Didier Cuche was quickest in opening training for Saturday’s World Cup downhill in Lake Louise.
The 35-year-old Swiss, who won the season’s first World Cup giant slalom race in Soelden, posted a time of one minute 49.98 seconds in the Canadian Rockies.
Austrian downhill champion Michael Walchoffer was next quickest, 0.62 seconds behind, with France’s Pierre-Emmanuel Dalcin in third.
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German coach Werner Schuster has backed Janne Ahonen to impress on his return to the World Cup this weekend.
The Finn, twice winner of the World Cup and the all-time leading points scorer in the season-long series, retired in 2008 but announced his return to competition in March.
Ahonen starts his comeback on home snow in Kuusamo as he targets a return to top form in time for the Winter Olympics in Vancouver.
Schuster said. “For years he was the figurehead in ski jumping and had the greatest stability of all the top jumpers.
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You can watch all of the below fixtures from the FIS Alpine World Cup for men and women live on your PC with Eurosport player.
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It is all systems go for the opening World Cup event in Soelden following a positive weather bulletin.
Concerns were raised as a fortnight ago there was a significant snowless gap from the bottom part of the glacier to the finish area.
However, a cold front brought significant snowfall at the right time and the FIS have issued a positive bulletin.
In many places, the dry cold snow was additionally watered by hand so that we can prepare a compact and even base for all athletes,” said Hans Pieren, FIS race director for the men’s technical events.
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Austria’s grand old ski man Hermann Maier has returned to training after injuring his knee last March but will not race on the World Cup circuit until November-end.
“I’m not sad about coming back on the snow so late this year,” the 36-year-old who won overall world cup titles in 1998, 2000, 2001 and 2004, said on his website on Monday.
“The winter will be long enough and since I’m only coming back to the world cup at the end of November in North America (Lake Louise), we still have time.”
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Didier Cuche was quickest in opening training for Saturday’s World Cup downhill in Lake Louise.
The 35-year-old Swiss, who won the season’s first World Cup giant slalom race in Soelden, posted a time of one minute 49.98 seconds in the Canadian Rockies.
Austrian downhill champion Michael Walchoffer was next quickest, 0.62 seconds behind, with France’s Pierre-Emmanuel Dalcin in third.
Read the rest of this article »
German coach Werner Schuster has backed Janne Ahonen to impress on his return to the World Cup this weekend.
The Finn, twice winner of the World Cup and the all-time leading points scorer in the season-long series, retired in 2008 but announced his return to competition in March.
Ahonen starts his comeback on home snow in Kuusamo as he targets a return to top form in time for the Winter Olympics in Vancouver.
Schuster said. “For years he was the figurehead in ski jumping and had the greatest stability of all the top jumpers.
Read the rest of this article »
You can watch all of the below fixtures from the FIS Alpine World Cup for men and women live on your PC with Eurosport player.
Read the rest of this article »
It is all systems go for the opening World Cup event in Soelden following a positive weather bulletin.
Concerns were raised as a fortnight ago there was a significant snowless gap from the bottom part of the glacier to the finish area.
However, a cold front brought significant snowfall at the right time and the FIS have issued a positive bulletin.
In many places, the dry cold snow was additionally watered by hand so that we can prepare a compact and even base for all athletes,” said Hans Pieren, FIS race director for the men’s technical events.
Saturday 24th October 8.45am Women’s Giant Slalom 1st Run LIVE on your PC via the Eurosport Player – click below to subscribe.
Click here to visit Eurosport Player and watch live winter sports now on your PC.
Austria’s grand old ski man Hermann Maier has returned to training after injuring his knee last March but will not race on the World Cup circuit until November-end.
“I’m not sad about coming back on the snow so late this year,” the 36-year-old who won overall world cup titles in 1998, 2000, 2001 and 2004, said on his website on Monday.
“The winter will be long enough and since I’m only coming back to the world cup at the end of November in North America (Lake Louise), we still have time.”
Read the rest of this article »
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