СВЕТОВНА КУПА БАНСКО, ТРЕНИРОВКА СПУСКАНЕ ЖЕНИ. Германката Мария Рийш даде най-добро време в първата тренировка на спускане в Банско преди стартовете за Световната купа по ски-алпийски дисциплини при жените този уикенд. Рийш финишира на Бъндеришка поляна с най-добро време - 1:35,54 минута.

Мария Хоьофл-Рийш стартира на фона на връх Вихрен и връх Кутело

Нейната добра приятелка и водачка в генералното класиране Линдзи Вон (САЩ) остана втора с изоставане от 0,12 секунди. Трета е друга американка - Лорен Рос, на 0,56 секунди след Рийш.

Общо 48 състезателки стартираха в днешната тренировка, която се проведе при отлично състояние на пистата и слънчево време. Официалният старт на спускането е в събота, а в неделя ще се проведе и супергигантски слалом при жените в Банско.

Утре по писта „Марк Жирардели” е насрочена втората тренировка за спускането на дамите.

Изказвания след тренировката

Мария Рийш: Първото място в тренировката не значи нищо за мен. Аз съм радостна обаче, защото напоследък в състезанията карам много по-добре отколкото в тернировките. Писта „Марк Жирардели” е много предизвикателна и трудна. За разлика от 2009 г сега трасето е доста по-атрактивно.

Линдзи Вон: Пистата е отлична, но днес не дадох най-доброто от себе си. Надявам се утре вече да съм си отпочинала наистина добре и да карам по-добре.

Sportal.bg, Novsport.com
23 февруари 2012

ВИЖТЕ ТУК КАКВО ОЩЕ КАЗА ЛИНДЗИ ВОН И ДРУГИТЕ СВЕТОВНИ СКИ ЗВЕЗДИ СЛЕД ДНЕШНАТА ТРЕНИРОВКА В БАНСКО

Hoefl-Riesch maintains DH dominance with fastest training in Bansko

BANSKO, Bulgaria – It truly felt like spring with the sun shining and not a cloud in the sky in Bansko, Bulgaria for the ladies first World Cup downhill training on Thursday.

The Marc Girardelli course was slightly modified from the last time (also the first time) the ladies raced here in 2009 but rock solid from top to bottom.

“I think they redid the hill after the men’s races,” said American Laurenne Ross, who skied the course for the first time Thursday and was third-fastest in training. “They fenced off one part of the course. It’s all shiny and you’re like, ‘Oh God, I have to ski on that?!’ But they prepared the course really well. It’s a cool hill. There’s no flat anywhere. It’s just all go, go, go.”

Maria Hoefl-Riesch, who won last weekend’s downhill race on the 2014 Olympic slope in Sochi, put down the fastest time in training Thursday, finishing in 1 minute, 35.54 seconds. Lindsey Vonn (who was absolutely mobbed by photographers and journalists after arriving at the airport in Sofia on Wednesday) was second fastest, 0.52 behind and Ross was 0.96 behind.

 “It wasn’t too bad I didn’t feel great – I had to fight with the line sometimes,” Hoefl-Riesch said. “It’s still nice. It’s really technical from the top to the bottom. You don’t have any gliding. You have to fight hard and lean [into] really good turns.”

The top of the Bansko course sits at 2,395 meters with the finish at 1,615 meters and a 780-meter vertical drop. The super G course starts at 2,205 meters with a 590-meter vertical drop.

When the ladies last raced here three years ago they did two downhill races and a super G and Switzerland’s Fabienne Sutor (now out for the season with a knee injury) had the best weekend of her career, winning the first downhill, taking third in the second DH and second in the super G. Austria’s Andrea Fischbacher also dominated, winning the second downhill race, finishing second to Sutor in the first and eighth in the SG, which Vonn won. The downhill course was about 10 seconds slower three years ago and most racer say they prefer the modified version for this weekend’s races, which will include a downhill Saturday, SG Sunday and a second DH training Friday.

“Last time we were starting much higher than now, also going around the forest, coming back into the steep again … it’s much nicer,” said Anja Paerson, who after Lara Gut (fourth and 1.32 off the lead time) was fifth fastest Thursday. “The snow is really nice and compact – really hard, good conditions. We need it for this heat. The weather may be our biggest challenge. The course is going to get bumpy after today.”

Athletes also said maximizing the forces around every turn is going to be a challenge in Bansko and also key in finishing on top.

“You have to use the fall line as much as you can,” Ross said. “Where people skid, you have to arc. You have to run a tight line and get as late as you can. There’s a fine line between being in control and being too high.”

The forecast in Bansko is calling for more sun for Friday’s training, temperatures reaching nearly 10 degrees, sun on Saturday and light snow Saturday night into Sunday.

Hear more about what the ladies have to say about the Bansko course in THIS VIDEO.

by Shauna Farnell
FISalpine.com
Thursday 23 February 2012

OFFICIAL RESULTS - FIRST TRAINING
23.02.2012
Race codex: 5222
Valid for FIS Points : NO
Bansko (BUL)
Training
Ladies' Downhill
TD FIS PETIT DOMINIQUE  FRA
Referee A. SKAARDAL FIS
Assistant Referee J. TISCHHAUSER FIS
Chief of Race V. STEFANOV BUL
Technical Data
Start Altitude 2405 m
Finish Altitude 1615 m
Vertical Drop 790
Course Length 2500 m
Homologation Number 10185/10/11
Run 1
Course Setter J. TISCHHAUSER FIS
Number of Gates 34
Start Time 12:00
    
Rank  Bib  FIS Code  Name  Year  Nation  Total Time
 1   14   206001  HOEFL-RIESCH Maria   1984   GER    1:35.54
 2   15   537544  VONN Lindsey   1984   USA    1:36.06
 3   6   538573  ROSS Laurenne   1988   USA    1:36.50
 4   21   516138  GUT Lara   1991   SUI    1:36.86
 5   5   505483  PAERSON Anja   1981   SWE    1:36.95
 6   22   55947  FENNINGER Anna   1989   AUT    1:37.12
 7   28   296427  SCHNARF Johanna   1984   ITA    1:37.18
 8   10   296472  FANCHINI Elena   1985   ITA    1:37.46
 9   1   495318  RUIZ CASTILLO Carolina   1981   SPA    1:37.48
 10   12   565243  MAZE Tina   1983   SLO    1:37.54
 11   17   55576  GOERGL Elisabeth   1981   AUT    1:37.58
 12   11   195983  ROLLAND Marion   1982   FRA    1:37.59
 13   20   537582  COOK Stacey   1984   USA    1:37.91
 14   13   355050  WEIRATHER Tina   1989   LIE    1:37.97
 15   16   296008  MERIGHETTI Daniela   1981   ITA    1:38.01
 16   27   565360  STUHEC Ilka   1990   SLO    1:38.04
 17   19   196460  MARCHAND-ARVIER Marie   1985   FRA    1:38.08
 18   2   515573  AUFDENBLATTEN Fraenzi   1981   SUI    1:38.09
 19   36   196812  PELLISSIER Marion   1988   FRA    1:38.52
 20   49   55818  KOEHLE Stefanie   1986   AUT    1:38.63
 21   43   297910  CURTONI Elena   1991   ITA    1:38.65
 22   9   55750  FISCHBACHER Andrea   1985   AUT    1:38.80
 23   18   537545  MANCUSO Julia   1984   USA    1:38.86
 24   24   425880  SEJERSTED Lotte Smiseth   1991   NOR    1:38.95
 25   30   538305  SMITH Leanne   1987   USA    1:39.03
 26   31   505886  KLING Kajsa   1988   SWE    1:39.11
 27   3   296431  STUFFER Verena   1984   ITA    1:39.39
 28   41   297702  MARSAGLIA Francesca   1990   ITA    1:39.46
 29   39   55806  ALTACHER Margret   1986   AUT    1:39.60
 30   7   196573  REVILLET Aurelie   1986   FRA    1:39.63
 31   26   538685  MCKENNIS Alice   1989   USA    1:39.72
 32   33   55970  SCHMIDHOFER Nicole   1989   AUT    1:39.80
 33   32   106849  YURKIW Larisa   1988   CAN    1:39.93
 34   25   295533  RECCHIA Lucia   1980   ITA    1:39.99
 35   29   565320  FERK Marusa   1988   SLO    1:40.09
 36   4   55913  MOSER Stefanie   1988   AUT    1:40.10
 37   38   55766  MADER Regina   1985   AUT    1:40.13
 38   35   297134  BORSOTTI Camilla   1988   ITA    1:40.36
 39   45   197006  GAUTHIER Marine   1990   FRA    1:40.50
 40   40   515560  SCHILD Martina   1981   SUI    1:40.53
 41   47   505632  LINDELL-VIKARBY Jessica   1984   SWE    1:40.80
 42   23   515806  KAMER Nadja   1986   SUI    1:41.01
 43   34   196968  BAILET Margot   1990   FRA    1:41.08
 44   46   375018  COLETTI Alexandra   1983   MON    1:41.42
 45   37   516145  KUENG Mirena   1988   SUI    1:41.84
 46   8   55978  VOGLREITER Mariella   1989   AUT    1:42.69
 47   48   245066  MIKLOS Edit   1988   HUN    1:43.22
Did not start 1st run
    42   55690  HOSP Nicole   1983   AUT   
Did not finish 1st run
    44   206367  HRONEK Veronique   1991   GER   

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