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LAKE LOUISE (Alberta, Canada) - After the triumph of Maria Riesch, yesterday, tonight the third-down season, the second from the snows of Lake Louise, nine blue race and the German yet clear favorite. Curiosity for the trial of Lindsey Vonn who has asked for time to return to the top. How will today'' s American Olympic champion in office for free?
Saturday 7 December 2013 12 minutes reading time
Lake Louise is dislocated, like Calgary, which hosted the Olympic Games of 1988, in Canada, in the state of Alberta in Banff National Park. Lovely place, where usually open speed tests of the World Cup, not quest'' year, because of the pre-test on the world "Raptor" of Beaver Creek. Located in the vicinity of the lake of the same name'', which takes its name from the Princess Louise Caroline Alberta, Lake Louise is located just 180 km from Calgary. The village lies at an altitude of 1534 meters'', while the surrounding areas greatly exceed the 2000. In its surroundings are located some of the most beautiful and significant peaks of the Canadian Rockies, such as Mount Niblock, Mount Whyte and Mount Temple.
In 1989, Rose moved the Circus for the first time in Lake Louise for two runs in two days that were characterized by the same identical result with respect to the podium. But it is from 1994 that the location is part of the Canadian Cup Women's World permanently, often with two runs the first two days and then the super-G to close the weekend, for a total of 37 downhill and super-G 19 played so far. The absolute ruler of the register of gold is of course Lindsey, with 11 victories in downhill, super-G and 3 in 20 podiums in total. Behind her, as the number of successes is Katja Seizinger with 6, then Renate Götschl with 5 while behind the U.S. down there with 4 and Isolde Kostner is in super-G , paired with Götschl and Seizinger. How podiums the following Götschl 13 then Kostner, Hilde Gerg and Carole Montilet with 10. In addition to the four wins Kostner of Italy has a success in super-G in 2002 by Karen Putzer, Elena Fanchini down in 2005 and Nadia Fanchini in super-G in 2008.
Palinsensto EUROSPORT HD FOR THE RACES OF LAKE LOUISE:
Saturday, December 7 - 20:15 to 21:45 2nd women's downhill - Eurosport 1 HD
Sunday, December 8 - 18:45 to 20:30 Women's super-G - 1 EUROSPORT HD
THE TRACK - The name of the track is (completely) "Men'' s Olympic - east summit." It is not particularly difficult, although it usually goes pretty fast (not quest'' year) and the temperatures are always at least 20 degrees below zero, which makes the race always complicated.
It starts with 30'''' plan, apart from the initial meters of steep post-pound, then start a part of corners from superG very large, before the jump on'' Olympic Crossing, which precedes the point more technical The Coaches corner, curve to the right, with the next dive in the wall, Fall Away, where you can reach a speed of 130KM / h. Fundamental come out with great speed, in fact, for the final part, a little'' move, which provides for a final leap and then very slowly still, for a total of about 2'' of the race.
Verena Stuffer, and we thank them,'' he says so has changed from a year ago: "Compared to last year'' s first of all changed temperatures, or, better to say, the real ones are back in Lake Louise: cold cold!, but we wear and we will warm well before starting because it is important to start hot. The track is very beautiful, as always. The part with the six individual after the first detection of the speed run slightly more the past years and there are small bumps in the most especially at the beginning'', but otherwise is similar to previous years. Important is the earthly good read and follow it as well, in order to accommodate all the little Dossetti. The Fall Away is important to bring all the speed for the final piece, there you can make a real difference. "
At this link you will find the "live" written in real-time FIS
Minutes before time trial
Report second training run
The statements of the main protagonists of the first foreign races
The report of the first downhill
The words of the athletes after the first downhill
TRIVIA'': the last 6 World Cup downhills, including of course the last season were won by 6 different athletes: McKennis, Vonn, Ruiz Castillo, Maze, Gut and Riesch. Just Swiss Comano, if they win tonight, it would become the first Swiss, from 1990-1991, did win three races in the speed disciplines in the same season: in that year, in fact, he won three Chantal Bournissen she .
Nine blue at the start, there will be Elena Curtoni. The numbers of Italian:
1 - Nadia Fanchini
3 - Johanna Schnarf
10 - Elena Fanchini
11 - Daniela Merighetti
28 - Verena Stuffer
31 - Sofia Goggia
40 - Francesca Marsaglia
42 - Camilla Borsotti
47 - Lisa Magdalena Agerer.
START HERE IS THE FULL LIST OF THE DOWNHILL 1st (tomorrow the 2nd in Lake Louise, Italian same time, same place):
Nadia Fanchini 1 296729 1986 ITA Dynastar 2 515 766 SUTER Fabienne ON Stoeckli 1985 3 296427 1984 ITA Schnarf Johanna Fischer Dominique Gisin 4 515 747 5 515 573 1985 Dynastar ON Fraenzi Aufdenblatten ON Stoeckli 1981 6 55750 Andrea Fischbacher 1985 AUT Voelkl 7 205218 1989 GER Viktoria Rebensburg Nordica 8 Julia Mancuso USA 537 545 1984 9 196 460 Head-ARVIER MARCHAND Marie Rossignol FRA 1985 10 296472 1985 ITA Fanchini Elena Daniela Merighetti Dynastar 11 296 008 12 515 806 1981 ITA Salomon Jnglin-KAMER Nadja ON Stoeckli 1986 13 55766 Sterz Queen 1985 AUT Voelkl 14 495 318 RUIZ CASTILLO Carolina Salomon 1981 15 515782 KAUFMANN SPA-1986 ON Marianne Abderhalden Head 16 355 050 WEIRATHER Tina Atomic 1989 LIE Tina MAZE 17 565 243 1983 18 537 544 SLO Stoeckli VONN Lindsey Head 19 537 582 1984 USA 1984 USA COOK Stacey Rossignol 20 206 001 1984 Maria Hoefl-Riesch GER Head 21 Anna Fenninger AUT Head 55947 1989 22 516 138 1991 ON GUT Lara Rossignol 1989 23 55970 Schmidhofer Nicole Fischer AUT Lotte Smiseth Sejersted 24 425 880 1991 25 55576 NOR Atomic Elisabeth Goergl AUT Head 1981 26 538573 ROSS Laurenne Voelkl 1988 USA 27 55913 1988 MOSER Stefanie Fischer AUT 28 STUFFER Verena Fischer ENG 296 431 1984 29 538305 SMITH Leanne 30 565 360 1987 USA Rossignol Rossignol STUHEC Ilka SLO 1990 31 298323 1992 ITA Goggia Sofia Atomic DETTLING Andrea 32 515 849 1987 33 516185 ON Stoeckli HAEHLEN Joana ON Voelkl 1992 34 56125 Mirjam Puchner 1992 AUT Atomic 35 56128 Cornelia Huetter AUT Voelkl 1992 36 56088 Tippler Tamara AUT Voelkl 1991 37 565 333 1989 Vanja Brodnik SLO Stoeckli nufer Priska 38 516 219 1992 39 155 563 Krizova Klara Fischer SUI CZE Voelkl 1989 40 297702 1990 ITA MARSAGLIA Francesca PIOT Jennifer Voelkl 41 197295 1992 42 297134 Rossignol FRA BORSOTTI Camilla ITA 1988 43 565 320 Head Marusa Ferk SLO Stoeckli 1988 44 539 685 45 206 460 1993 USA RYAN Katie WENIG Michaela Voelkl GER 1992 46 106849 1988 YURKIW Larisa CAN Agerer Lisa Magdalena Rossignol 47 298 084 1991 48 245066 ITA Atomic MIKLOS Edit Voelkl HUN 1988 49 56087 Ramona Siebenhofer 1991 AUT Head Hronek 50 206 367 51 196 968 Fischer Veronique 1991 GER FRA BAILET Margot Salomon 1990 52 539536 53 197006 1992 USA WILES Jacqueline GAUTHIER Marine FRA 1990 Rossignol KLING Kajsa 54 505 886 55 538 855 1988 SWE Head FORD Julia 1990 USA Voelkl 56 425 929 1992 NOR Mowinckel Ragnhild Rossignol 57 155415 Strachová Sarka CZE Fischer 1985 58 485 632 1992 Mary BEDAREVA RUS Head 59 Alexandra Coletti 375018 1983 60 435245 MON Head Chrapek Karolina 1990 POL
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