The startlist of Kvitfjell's first descent: Paris with 11 after Kilde (5), Mayer (7) and Feuz (9)

Friday (11.30) the first of the three Norwegian races: it is a total battle for the World Cup of the queen discipline, the race opened by Kriechmayr then immediately Marsaglia and Clarey before the big favorites. Innerhofer with 14 after Odermatt, there are eight blues entered.

Thursday 3 March 2022 5 minutes reading time

Ninth descent of the season, "special" since it is the recovery of a race already canceled first in Lake Louise, then the following week in Beaver Creek. Kvitfjell is ready to host a speed triptych crucial for the awarding of the specialty World Cups, in particular that of the queen discipline with three races from now to the end and five athletes enclosed in 89 points. Off tomorrow, starting at 11.30 (live TV on Eurosport 1 and Rai Sport), on Olympiabakken which has not hosted a descent for two years, when Mayer burned Kilde in the last cup act before the pandemic, while in 2019 the best Dominik Paris ever dominated, both downhill and super-g, on that track where he had already imposed himself (downhill) in 2016. And the blue jet today sent an important signal, with the best time clearly in the second and last training before a race that will open on Friday with the "usual" number 1 of Vincent Kriechmayr. While choosing sixth, the world champion opted for the lowest bib, even if the feeling is that the Austrian here is not too competitive. Matteo Marsaglia will follow him, drawn with 2 before Clarey, while with 5 we will see the red bib of Aleksander Aamodt Kilde, who defends only 8 points against Beat Feuz, number 9; between the two there will be Matthias Mayer (7), also in full swing for the cup as, in fact, Dominik Paris (5th at 89 points from Kilde), who will go down with 11 before Odermatt (13) and Innerhofer (14), the latter far from the best after the blow to the knee suffered yesterday. Race also open to people like Cochran-Siegle (16) and Hintermann (17), fast in practice, and beware of some surprises that Kvitfjell never fails. In addition to Marsaglia, Paris and Innerhofer, there will be five other Azzurri at the gate with Mattia Casse bib number 25 and with the aim of winning the pass for the World Cup finals, Lele Buzzi (n ° 35) who has to take a step compared to the tests to look for the points, same goal of Bosca (48), Molteni (54) and Zazzi (59). It should be remembered that tomorrow will be the penultimate race of his career for Kjetil Jansrud, who will start with number 31. CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL STARTLIST MALE DESCENT - KVITFJELL Startlist: 1 Kriechmayr, 2 Marsaglia, 3 Clarey, 4 Baumann, 5 Kilde, 6 Schwaiger, 7 Mayer, 8 Crawford, 9 Feuz, 10 Striedinger, 11 Paris, 12 Cater, 13 Odermatt, 14 Innerhofer, 15 Hemetsberger, 16 Cochran- Siegle, 17 Hintermann, 18 Bennett, 19 Franz, 20 Ganong, 25 Casse, 35 Buzzi, 48 Bosca, 54 Molteni, 59 Zazzi.

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