Nikola Chongarov (BUL), 17.FEB.2011, winner of the GS Qualification for the FIS Alpine World Championships GAP 2011, photo © © Racer Ready
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GAP2011. Bulgarian Nikola Chongarov claimed the qualification race for the men's World Championship giant slalom at Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany Thursday (Feb. 17).
Nikola Chongarov (BUL), 17.FEB.2011, winner of the GS Qualification for the FIS Alpine World Championships GAP 2011, photo © © Racer Ready
The second run winner took a large .55 second lead to the house and kept Croatia's Tin Siroki from the win. First run leader Olivier Jenot was third on the day while all three Brits on the start list crowded in with a tie for fourth between Noel Baxter and David Ryding and TJ Baldwin three hundredths back in sixth.
Georgi Georgiev (BUL), 17.FEB.2011, GS Qualification for the FIS Alpine World Championships GAP 2011, photo © Amir Beganovic / GEPA
The race was most notable for it's sheer size. With 123 starters and a fog delayed start the event stretched on for hours. The top 25 from the event automatically qualify to join the best 50 GS skiers at Worlds in Friday's medal competition. Another 25 will be selected by their times according to nationality. Those representing nations with no other qualifiers will be granted priority in participation with one skier - with the best FIS points - making the cut.
There are 98 skiers set for Friday's GS and FIS race director Guenther Hujara asked coaches to take responsibility for their skiers.
"From what I saw today, and with all respect - this is a challenging GS hill - Maybe it is a little beyond some of the racers on the board. That is only an advice."
SkiRacing.com
17 February 2011
Chongarov leads qualifiers into men's GS
With so much to gain yet so much to lose, Thursday’s Qualification race for the Men’s World Championship Giant Slalom was won by 21-year-old Bulgarian Nikola Chongarov. Like the women’s Giant Slalom being held on the next hill over, fog played a major part in the race: from being delayed from its original start time to the hard work the course workers all put in through out the two runs. With the top 25 finishers getting a ticket to race in the main race, pressure was on racers to finish and make it into the main event. For the top-seeded racers it was a case of getting the job done without fuss, for those around the cut off point this was a race that they had to keep their focus for.
As the sun burnt the clouds off, the softening conditions gave some of the lesser known racers an opportunity to make the cut with an early start in the second run. In the end just four racers from outside the top 25 seeds managed to make the draw for the race on Friday. With 25 nations who did not already have a racer in the main draw providing one more racer, 100 racers should go to the start (two have subsequently withdrawn).
From the serious to the exotic, the focus for all was staying clean and fast. Jean Pierre Roy from Haiti, the last man down on the second run received loud support as one of the fastest guys on the second run. Fifty one nations from the skiing family looked to do their best.
Chongarov (Bulgaria), Siroki (Croatia) and Jenot (Monaco) headed a triumvirate of British racers as the top six in the race. All six gave the “Job Done,” response after the race.
by Neil McQuoid, Racer Ready
FISalpine.com
Thursday 17 February 2011
Place Garmisch-Partenkirchen
(GER) Discipline Giant Slalom
Date 17.02.2011 Category FIS Race
Race codex 0075 Gender M
Valid for FIS Points NO - Waiting reports TD Name Stocker Rudolf (AUT)
Rank Bib FIS Code Name Year Nation Run 1 Run 2 Total Time FIS Points
1 8 92534 CHONGAROV Nikola 1989 BUL 1:06.70 1:07.00 2:13.70 24.40
2 3 380298 SIROKI Tin 1987 CRO 1:06.54 1:07.71 2:14.25 27.98
3 7 370022 JENOT Olivier 1988 MON 1:06.26 1:08.27 2:14.53 29.80
4 6 220083 BAXTER Noel 1981 GBR 1:06.53 1:08.17 2:14.70 30.91
4 2 220689 RYDING David 1986 GBR 1:06.54 1:08.16 2:14.70 30.91
6 1 220874 BALDWIN TJ 1990 GBR 1:06.30 1:08.43 2:14.73 31.10
7 16 400237 MEINERS Maarten 1992 NED 1:06.56 1:08.23 2:14.79 31.49
8 14 380318 BRIGOVIC Sebastian 1992 CRO 1:07.37 1:07.92 2:15.29 34.75
9 10 430429 BYDLINSKI Maciej 1988 POL 1:07.32 1:08.02 2:15.34 35.07
10 4 30266 GASTALDI Sebastiano 1991 ARG 1:07.10 1:08.38 2:15.48 35.98
11 5 480736 KHOROSHILOV Alexander 1984 RUS 1:07.39 1:08.17 2:15.56 36.50
12 11 90131 GEORGIEV Georgi 1987 BUL 1:07.09 1:08.50 2:15.59 36.70
13 9 400163 ROOIJ VAN Joery 1986 NED 1:07.36 1:08.36 2:15.72 37.54
14 22 40332 STEVENS Hugh 1986 AUS 1:07.32 1:08.50 2:15.82 38.20
15 19 60088 VAN DEN BOGAERT Jeroen 1979 BEL 1:07.64 1:08.29 2:15.93 38.91
16 17 680047 BENIAIDZE Alex 1991 GEO 1:07.70 1:08.32 2:16.02 39.50
17 18 20267 ESTEVE RIGAIL Kevin 1989 AND 1:07.84 1:08.29 2:16.13 40.21
18 13 410270 CAFE Tim 1987 NZE 1:07.16 1:09.02 2:16.18 40.54
19 20 680041 ABRAMASHVILI Iason 1988 GEO 1:07.56 1:08.64 2:16.20 40.67
20 46 110320 CLARO Eugenio 1993 CHI 1:07.61 1:08.99 2:16.60 43.27
21 45 660021 DANILOCHKIN Yuri 1991 BLR 1:08.22 1:08.42 2:16.64 43.53
22 24 40349 RISHWORTH Mike 1987 AUS 1:07.79 1:08.95 2:16.74 44.18
23 25 460040 NAN Ioan-Gabriel 1980 ROU 1:08.02 1:08.73 2:16.75 44.25
24 32 350087 KINDLE Nicola 1991 LIE 1:07.61 1:09.47 2:17.08 46.39
25 31 350086 HEEB Simon 1991 LIE 1:08.50 1:08.76 2:17.26 47.57
26 37 350095 PFIFFNER Marco 1994 LIE 1:08.38 1:09.03 2:17.41 48.54
27 36 550054 ZVEJNIEKS Kristaps 1992 LAT 1:07.91 1:09.55 2:17.46 48.87
27 26 110266 ANGUITA Martin 1991 CHI 1:08.55 1:08.91 2:17.46 48.87
29 42 110269 CARVALLO Nicolas 1991 CHI 1:08.65 1:09.43 2:18.08 52.90
30 43 260110 KIYA DARBANDSARI Mohammad 1989 IRA 1:08.71 1:09.48 2:18.19 53.62
31 41 750089 DEHARI Dardan 1990 MKD 1:08.35 1:10.21 2:18.56 56.02
32 23 460060 BARBU Alexandru 1987 ROU 1:09.52 1:09.11 2:18.63 56.48
33 30 700843 KUTLIK Matej 1991 SVK 1:09.03 1:09.98 2:19.01 58.95
34 61 670029 PIMENOV Taras 1984 KAZ 1:09.04 1:10.11 2:19.15 59.86
35 69 680045 VAKHTANGISHVILI Kote 1991 GEO 1:09.72 1:09.77 2:19.49 62.08
36 35 60015 MOLLIN Bart 1981 BEL 1:09.15 1:10.36 2:19.51 62.21
37 29 700879 ZAMPA Andreas 1993 SVK 1:09.72 1:09.93 2:19.65 63.12
37 21 260097 SAVEH SHEMSHAKI Porya 1987 IRA 1:09.68 1:09.97 2:19.65 63.12
39 63 240132 FARKAS Norbert 1992 HUN 1:09.88 1:09.95 2:19.83 64.29
40 54 860005 BRACHNER Patrick 1992 AZE 1:10.89 1:09.50 2:20.39 67.93
41 123 910003 LINDNER Georg 1983 MDA 1:10.21 1:10.19 2:20.40 68.00
42 55 780002 RUMIANCEV Vitalij 1985 LTU 1:09.97 1:10.95 2:20.92 71.38
43 74 680054 GEDEVANISHVILI Dimitri 1993 GEO 1:10.43 1:10.55 2:20.98 71.77
44 85 550038 DAUGULIS Kaspars 1989 LAT 1:10.82 1:10.61 2:21.43 74.70
45 60 690036 VAKHNENKO Igor 1981 UKR 1:10.52 1:11.31 2:21.83 77.30
46 49 170136 VIAL Christian 1984 DAN 1:10.22 1:11.74 2:21.96 78.15
47 71 690672 TELYCHUK Vasyl 1992 UKR 1:10.66 1:11.40 2:22.06 78.80
48 66 40474 POCCARD Marc 1989 AUS 1:10.24 1:12.05 2:22.29 80.30
49 62 260079 SAVEH SHEMSHAKI Hossein 1985 IRA 1:11.18 1:11.39 2:22.57 82.12
50 73 690086 FESHCHUK Rostyslav 1990 UKR 1:11.14 1:11.52 2:22.66 82.70
51 28 110294 ECHEVERRIA Jose Tomas 1992 CHI 1:10.71 1:12.14 2:22.85 83.94
52 58 250286 ASTVALDSSON Jon-Gauti 1991 ISL 1:11.28 1:11.73 2:23.01 84.98
53 89 520100 SIMSEK Emre 1987 TUR 1:10.75 1:12.52 2:23.27 86.67
54 39 80063 LONGHI Jhonatan 1988 BRA 1:11.48 1:12.47 2:23.95 91.10
55 68 240128 BUJTAS Csaba 1992 HUN 1:11.31 1:12.82 2:24.13 92.27
56 65 310388 KOSIC Bojan 1990 MNE 1:11.66 1:12.58 2:24.24 92.98
57 67 250259 GUDMUNDSSON Brynjar-Jokull 1989 ISL 1:11.30 1:13.19 2:24.49 94.61
58 87 550058 BRISHKA Roberts 1993 LAT 1:12.79 1:12.08 2:24.87 97.08
59 57 520082 TURKSEVER Erdinc 1985 TUR 1:12.19 1:12.88 2:25.07 98.39
60 76 690067 DOLGYY Sergiy 1984 UKR 1:12.11 1:13.12 2:25.23 99.43
61 106 170114 STENE Nils-Henrik 1988 DAN 1:12.47 1:13.22 2:25.69 102.42
62 56 120035 LI Lei 1987 CHN 1:12.61 1:13.12 2:25.73 102.68
63 51 710311 RUDIC Marko 1990 BIH 1:09.20 1:16.74 2:25.94 104.05
64 98 160091 PAPAMICHAEL Constantinos 1993 CYP 1:12.28 1:13.78 2:26.06 104.83
65 52 260084 TIR Omid 1984 IRA 1:12.67 1:13.47 2:26.14 105.35
66 70 240111 BENE Marton 1986 HUN 1:12.61 1:14.12 2:26.73 109.19
67 64 40543 BROWN Callum 1994 AUS 1:13.89 1:13.15 2:27.04 111.20
68 103 170126 MADSEN Nicolai 1991 DAN 1:13.36 1:14.34 2:27.70 115.50
69 92 660019 DUS Evgeny 1992 BLR 1:13.71 1:14.00 2:27.71 115.56
70 83 210032 VORONOV Artem 1993 UZB 1:13.40 1:14.61 2:28.01 117.52
71 80 950000 OETTL REYES Manfred 1993 PER 1:14.56 1:13.67 2:28.23 118.95
72 86 80068 GUGLIELMINI Fabio 1994 BRA 1:14.74 1:14.33 2:29.07 124.41
73 81 660015 MAZALEUSKI Siarhei 1992 BLR 1:12.86 1:17.31 2:30.17 131.57
73 77 80062 SETUBAL Paulo E. 1988 BRA 1:14.29 1:15.88 2:30.17 131.57
75 97 230353 KARAMANIDIS Chrysostomos 1990 GRE 1:16.45 1:14.92 2:31.37 139.38
76 101 740030 GHAZARYAN Arsen 1992 ARM 1:15.54 1:15.87 2:31.41 139.64
77 88 310403 MINIC Mladen 1993 MNE 1:15.45 1:16.17 2:31.62 141.01
78 104 270040 MC SHERA Shane 1990 IRE 1:15.22 1:18.02 2:33.24 151.55
79 111 770015 TIMOFEEV Evgeniy 1994 KGZ 1:16.98 1:17.05 2:34.03 156.69
80 91 270055 LYNE Conor 1993 IRE 1:17.40 1:16.89 2:34.29 158.38
81 94 210024 BABIKOV Dmitriy 1990 UZB 1:17.33 1:17.46 2:34.79 161.63
82 96 120037 TIAN Yuheng 1985 CHN 1:16.43 1:18.79 2:35.22 164.43
83 90 280027 BARNETZ Niv 1994 ISR 1:17.41 1:18.20 2:35.61 166.97
84 115 770006 BORISOV Igor 1965 KGZ 1:16.98 1:18.65 2:35.63 167.10
85 102 270045 MCKELVEY Nicholas 1991 IRE 1:16.95 1:19.23 2:36.18 170.68
86 72 280030 VANDEPUT Virgile 1994 ISR 1:24.09 1:13.41 2:37.50 179.27
87 108 740028 MANUKYAN Yura 1991 ARM 1:17.76 1:20.10 2:37.86 181.61
88 107 360034 GIRST Patrick 1989 LUX 1:19.50 1:19.14 2:38.64 186.69
89 48 120047 ZHANG Yuxin 1989 CHN 1:26.28 1:15.54 2:41.82 207.38
90 95 340154 FENIANOS Tarek 1990 LIB 1:21.76 1:20.44 2:42.20 209.85
91 109 360035 TRIERWEILER Ben 1988 LUX 1:21.60 1:22.44 2:44.04 221.83
92 113 570018 SPEELMAN Sive 1995 RSA 1:20.19 1:24.55 2:44.74 226.38
93 118 570017 DYWILI Tsotane 1992 RSA 1:23.01 1:22.64 2:45.65 232.30
94 116 590033 MARQUES Joao-Miguel 1992 POR 1:31.55 1:26.62 2:58.17 313.77
95 114 740029 KHACHATRYAN Davit 1992 ARM 1:28.57 1:31.49 3:00.06 326.07
96 120 941000 NKRUMAH-ACHEAMPONG Kwame 1974 GHA 1:31.16 1:29.70 3:00.86 331.28
97 122 620058 THAKUR Rajat 1994 IND 1:32.51 1:32.63 3:05.14 359.13
98 117 590035 GONCALVES Jorge 1968 POR 1:30.99 1:35.44 3:06.43 367.52
99 119 921000 ROY Jean-Pierre 1963 HAI 1:36.51 1:34.07 3:10.58 394.52
Disqualified 2nd run
93 740022 NERSISYAN Arsen 1987 ARM
Disqualified 1st run
105 210020 EGEMBERDIEV Safar 1986 UZB
40 750088 RISTEVSKI Antonio 1989 MKD
Did not start 2nd run
112 540001 VON HOHENLOHE Hubertus 1959 MEX
27 30271 MURTAGH Rodrigo 1991 ARG
Did not start 1st run
15 320244 KIM Woo-Sung 1986 KOR
12 320293 KYUNG Sung-Hyun 1990 KOR
Did not finish 2nd run
121 170120 BRODERSEN Mathias 1990 DAN
100 570012 HEATH Alexander 1978 RSA
78 550049 BLUMS Kristaps 1992 LAT
75 240134 PETROVICS Daniel 1992 HUN
47 230192 TSAKNAKIS Alexandros 1986 GRE
44 30283 FREEMAN CRESPO Ignacio 1992 ARG
38 350088 OEHRI Josef 1991 LIE
Did not finish 1st run
110 770004 TRELEVSKI Andrey 1979 KGZ
99 270053 LYONS Simon 1993 IRE
84 770011 TRELEVSKI Dmitry 1983 KGZ
82 570015 SCOTT Peter 1990 RSA
79 120048 HUANG Haibin 1990 CHN
59 250292 HALLDORSSON Sigurgeir 1991 ISL
53 250272 HALLDORSSON Gunnar-Thor 1990 ISL
50 430472 KLUSAK Michal 1990 POL
34 60160 ALAERTS Kai 1989 BEL
33 670058 KOSHKIN Dmitriy 1986 KAZ