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