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. bg ski news : GAP 2009: Men's slalom gold to Jesper Riis-Johannessen (NOR) - 06 Ìàðò 2009 - 19:04
Bulgarian Nikola Chongarov placed 8-th

No racer from an Alpine country reached the podium in the last race of the 2009 FIS Alpine Junior World Ski Championships at Garmisch-Partenkirchen: Norway's Jesper Riis-Johannessen won the slalom ahead of two members of the US Ski Team, Tommy Ford and Nolan Kasper. France's Victor Muffat-Jeandet was 4th only 2/100 of a second from the podium.


Bulgarian Ski Team at the Alpine World Jounior Championships: coaches - Eduard Reichhart, Petar Kraichev, Ivan Konqrski, Ivan Grebencharski; racers - Nikola Chongarov, Svetoslav Georgiev, Stefan Prisadov, Kostadin Mutafchiev i
Stoyan Varbanov

Only four skiers from the first seed managed to complete both runs - many favorites such as Austria's Marcel Hirscher who had bib number 1, skied out or straddled a gate. In fact only 62 racers from the 118 at the start made it through!

This helped Switzerland's Sepp Gerber, who qualified in the last minute for the Junior Worlds, to capture the combined event, which is a tally of the downhill, giant slalom and slalom results, bring a second gold medal to his team.

Jesper Riis-Johannessen achieved two solid runs on the ‘Gugisberg' World Cup course to clock a total time of one minute 20.18 seconds and beat his closest rivals by over half a second. He already set the fastest time in the morning leg in which most of the top skiers had a hard time finding their best rhythm. Riis-Johannessen also remained out of reach for his main contenders in the afternoon. Only Bulgaria's Nicola Chongarov, who started several minutes before him, was a little faster than the winner in the final run.


Nikola Chongarov after slalom race in Garmish

Jesper is the first Norwegian to clinch the Junior World slalom title since the success of Mikkel Björge at Mt Ste Anne, in Quebec, in 2006.

"It's pretty amazing, I can't believe it. I was not thinking about this victory this morning since there were so many top skiers at the start," said the Norwegian who turns 20 in two months. "I felt confident after winning a FIS race last month, but I was quite surprised to suddenly set the fastest time in the first run."

"It's a great achievement for my team but also for me. I'm so happy to be able to join the world best ski racers in Are next week and attend the exciting World Cup Finals at Are," he added. "Just being part of that event is wonderful for me, a dream-come-through situation. I certainly was lucky today to complete both runs without too many problems. Starting in the 15th position helped me for sure to figure out the best tactic in the first run. Then I just fought as hard as possible in the second run to defend my chances for the title. Many skiers were classified within a few hundredths of a second after the first run, so I had no other choice than to go for it."

Both US skiers were glad to be the first members of their team to reach the podium at Garmisch-Partenkirchen. "I was 8th in the super-G but skied out in giant slalom so it was my last chance to do well here; I was quite motivated," said Ford, who grabbed his first ever medal at Junior Worlds. He was 4th in giant slalom at Formigal last winter, but already won FIS races in North America.

"The best about it is sharing this podium with a teammate. I'm very happy that Nolan came in 3rd, it's a good performance for our team. It's quite a task trying to beat the Europeans in the major competitions. Most of them are more experienced than we are."

A dream also came through for Sepp Gerber, 4th in the downhill race earlier in the week, who finished 34th in the slalom. "It's something very special to get the combined gold medal, I have a hard time believing it," said the skier from the region of Bern. "I was pretty disappointed to miss the bronze medal in downhill the other day so I fought hard in the following races. I started with a high number this morning and it was quite a fight to make it to the finish line," added Gerber who will be part of the Swiss ‘B' team next summer. "It's a huge step for me, I can't even tell you what it means to me."

by Patrick Lang
FIS news
06/03/2009

Place   Garmisch Partenkirchen (GER)   Discipline   Slalom
Date   06.03.2009   Category   FIS Junior World Ski Championships
Race codex   0691   Gender   M
Valid for FIS Points   NO - Waiting reports   TD Name   McLean Ian (NZE)

Rank Bib FIS Code Name Year Nation Run 1 Run 2 Total Time FIS Points
 1  15  421868 RIIS-JOHANNESSEN Jesper  1989  NOR   40.31  40.47  1:20.78  12.89
 2  20  531799 FORD Tommy  1989  USA   40.34  40.95  1:21.29  16.68
 3  13  532138 KASPER Nolan  1989  USA   40.70  40.62  1:21.32  16.90

 4  3  193967 MUFFAT JEANDET Victor  1989  FRA   40.38  40.98  1:21.36  17.20
 5  10  193986 PLACE Francois  1989  FRA   40.83  40.78  1:21.61  19.05
 5  4  53898 KOENIG Thomas  1990  AUT   40.61  41.00  1:21.61  19.05
 7  22  561161 JAZBEC Patrick  1989  SLO   40.82  40.93  1:21.75  20.09
 8  42  92534 CHONGAROV Nikola  1989  BUL   41.50  40.28  1:21.78  20.32
 9  32  194212 THOULE Nicolas  1990  FRA   40.96  40.93  1:21.89  21.13
 10  36  103617 ROUTHIER Mathieu  1990  CAN   41.14  40.92  1:22.06  22.40
 11  16  561191 GASPERIN Timi  1990  SLO   41.24  40.86  1:22.10  22.69
 12  53  193901 DEVOUASSOUX Jonas  1989  FRA   41.47  40.89  1:22.36  24.63
 13  30  421849 JOHANSEN Truls  1989  NOR   41.45  40.96  1:22.41  25.00
 14  52  180602 LESKINEN Roope  1990  FIN   41.84  40.64  1:22.48  25.52
 15  49  501384 LINDGREN Tim  1989  SWE   42.01  40.49  1:22.50  25.67
 16  54  481148 MAITAKOV Sergei  1990  RUS   41.66  40.86  1:22.52  25.81
 17  33  53859 TRIENDL Armin  1989  AUT   41.56  41.01  1:22.57  26.19
 18  17  501401 SAXVALL Per  1989  SWE   41.40  41.29  1:22.69  27.08
 19  19  501557 PIETILAE HOLMNER Johan  1991  SWE   40.83  41.90  1:22.73  27.37
 20  48  930105 GRANSTROM Colby  1990  USA   42.03  40.79  1:22.82  28.04
 21  25  990048 BORSOTTI Giovanni  1990  ITA   41.80  41.17  1:22.97  29.16
 22  43  100558 COOK Dustin  1989  CAN   42.02  41.29  1:23.31  31.68
 23  28  103656 HALBERT Kelby  1990  CAN   42.30  41.10  1:23.40  32.35
 24  27  180567 RASANEN Joonas  1989  FIN   41.83  41.80  1:23.63  34.06
 25  51  511682 FRAVI Jonas  1990  SUI   42.59  41.54  1:24.13  37.77
 26  50  100615 MACKIE Michael  1989  CAN   42.36  41.82  1:24.18  38.14
 27  63  200379 SANDER Andreas  1989  GER   42.42  41.84  1:24.26  38.74
 28  38  291459 PARIS Dominik  1989  ITA   41.99  42.50  1:24.49  40.45
 29  46  180627 MALMSTROM Victor  1991  FIN   41.73  42.93  1:24.66  41.71
 30  64  202437 LUITZ Stefan  1992  GER   42.82  41.92  1:24.74  42.30
 31  58  421840 HAUG Andreas Willumsen  1989  NOR   42.30  42.59  1:24.89  43.42
 32  72  202265 STAUBITZER Benedikt  1990  GER   42.55  42.39  1:24.94  43.79
 33  66  510883 GERBER Sepp  1989  SUI   42.52  42.45  1:24.97  44.01
 34  68  481103 ANDRIENKO Aleksandr  1990  RUS   42.85  42.46  1:25.31  46.54
 35  65  103729 READ Erik  1991  CAN   43.66  41.72  1:25.38  47.06
 36  73  103752 TROW Andy  1991  CAN   42.66  42.87  1:25.53  48.17
 37  61  60179 CORNETTE Niels  1991  BEL   42.73  42.89  1:25.62  48.84
 38  23  200349 NAMBERGER Hannes  1989  GER   42.88  42.85  1:25.73  49.66
 39  87  350086 HEEB Simon  1991  LIE   43.06  43.23  1:26.29  53.82
 40  69  150878 HOVORAK Martin  1990  CZE   43.33  43.18  1:26.51  55.45
 41  70  250267 SIGURGEIRSSON Stefan Jon  1989  ISL   43.46  43.33  1:26.79  57.53
 42  76  481199 DANILOCHKIN Yuri  1991  RUS   44.52  42.79  1:27.31  61.39
 43  77  430472 KLUSAK Michal  1990  POL   44.31  43.16  1:27.47  62.58
 44  96  20328 RUIZ ANTUNA Nil  1991  AND   44.78  43.28  1:28.06  66.96
 45  60  700830 ZAMPA Adam  1990  SVK   43.69  44.39  1:28.08  67.11
 46  88  460067 OLARU Bogdan  1989  ROU   44.18  44.50  1:28.68  71.57
 47  81  250264 THORVALDSSON Jon-Vidar  1989  ISL   44.62  44.64  1:29.26  75.88
 48  89  250272 HALLDORSSON Gunnar-Thor  1990  ISL   44.78  44.58  1:29.36  76.62
 49  92  150944 KOTZMANN Igor  1991  CZE   44.68  44.85  1:29.53  77.88
 50  93  350088 OEHRI Josef  1991  LIE   45.42  44.58  1:30.00  81.37
 51  94  60164 WILLEMSEN Victor  1989  BEL   45.87  44.19  1:30.06  81.82
 52  97  240122 SZEPESI Bertold  1990  HUN   45.65  44.42  1:30.07  81.89
 53  105  240132 FARKAS Norbert  1992  HUN   45.82  44.67  1:30.49  85.01
 54  98  92575 MUTAVCHIEV Kostadin  1991  BUL   45.85  44.87  1:30.72  86.72
 55  79  310389 KOCIC Jovan  1990  SRB   46.55  44.69  1:31.24  90.58
 56  99  310391 LACKOVIC Igor  1991  SRB   45.59  45.72  1:31.31  91.10
 57  80  250273 HILMARSSON Sigmar-Orn  1990  ISL   46.83  47.00  1:33.83  109.82
 58  104  550044 MARKSS Svens  1991  LAT   47.45  46.87  1:34.32  113.46
 59  109  240128 BUJTAS Csaba  1992  HUN   48.12  48.25  1:36.37  128.69
 60  114  210032 VORONOV Artem  1993  UZB   49.66  48.74  1:38.40  143.76
 61  106  230353 KARAMANIDIS Chrysostomos  1990  GRE   49.09  49.87  1:38.96  147.92
Disqualified 2nd run
   31  194207 THEOLIER Steven  1990  FRA         
Disqualified 1st run
   8  180570 ROMAR Andreas  1989  FIN         
Did not start 2nd run
   11  934502 ANKENY Michael  1991  USA         
Did not start 1st run
   108  710328 KUSMUK Maksim  1992  BIH         
Did not finish 2nd run
   118  390034 KONI Ranek  1993  EST         
   117  310403 MINIC Mladen  1993  MNE         
   115  270040 MC SHERA Shane  1990  IRE         
   113  460074 KOPACZ Kund-Laszlo  1991  ROU         
   85  150817 POLACH Petr  1989  CZE         
   75  110266 ANGUITA Martin  1991  CHI         
   74  410302 WYLIE Andrew  1989  NZE         
   71  531452 BIESEMEYER Thomas  1989  USA         
   67  220874 BALDWIN Thomas  1990  GBR         
   62  990081 CASSE Mattia  1990  ITA         
   56  303322 SHIMIZU Dai  1990  JPN         
   55  92562 PRISADOV Stefan  1990  BUL         
   47  481185 VASILIEV Alexandr  1989  RUS         
   44  561217 KOSI Klemen  1991  SLO         
   41  501380 LARSSON Anton  1989  SWE         
   35  501392 OESTER Carl-Filip  1989  SWE         
   24  421871 SANDVIK Eian  1989  NOR         
   21  194364 PINTURAULT Alexis  1991  FRA         
   9  53922 WIESER Manuel  1990  AUT         
Did not finish 1st run
   116  110268 CARVALLO Benjamin  1991  CHI         
   112  110265 AGUILERA Nicolas  1991  CHI         
   111  30279 MARTINEZ Diego Manuel  1992  ARG         
   110  20324 OLIVERAS Marc  1991  AND         
   107  550045 GRIGORJEVS Jurgis  1991  LAT         
   103  92638 VARBANOV Stoyan  1993  BUL         
   102  670052 KHUBER Martin  1992  KAZ         
   101  310390 VUKIC Stefan  1991  SRB         
   100  30271 MURTAGH Rodrigo  1991  ARG         
   95  60198 VAN DEN BROECKE Robin  1992  BEL         
   91  491395 SALARICH Xavier  1990  SPA         
   90  30229 DENEGRI Segundo  1989  ARG         
   86  700868 FALAT Matej  1993  SVK         
   84  150927 HENIG Jan  1991  CZE         
   83  53853 SIEBER Bjoern  1989  AUT         
   82  491356 CARRERAS Pol  1990  SPA         
   78  310388 KOSIC Bojan  1990  MNE         
   59  180666 TORSTI Samu  1991  FIN         
   57  511718 PLEISCH Manuel  1990  SUI         
   45  511753 ANTHAMATTEN Gabriel  1991  SUI         
   40  200337 LIEBL Sebastian  1989  GER         
   39  60160 ALAERTS Kai  1989  BEL         
   37  421954 LYSDAHL Espen  1990  NOR         
   34  53902 MAYER Matthias  1990  AUT         
   29  561192 HRIBAR Timotej  1990  SLO         
   26  291034 PLANK Andy  1989  ITA         
   18  561216 KLINE Bostjan  1991  SLO         
   14  930107 GREGORAK Will  1990  USA         
   12  561238 VRBINC Matija  1991  SLO         
   7  291318 TONETTI Riccardo  1989  ITA         
   6  421860 NORDBOTTEN Jonathan  1989  NOR         
   5  990128 DI RONCO Jacopo  1990  ITA         
   2  501458 LINDH Calle  1990  SWE         
   1  53831 HIRSCHER Marcel  1989  AUT 

Medals: Medals table after ten of ten events

Country G S B All
1. ITA 2 2 3 7
2. GER 2 0 0 2
SUI 2 0 0 2
FRA 2 0 0 2
5. AUT 1 5 4 10
6. NOR 1 1 1 3
7. USA 0 1 1 2
8. LIE 0 1 0 1
9. FIN 0 0 1 1

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