WJC – Manu Feller earns junior slalom crown

By Published On: February 26th, 2013Comments Off on WJC – Manu Feller earns junior slalom crown

Austrian Manuel Feller claimed the gold medal in the final event of the 2013 World Junior Championships, using a first run lead to advantage to take the slalom.

It was a battle of attrition as more than half the field of 86 was eliminated in the first run and dozen exited in the second. The courses appeared to hold up well but some tough course sets and a demanding hill took their toll.

Six foot six Swiss skier Ramon Zenhaeusern earned the silver medal with the bronze going to Santeri Paloniemi of Finland. Two more Swiss made the top six and a third was ninth indicating the alpine country will not languish long after a disappointing World Cup season.

Bryce Bennett was the brightest light the American group had in 17th place.

Feller said he has spent time training this winter with World slalom champion Marcel Hirscher and had taken inspiration from that.

“Yes, I was training with Hirscher a lot his winter. He’s a pretty good skier and I am proud to train with him and look on him.”

He said taking gold was the perfect way to complete his junior career. Having failed to finish the slalom at last season’s World Junior Championships he was not overly sympathetic to those in the field who did the same this year.

“Yeah, that’s skiing,” he said. “The slope is pretty hard and the course was pretty turny in the second run. That was bad for some people.”

For himself, however, “It was a perfect day. The first run was pretty good. The second run was also good.”

The combined titles, determined on points from the downhill, slaloms and giant slaloms both went to Norway. Henrik Kristoffersen was the men’s winner and Ragnhild Mowinckel the womens.

SkiRacing photo/Mame McKee

Mont St Anne (CAN)
FIS Junior World Ski Championships
Men’s Slalom
Feb 26, 2013

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Rank Bib FIS Code Name Year Nation Run 1 Run 2 Total Time FIS Points
 1  4  54063 FELLER Manuel  1992  AUT   54.40  1:05.00  1:59.40  6.00
 2  5  511902 ZENHAEUSERN Ramon  1992  SUI   55.46  1:04.70  2:00.16  9.95
 3  1  180703 PALONIEMI Santeri  1993  FIN   55.56  1:05.01  2:00.57  12.08
 4  7  511983 AERNI Luca  1993  SUI   55.99  1:04.61  2:00.60  12.23
 3  422304 KRISTOFFERSEN Henrik  1994  NOR   55.02  1:05.71  2:00.73  12.91
 6  6  511908 SCHMIDIGER Reto  1992  SUI   56.30  1:05.46  2:01.76  18.25
 7  15  202520 HOLZMANN Sebastian  1993  GER   56.08  1:05.91  2:01.99  19.45
 8  8  422134 BJERTNESS Endre  1992  NOR   56.69  1:05.31  2:02.00  19.50
 9  13  511852 CAVIEZEL Gino  1992  SUI   56.59  1:06.65  2:03.24  25.94
 10  28  6290440 ZINGERLE Alex  1992  ITA   57.25  1:06.40  2:03.65  28.07
 11  20  380334 VIDOVIC Matej  1993  CRO   57.20  1:06.49  2:03.69  28.28
 12  36  501994 SUNDQUIST Max-gordon  1994  SWE   57.44  1:06.28  2:03.72  28.43
 13  26  481327 TRIKHICHEV Pavel  1992  RUS   58.01  1:05.97  2:03.98  29.78
 14  19  550054 ZVEJNIEKS Kristaps  1992  LAT   58.52  1:06.06  2:04.58  32.90
 15  46  54093 STROLZ Johannes  1992  AUT   57.90  1:06.85  2:04.75  33.78
 16  59  104023 STEINKE Chris  1993  CAN   59.53  1:06.30  2:05.83  39.39
 17  44  6530104 BENNETT Bryce  1992  USA   58.74  1:07.29  2:06.03  40.43
 18  61  104096 THOMPSON Broderick  1994  CAN   59.96  1:06.27  2:06.23  41.47
 19  63  250348 KRISTGEIRSSON Einar-Kristinn  1994  ISL   59.58  1:07.10  2:06.68  43.80
 20  33  194935 FAVROT Thibaut  1994  FRA   57.43  1:09.45  2:06.88  44.84
 21  58  700879 ZAMPA Andreas  1993  SVK   59.83  1:07.27  2:07.10  45.98
 22  57  194858 ALLEGRE Nils  1994  FRA   59.86  1:08.04  2:07.90  50.14
 23  25  40489 LAIDLAW Luke  1992  AUS   1:00.23  1:10.29  2:10.52  63.74
 24  70  430550 KLUSAK Jakub  1992  POL   1:02.09  1:11.62  2:13.71  80.31
 25  81  680054 GEDEVANISHVILI Dimitri  1993  GEO   1:02.73  1:14.02  2:16.75  96.09
 26  84  240139 KEKESI Marton  1995  HUN   1:03.71  1:14.34  2:18.05  102.84
 27  86  340300 ASSOUAD Georges  1995  LIB   1:14.77  1:26.94  2:41.71  225.70
 28  85  340230 FENIANOS Naim  1992  LIB   1:15.60  1:28.71  2:44.31  239.20
Did not start 1st run
   83  54076 KOECK Niklas  1992  AUT         
   82  370031 ALESSANDRIA Arnaud  1993  MON         
   76  170131 FAARUP Christoffer  1992  DAN         
Did not finish 2nd run
   79  790025 LAMHAMEDI Adam  1995  MAR         
   66  481514 BORODAYKIN Artem  1994  RUS         
   65  6530486 KRAUSE Nicholas  1993  USA         
   60  202535 DRESSEN Thomas  1993  GER         
   55  400235 WINKELHORST Steffan  1992  NED         
   51  6530115 CHRISTIANSON Kieffer  1992  USA         
   47  6290799 FRANCESCHETTI Pietro  1993  ITA         
   24  202464 GASSNER Philipp  1992  GER         
   21  194457 GALEOTTI Greg  1992  FRA         
   18  561244 KRANJEC Zan  1992  SLO         
   11  430633 JASICZEK Michal  1994  POL         
   10  6290183 RONCI Giordano  1992  ITA         
Did not finish 1st run
   80  250341 ISAKSSON Arnar-Geir  1994  ISL         
   78  491853 DEL CAMPO Juan  1994  SPA         
   77  30283 FREEMAN CRESPO Ignacio  1992  ARG         
   75  481540 KOLGOTIN Pavel  1994  RUS         
   74  6290985 BUZZI Emanuele  1994  ITA         
   73  40553 CHEVALIER Luc Henri  1992  AUS         
   72  481549 STUKOV Maksim  1994  RUS         
   71  60236 VAN DEN BROECKE Dries  1995  BEL         
   69  6531106 AUTY Jack  1995  USA         
   68  491876 PUENTE TASIAS Alex  1994  SPA         
   67  250353 SNORRASON Sturla-Snaer  1994  ISL         
   64  250359 BJARNASON Jakob Helgi  1995  ISL         
   62  104015 SCHUESSLER BEDARD William  1993  CAN         
   56  860005 BRACHNER Patrick  1992  AZE         
   54  103997 MEGARRY Morgan  1993  CAN         
   53  400237 MEINERS Maarten  1992  NED         
   52  422310 SEJERSTED Adrian Smiseth  1994  NOR         
   50  501736 HEDMAN Bjoern  1992  SWE         
   49  6290886 BACHER Fabian  1993  ITA         
   48  380361 RODES Istok  1996  CRO         
   45  511847 MANI Nils  1992  SUI         
   43  6290062 BARUFFALDI Stefano  1992  ITA         
   42  194892 CASTELLON Rudy  1994  FRA 

       
   41  103857 ST-GERMAIN Wiliam  1992  CAN         
   40  180705 PIRINEN Eemeli  1993  FIN         
   39  380318 BRIGOVIC Sebastian  1992  CRO         
   38  194873 SARRAZIN Cyprien  1994  FRA         
   37  422139 KILDE Aleksander Aamodt  1992  NOR         
   35  561254 ZERAK Misel  1992  SLO         
   34  194664 RIZZO Maxime  1993  FRA         
   32  54104 WALCH Magnus  1992  AUT         
   31  561255 CATER Martin  1992  SLO         
   30  40594 PERAUDO Ross  1992  AUS         
   29  700868 FALAT Matej  1993  SVK         
   27  501751 STEDING Daniel  1992  SWE         
   23  422275 JOHANSEN Ola Buer  1993  NOR         
   22  202451 STRASSER Linus  1992  GER         
   17  54170 MATT Michael  1993  AUT         
   16  6530117 CONE Robert  1992  USA         
   14  512014 NIEDERBERGER Bernhard  1993  SUI         
   12  380335 ZUBCIC Filip  1993  CRO         
   9  6530599 STRAND Matthew  1993  USA         
   2  103865 PHILP Trevor  1992  CAN       

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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.”

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