Alpine SkiingSt. Moritz 2017
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Being miraculously world gold Garmisch-Partenkirchen in super-G in St. Moritz: this might be in short the story of Erik Guay in the last twelve days.
Wednesday 8 February 2017 4 minutes reading time
Hardly seen a world title more deserved: the Canadian was able once again to rise and fall in the absurd in the first descent in Bavaria last January 27 on the track which is actually his favorite the airbag has prevented the serious trouble and after another serious injury allowing him to be on track and to grasp with a fantastic test the second world title of his career after the downhill right in Garmisch in 2011, has won two races in the super-G and specialty cup in 2010 while this winter was third in Val Gardena. Moreover, Guay to 35 years and 6 months become the oldest champion in Alpine skiing world in absolute beating the 34 years and 8 months Hannes Reichelt always in super-G in Vail / Beaver Creek two years ago, it is also the oldest medalist in specialties.
Behind him, trailing by 45 cents, while with the number 26 came Manuel Osborne-Paradis to complete a triumphant day for Canada, the Norwegian leader Kjetil Jansrud specialties cup repeating the silver in the combined two years ago while with the number 26 it arrived Manuel Osborne-Paradis to throw off the podium for 3 cents each other Norwegian Aleksander Aamodt Kilde and win his first medal, a bronze at 51 cents by compatriot, completing the triumph of Canada never had placed two athletes on a podium World Championship men while women were successful in Schladming descent of 1982 with Gerry Soerensen gold and bronze Laurie Graham.
Big losers all the Alpine countries, starting from Austria, whose best was Vincent Kriechmayr fifth with the number one exactly like Elena Curtoni yesterday. Good sixth place for the Frenchman Alexis Pinturault, the German Andreas Sander seventh, eighth and ninth Carlo Janka and Dominik Paris, top finishers of Switzerland and Italy coming out of this race with broken bones, especially the hosts, among them has greatly disappointed Beat Feuz, the twelfth. As for Austria, the aforementioned Reichelt tenth, thirteenth Max Franz, off Matthias Mayer and twenty-Marcel Hirscher that perhaps was best to focus on its races. Bad, as mentioned, also blue: after Paris, eleventh Peter Fill, will update you on the final placings of Mattia Casse and Emanuele Buzzi.
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