2012/2013 Winter Sports Thread

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Slope Style South American Cup Standings

Women:

1. IRARRAZABAL Roberta (CHI) 720

2. CLARK RIBEIRO Isabel (BRA) 576

3. IENDRICK Raquel (BRA) 396

4. OLIANI Nathali (BRA) 378

5. MORACO Juliana (BRA) 342

 

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Slope Style Europa Cup Standings

Men:

1. MACCIOTTA Youri (ITA) 630

2. BOUDJELAL Yannick (FRA) 546

3. PRIETL Florian (AUT) 513

4. KICKEN Jesper (NED) 500

5. MAIOCCO Gian Marco (ITA) 460

6. OUWERKERK Joris (NED) 400

7. GENNERO Lorenzo (ITA) 355

8. PETRUSEVICS Toms (LAT) 345

9. VISNAP Mario (EST) 300

10. PLANCHON Alberto (ITA) 270

 

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In general, I like watching winter sports, because you don't hear any of these athletes bitching around or someting, neither have I heard about cases of doping and such. It could easily be my second favourite type of sports to watch because of that. It's all about real sportsmanship and challenge on the field. Nothing more or less. And the fans are the nicest ones I've ever seen

:clap: Well said and I agree with you.

 

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Slope Style Europa Cup Standings

Women:

1. LEFEVRE Lucile (FRA) 800

2. SILLIERES Chloe (FRA) 650

3. MAAS Cheryl (NED) 500

4. GARCIA Elena (SPA) 500

5. MAIOCCO Maria Delfina (ITA) 450

6. HOLST Atti (SWE) 400

7. MEDLOVA Klaudia (SVK) 400

8. CHABELARD Lou (FRA) 325

9. BARNHOORN Babs (NED) 305

10. GOUWY Marion (FRA) 300

 

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Parallel Europa Cup Standings

Men:

1. PAYER Alexander (AUT) 1345

2. KISLINGER Sebastian (AUT) 1125

3. STEFANER Johann (AUT) 1055

4. FISCHNALLER Roland (ITA) 950

5. WILD Vic (RUS) 935

6. KOLEGOV Valery (RUS) 845

7. BELKIN Aleksandr (RUS) 740

8. KOTOV Konstantin (RUS) 675

9. BAUMEISTER Stefan (GER) 655

10. PROMMEGGER Andreas (AUT) 645

 

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Parallel Europa Cup Standings

Women:

1. BRUGGER Tanja (AUT) 1620

2. KHATOMCHENKOVA Ekaterina (RUS) 1135

3. LABOECK Isabella (GER) 1105

4. SOBOLEVA Natalia (RUS) 966

5. KARSTENS Anke (GER) 845

6. KREINER Marion (AUT) 800

7. SITZENFREI Maria (AUT) 773

8. CZIPF Rosa (GER) 684

9. GROZNOVA Darya (RUS) 682

10. ZAVARZINA Alena (RUS) 600

 

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Halfpipe Europa Cup Standings

Men:

1. BILANIN Nikolay (RUS) 1125

2. SCHAERER Michael (SUI) 1000

3. ECKERT Luis (GER) 530

4. IMBODEN Yannick (SUI) 500

5. STANTE Tit (SLO) 500

6. BUERKI Simon (SUI) 450

7. SMIRNOV Pavel (RUS) 400

8. BIRKENDAHL Linus (GER) 380

9. EGELMEERS Aston (NED) 365

10. EICHMANN Luc (SUI) 360

 

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Halfpipe Europa Cup Standings

Women:

1. ROHRER Verena (SUI) 1000

2. DJUKIC Lea (SUI) 800

3. PETRIG Celia (SUI) 600

4. LEFEVRE Lucile (FRA) 500

5. PETRIG Ramona (SUI) 500

6. SMANS Loranne (BEL) 485

7. AUGUSTINOVA Diana (CZE) 465

8. BOESCH Lia-Mara (SUI) 425

9. CLAVUOT Silvana (SUI) 425

10. CHABELARD Lou (FRA) 400

 

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Snowboardcross Europa Cup Standings

Men:

1. LIGOCKI Mateusz (POL) 1225

2. FISCHER Christopher (AUT) 875

3. CORDI Fabio (ITA) 850

4. JODKO Maciej (POL) 790

5. JUD Florian (AUT) 595

6. MATTEOTTI Luca (ITA) 595

7. RAMOIN Pierre (FRA) 580

8. PERATHONER Emanuel (ITA) 565

9. EGUIBAR Lucas (SPA) 530

10. BAKES David (CZE) 500

 

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Snowboardcross Europa Cup Standings

Women:

1. BRUTTO Raffaella (ITA) 1300

2. RAVEL Elisa (FRA) 1055

3. TILLOY Pauline (FRA) 955

4. MOIOLI Michela (ITA) 870

5. BERG Luca (GER) 625

6. SCHMITT Lorelei (FRA) 600

7. SMYKALA Zuzanna (POL) 555

8. BELINGHERI Sofia (ITA) 530

9. POZZO Oceane (FRA) 515

10. ANTHONIOZ Deborah (FRA) 500

 

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Snowboardcross Australia New Zealand Cup Standings

Men:

1. KEARNEY Hagen (USA) 680

2. BOLTON Cameron (AUS) 625

3. FISCHER Andy (AUS) 600

4. JACOB Trevor (USA) 500

5. OLYUNIN Nikolay (RUS) 500

6. DEIBOLD Alex (USA) 380

7. SIVERTZEN Stian (NOR) 325

8. DILMAN Daniil (RUS) 305

9. MORRISSY Daniel (AUS) 290

10. MOMONO Shinya (JPN) 260

 

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Snowboardcross Australia New Zealand Cup Standings

Women:

1. BROCKHOFF Belle (AUS) 740

2. ASANOVA Anastasia (RUS) 434

3. HERNANDEZ Jacqueline (USA) 415

4. KOBAYASHI Karen (USA) 399

5. JEKOVA Alexandra (BUL) 360

6. FELDMAN Jenna (USA) 310

7. CHEBOTAREVA Olga (RUS) 266

8. BAFF Georgia (AUS) 246

9. KOVALEVA Irina (RUS) 237

10. HIRONO Asami (JPN) 192

 

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Alpine Skiing - Alcott ruled out of World Championships after crash

British skier Chemmy Alcott has pulled out of the World Championships after suffering an injury in training.
The 30-year-old was advised to rest after a high-speed crash in Schladming, Austria.
Alcott had only just returned following a career-threatening leg break two years ago, and the latest injury has been said to have caused "excessive stress" in the plated fracture of her leg.
Alcott wrote on her Facebook page: "This is by no means the end, I have shown my strength before. The timing blows but better now than in a year!"
She added: "On a positive note, the big jolt to my leg may help the old injured [sic] to further heal so I am likely to come back stronger."
Alcott has five top-10 World Cup finishes to her name, with this injury the latest in a string of recent setbacks.
The 60 mph accident occurred halfway down the course, according to Eurosport commentator Nick Fellows.
"It was in a technical part of the course," Fellows told Eurosport-Yahoo. "She was caught on the heel of the inside ski at 60mph, or 100kph.
"She came out of the race line and crashed into the safety netting and was thrown 10 feet into the air before landing hard on her back.
"She lay motionless for two or three minutes before the race marshals persuaded her to get on her skis and she skied off the course.
"The racer behind her on the mountain was yellow-flagged for safety reasons. Chemmy looked in considerable pain, but there was clearly no concussion or necessity for the blood wagon (stretcher).

 

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Alpine Skiing - Roger tops downhill training in Austria

France's Brice Roger clocked the fastest time in the men's second downhill training run as his 1:37.70 topped the standings.
The 22-year-old, who has yet to make it onto a World Cup podium, descended the Planai course quicker than his rivals with the session cut short to avoid clashing with the finish area of the slalom run of the women's super-combined event.
Slovenia's Andrej Sporn had the second best time 0.33 seconds adrift, with US skier Marco Sullivan 0.48 behind Roger.
Out of the top downhill contenders ahead of Saturday's race, Austria's Klaus Kroell was the fastest of the pack in fifth place, 0.69sec off Roger's time.
Reigning downhill World Cup winner Kroell heads an Austrian team hungry for medals at these world championships on home snow, after coming up empty-handed in the men's and women's super-G races earlier in the week.
Kroell is one of six favourites for the downhill, alongside compatriot Hannes Reichelt, Italians Dominik Paris and Christof Innerhofer, Norway's 2007 world champion and Olympic silver medallist Aksel Lund Svindal, and defending downhill world champion Erik Guay of Canada.
Saturday's downhill will see the skiers hurtle down a 3,282 metre icy course at speeds approaching 75 miles per hour.

 

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Luge World Cup

Wendl and Arlt seal title with Lake Placid win

Germans Tobias Wendl and Tobias Arlt wrapped up the overall luge doubles World Cup title as they returned to winning ways in Lake Placid, USA.
The world champions had looked untouchable in the early part of the season as they claimed victories in the first five events.
But they were absent from the top step of the podium in the previous two rounds, with compatriots Toni Eggert and Sascha Benecken closing the gap in second.
However Wendl and Arlt recovered in Lake Placid, recording a time of 1:28.256 minutes over their two runs to take the win and with it win back the overall World Cup title they last held in 2011, after having to settle for silver last year behind Andreas and Wolfgang Linger.
And the Germans did it in style as they recorded a new start record of 6.202 seconds en route to their sixth win of the season.
Eggert and Benecken could only manage seventh in America to hand Wendl and Arlt the title, and now face a fight with Austrians Peter Penz and Georg Fischler to finish runner up after the latter were second in Lake Placid.
Eggert and Benecken have 598 points while Penz and Fischler are 73 behind with just one more round to come.

 

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Luge World Cup

Geisenberger wins maiden World Cup title in Lake Placid

Natalie Geisenberger became the second German in the space of a day to wrap up a luge World Cup title with a victory as the circuit returned to Lake Placid.
Geisenberger's teammates Tobias Wendl and Tobias Arlt began the penultimate World Cup of the season in America by claiming the doubles title with a win. And Geisenberger followed their every move as the doubles made way for the women's in Lake Placid, hosting a World Cup event for the first time since 2007. The 25-year-old, who has won five rounds this season, including three in a row, led from start to finish in America for her first ever overall World Cup title. Geisenberger clocked 44.295 seconds on her first run and then 44.145 on her second to beat home hope Julia Clukey by 0.295 overall. The victory also ends five seasons of hurt for Geisenberger, who has finished as the runner up for the past four years while she was third before that. And, while Geisenberger was celebrating with a round still to go in the 2014 Olympic venue of Sochi, Clukey's second place was also significant. She posted runs of 44.383 and 44.352 to end a run of three World Cup rounds where Germany have occupied every single spot on the women's podium. Clukey also becomes the first American to finish in the top three this season and only the fourth nation to do so with Russia and Canada the other two. That Canadian is Alex Gough, who was beaten by Clukey by 0.013 in Lake Placid but did still hold on for her third podium finish of the season. Anke Wischnewski took fourth ahead of two American's in Erin Hamlin and Kate Hansen before Tatjana Hufner, whose run of five successive overall World Cup titles is now over, in seventh. Geisenberger now holds an unassailable 185-point lead over Wischnewski in second with only 100 on offer at the World Cup finale and Olympic test event in Sochi. Wischnewski in turn has wrapped up second place with her points tally of 585 unable to be surpassed by Hufner, who sits in third with 461. Hufner however can still be beaten out of third by Gough with the Canadian just 26 points away from her German rival in fourth. If Gough can overtake Hufner she will be the first non-German luger to finish in the top three in the overall World Cup standings for 12 years. Geisenberger's overall win meanwhile keeps Germany's impressive run of successive victories in the women's event since 1999 going.

 

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Nordic Combined World Cup

Kircheisen wins in Almaty with leaders absent

Bjoern Kircheisen took his first Nordic combined World Cup win of the season in the absence of German teammate Eric Frenzel and his rival Jason Lamy Chappuis in Almaty.
Four straight wins and a second has put Frenzel into contention for the overall World Cup title and, despite not competing in Kazakhstan, Kircheisen ensured the German success kept coming.
Kircheisen made up nearly a minute deficit after ranking ninth in the ski jump to beat Akito Watabe by just over five seconds for his first victory of the season and 16th individual one of his career.
The 29-year-old produced the quickest cross country time for an overall winning effort of 25:09.6minutes with Watabe second and Austria's Christoph Bieler third.
Mario Seidl led after the ski jumping after recording 125.2 points with Watabe's Japanese teammate Taihei Kato second with 122.0 and then Bieler in third with 121.3.
Kircheisen was down in ninth with 110.7 giving him a 58-second deficit to make up on Seidl, something he managed to do as the Austrian fell to fifth overall.
The German clocked 24:11.6 for his cross country ski with Watabe clocking the fifth quickest time to move into second while Bieler held onto third despite being the 12th fastest.
Despite none of the top five in the overall World Cup standings competing in Almaty there is no change to the overall order with Frenzel still leading ahead of Lamy Chappuis.
A second event follows in Kazakhstan before a break for the Nordic Ski World Championships and then the final three rounds in Scandinavia in March.

 

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Ski Jumping - Strong winds force postponement in Zao

The first of two women's ski jumping World Cup events in Zao has been put back a day after strong winds wreaked havoc on the Japanese venue.
Weather conditions have caused problems throughout the meeting in Zao with the official training rounds on Friday forced to be cancelled.
However the competition did start as scheduled a day later but it was halted after 27 of the 33 contestants ended their jumps in the morning.
A restart followed in the afternoon however only four athletes jumped with the first event now to be held on the same day as the second on Sunday.

 

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Figure Skating - Hanyu stars at Four Continents

Japan's Yuzuru Hanyu upstaged world silver medallist Daisuke Takahashi to take the lead after the men’s short programme at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships on Friday.
Hanyu racked up 87.65 points to lead after the first day, with China’s Yan Han in second with 85.08, and Richard Dornbush of the USA in third with 83.01 on the board.
Takahashi, who has announced he will retire after the Sochi Winter Olympics, was fourth on 82.62 after a disappointing performance to Beethoven’s "Moonlight Sonata".
Hanyu thrived as he skated to "Parisian Walkways", but he still managed to highlight a blemish in his performance.
“I don’t know the reason I popped the lutz,” Hanyu said. “But I felt I did really well otherwise and put myself in a great position for tomorrow’s free skate.”

In the ice dance short programme, Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir took the lead with a score of 75.12.
Meanwhile, Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford of Canada grabbed the top spot in the pairs with 70.44.
The women’s skate, featuring two-time world champion Mao Asada, gets under way on Saturday.

Men's short programme results

1. Yuzuru Hanyu (Japan) 87.65

2. Yan Han (China) 85.08

3. Richard Dornbush (U.S.) 83.01

4. Daisuke Takahashi (Japan) 82.62

5. Song Nan (China) 81.16

6. Kevin Reynolds (Canada) 78.34

7. Denis Ten (Kazakhstan) 78.05

8. Takahito Mura (Japan) 78.03

9. Ross Miner (U.S.) 74.01

10. Max Aaron (U.S.) 72.46

 

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Snowboard Parallel Giant Slalom World Cup

Fischnaller, Tudegesheva claim first wins of season

Italian snowboarder Roland Fischnaller leapt to the top of the men's parallel giant slalom World Cup standings with his first victory of the season in Rogla, Slovakia.
The 32-year-old could only manage a fourth-place finish in the first event of the season in Carezza as Andreas Prommegger took the win.
But Fischanller blew that out of the water second time around as he beat home favourite Zan Kosir to pick up maximum points.
The win propels Fischnaller to the top of the leaderboard after just two events and is 100 points ahead of Prommegger who finished sixth in Slovakia.

In the women's event it was Russian Ekaterina Tudegesheva who was celebrating a first win of the season as she got the better of Holland’s Nicolien Sauerbreij in the big final.
However unlike Fischnaller the victory was not enough to take her to the summit of the World Cup standings as Canadian Caroline Calve holds on to top spot despite finishing fourth in Rogla.