 1998 DAN
 22  104637 MOFFAT Ryan 1998 CAN
 20  40621 MUHLEN Louis 1998 AUS

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