СНОУБОРД СВЕТОВНА КУПА БАНСКО 2018. Българската сноубордистка Александра Жекова се класира на първо място в малкия финал и респективно седмо място в крайното класиране на Световната купа в Банско. Нашата представителка не успя да се класира за финала, след като финишира трета в четвъртфинал номер четири, където бе изпреварена от канадката Зоуй Бергерман и французойката Шарлоте Бенц.

На полуфинала финишира пета в полуфинал номер две, където българката изпревари единствено американката Роузи Макари. В крайна сметка Шарлоте Бенц спечели титлата, а второ място за Микаела Мойоли от Италия, а бронза остана за Нели Моен-Локоз от Франция.

В квалификациите при мъжете българинът Валентин Миладинов завърши на 53-то място и не успя да се класира за финалите. Там напред продължават първите 48, а неговият резултат е 21,68, съвсем малко след аржентинеца Стивън Уилямс, който зае последната квота. Най-добър резултат в квалификациите на спийд кроса даде Пиер Волтие (Франция) - 20,80, който в крайна сметка спечели състезанието при мъжете.

Sportal.bg
27 януари 2018 | 13:13

Сани Жекова: Искам да се представя добре в ПьонгЧанг, това е последното ми голямо състезание

Александра Жекова заяви, че се надява на Олимпиадата ПьонгЧанг да се представи по-най-добрия начин. Тя остана седма по време на Световната купа в Банско, след като спечели малкия финал. Преди това тя отпадна на полуфиналите, където остана пета.

“Спортът се промени много в последните години. Залага се повече на масата, повечето ми колежки са с по десет килограма по-тежки от мен, което играе сериозна роля, особено на по-равните участъци. За Олимпиадата имам големи амбиции, искам да се представя на ниво. Това е четвърта Олимпиада за мен, вероятно последното ми голямо състезание. Заминаваме за Австрия, после 5-6 дни за аклиматизация в Корея”, заяви Жекова, която обаче изрази недоволството си от постройката на трасето за Световната купа в Банско, което е било преправяно многократно, а освен това е извън съвременните тенденции, бе мнението на самата Жекова.

"Радвам се, че се справих, но това е нещо, което се случва за първи път. Трасето бе препревяно няколко пъти, а освен това е извън съвременните тенденции в спорта. Няколко състезатели получиха неприятни контузии в петата, което е много неприятна травма", заяви Сани, подкрепена от своя баща, но завърши положително и благодари на феновете за подкрепата.

Sportal.bg
27 януари 2018 | 13:51

Bankes and Vaultier snatch double win for France

Charlotte Bankes (FRA) and Pierre Vaultier (FRA) have secured a double victory for France coming out successfully of the sprint snowboard cross race staged in Bansko, Bulgaria today.

Like last year, the sole Bulgarian stop on the tour did provide a 300 metres long straight which was only spiced up with a bunch of rollers.

But as the track in the Pirin Mountains is wide enough to feature heats of six those 20 seconds of pure you break, you loose racing action once again had all the stellar crowd in the stances had come out for.

All of this might sound easy but riders had to compete savvy in those head-to-head battles as course designers had also integrated three monster kickers which gave a first glimpse on the huge jump sizes which can be expected at the upcoming Olympic Winter Games with the last of the three jumps being the crucial one right before the line.

On a course which was running really smooth athletes therefore not only had to fight for it from top to bottom but also had to be extremely powerful to fly really low on the jumps.

A technique which was executed best by the French team.

In the women's final, Charlotte Bankes had the full body control over the booters, avoided too much of eagle winging through the air, stayed compact, got down the board on the snow as soon as possible and capitalised on her superb gliding skills to bring home her career's third.

“It was a great race, I mean only 20 seconds. You had to be in it right from the start. I did pretty good starts for me, starting a bit behind but coming back at the end. It's amazing to be back on top again. I'm very happy”, she said.

The 22-year-old edged off Italy's Michela Moioli (ITA) as well as her teammate Nelly Moenne Loccoz (FRA), who had won the start in the women's final but lost the lead soaring through the air too long at the final kicker, to a tied second rank.

As Chloe Trespeuch (FRA) had to settle for fourth the 2014 Olympic Bronze medallist lost her World Cup lead to Moioli who is now leading the pack with 4,630 points while Trespeuch is right behind with 4,600 points accumulated in seven races held so far.

The men's event provided an equally close show down, in fact, things got even more tight as Pierre Vaultier earned his season's first with a wire-to-wire-victory which actually ended up with a photo finish against runner up Christopher Robanske (CAN) with last year's Bansko winner Alessandro Haemmerle (AUT) rounding out the podium as third.

After two consecutive second rank finishes over the last couple of weeks, the reigning Olympic Champion got finally on winning ways.

“It was very long but good day. Well, I had a couple of runs where I wasn't confident enough but I was able to deliver my best run in the finals, and that was luckily enough to end up first,” explained Vaultier who also took over the World Cup lead with 4,320 points from today's fifth ranked Australian Alex Pullin (3,796).

Being a goofy rider, Vaultier had noticed his rival Robanske on his left side who did charge from behind closing more and more of the gap to the Frenchman. And the Canadian who is looking back on two disappointing years kept fighting to the very end not knowing if it all would be worth it.

“I couldn't see Pierre on my side, and as soon as I landed that jump I decided to throw my board as far forward as I could. I had no idea where anyone was,” he recalled the photo finish situation.

“For me, that was the hardest World Cup podium that I ever got. I have been in a hole for about two years. It feels good to be back on the podium and riding well. It's the perfect timing for Korea.”

But before it's time for going all in in PyeongChang, South Korea the Snowboard Cross World Cup tour will travel to Germany now where Feldberg is set to host a double World Cup event from 2nd to 4th of February and therefore the final tests prior to the 2018 Olympic Winter Games.

FIS snowboard
27 January 2018 15:54

RESULTS
Bansko (BUL) 27.01.2018
World Cup - Men's Snowboardcross

1 1 7530230 VAULTIER Pierre 1987 FRA 1000.00 1000.00
2 4 9100092 ROBANSKE Christopher 1989 CAN 800.00 800.00
3 2 9050115 HAEMMERLE Alessandro 1993 AUT 600.00 600.00
4 10 9100603 BROCHU Baptiste 1994 CAN 500.00 500.00
5 5 1044987 PULLIN Alex 1987 AUS 450.00 450.00
6 6 9490143 EGUIBAR Lucas 1994 ESP 400.00 400.00
7 8 9200081 BERG Paul 1991 GER 360.00 360.00
8 19 9530331 DIERDORFF Mick 1991 USA 320.00 320.00
9 11 9040077 BOLTON Cameron 1990 AUS 290.00 290.00
10 37 9200088 NOERL Martin 1993 GER 260.00 260.00
11 16 7535002 DEIBOLD Alex 1986 USA 240.00 240.00
12 7 9490102 HERNANDEZ Regino 1991 ESP 220.00 220.00
13 3 9480290 OLYUNIN Nikolay 1991 RUS 200.00 200.00
14 13 9530138 BAUMGARTNER Nick 1981 USA 180.00 180.00
15 18 9050168 LUEFTNER Julian 1993 AUT 160.00 160.00
16 32 9050035 DOUSCHAN Hanno 1989 AUT 150.00 150.00
17 21 7537023 CHEEVER Jonathan 1985 USA 140.00 140.00
18 26 9100166 HILL Kevin 1986 CAN 130.00 130.00
19 27 9420079 MYHRE Christian Ruud 1991 NOR 120.00 120.00
20 40 9020005 MARIN TARROCH Lluis 1988 AND 110.00 110.00
21 9 9400063 VAN GOOR Karel 1996 NED 100.00 100.00
22 20 9040162 THOMAS Matthew 1995 AUS 90.00 90.00
23 34 9190369 LE BLE Leo 1997 FRA 80.00 80.00
24 35 9531212 VEDDER Jake 1998 USA 70.00 70.00
25 23 9290174 SOMMARIVA Lorenzo 1993 ITA 60.00 60.00
26 24 9050229 PACHNER Lukas 1991 AUT 50.00 50.00
27 28 9400030 BLOIS DE Glenn 1995 NED 45.00 45.00
28 30 9510342 LYMANN Jerome 1996 SUI 40.00 40.00
28 31 7050145 SCHAIRER Markus 1987 AUT 40.00 40.00
30 33 9180052 LINDFORS Anton 1991 FIN 32.00 32.00
31 38 9290155 GODINO Michele 1992 ITA 28.00 28.00
32 45 9190316 VUAGNOUX Ken 1995 FRA 26.00 26.00
33 12 9530359 KEARNEY Hagen 1991 USA 24.00 24.00
34 36 9101023 GRONDIN Eliot 2001 CAN 22.00 22.00
35 41 9320183 WOO Jin 2001 KOR 20.00 20.00
35 42 9531119 LEITH Senna 1997 USA 20.00 20.00
37 43 9100583 MOFFATT Liam 1997 CAN 19.40 19.40
38 46 9300459 MOMONO Shinya 1992 JPN 19.10 19.10
39 47 9150167 KOUDELKA Matous 1999 CZE 18.80 18.80
40 48 9030002 WILLIAMS Steven 1988 ARG 18.50 18.50
41 14 9040188 LAMBERT Adam 1997 AUS 18.20 18.20
42 15 9510369 KOBLET Kalle 1997 SUI 17.90 17.90
43 17 9190404 SURGET Merlin 1999 FRA 17.60 17.60
44 22 9300733 TAKAHARA Yoshiki 1998 JPN 17.30 17.30
45 29 9480364 DILMAN Daniil 1996 RUS 17.00 17.00
46 39 7538572 PERATHONER Emanuel 1986 ITA 16.70 16.70
47 44 9150149 KUBICIK Jan 1996 CZE 16.40 16.40
48 25 9040149 HUGHES Jarryd 1995 AUS DNS 16.10 16.10
49 97 9030018 WHITE Simon 1992 ARG 21.54 15.80 15.80
50 95 9530726 JOHNSON Cole 1993 USA 21.58
51 77 9040168 MILLER Josh 1994 AUS 21.59
52 90 7537171 MINGHINI Robert 1986 USA 21.62
53 104 9090119 MILADINOV Valentin 1999 BUL 21.68
54 93 9490005 HERRERO Laro 1990 ESP 21.80
Did not start
79 7540609 MATTEOTTI Luca 1989 ITA
84 9040155 DICKSON Adam 1995 AUS

RESULTS
Bansko (BUL) 27.01.2018
World Cup - Ladies' Snowboardcross

1 2 9195128 BANKES Charlotte 1995 FRA 1000.00 1000.00
2 1 9295086 MOIOLI Michela 1995 ITA 800.00 800.00
2 6 9195028 MOENNE LOCCOZ Nelly 1990 FRA 800.00 800.00
4 4 9195073 TRESPEUCH Chloe 1994 FRA 500.00 500.00
5 10 9105231 BERGERMANN Zoe 1994 CAN 450.00 450.00
6 5 7310636 JACOBELLIS Lindsey 1985 USA 400.00 400.00
7 18 7537602 JEKOVA Alexandra 1987 BUL 360.00 360.00
8 14 9535292 MANCARI Rosie 1994 USA 320.00 320.00
9 3 9535108 GULINI Faye 1992 USA 290.00 290.00
10 9 9105295 ODINE Meryeta 1997 CAN 260.00 260.00
11 13 9105210 CRITCHLOW Tess 1995 CAN 240.00 240.00
12 8 9485135 VASILTSOVA Mariya 1995 RUS 220.00 220.00
13 11 9105132 BRENNEMAN Carle 1989 CAN 200.00 200.00
14 12 9485208 PAUL Kristina 1998 RUS 180.00 180.00
15 15 9205061 IHEDIOHA Hanna 1997 GER 160.00 160.00
16 17 9195195 PETIT LENOIR Manon 1998 FRA 150.00 150.00
17 7 9195214 PEREIRA DE SOUSA MABILEAU Julia 2001 FRA 140.00 140.00
18 19 9515108 GERBER Sandra Daniela 1985 SUI 130.00 130.00
19 20 9515149 HASLER Alexandra 1997 SUI 120.00 120.00
20 24 9535307 HEALEY Colleen 1996 USA 110.00 110.00
21 16 9515030 MEILER Simona 1989 SUI 100.00 100.00
22 21 7541482 BRUTTO Raffaella 1988 ITA 90.00 90.00
23 22 9535297 TIERNEY Meghan 1997 USA 80.00 80.00
24 23 9535352 MILLER Anna 1996 USA 70.00 70.00
25 54 1159990 VESELKOVA Sara 1999 CZE 23.27 60.00 60.00
26 52 9055060 NEUSSNER Katharina 1996 AUT 24.21
27 41 9295101 GALLINA Francesca 1996 ITA 25.55
Did not finish
46 9105226 MCMANIMAN Audrey 1995 CAN
Did not start
25 9515138 CASANOVA Lara 1996 SUI
49 9105259 ANDERSON Katie 1995 CAN