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On the program of this February 9, the Men' Super Combined who accumulated time of a Downhill and a Slalom run. The snow had stopped falling this morning, but clouds still hang summits, the departure had to be lowered in the "Catherine Bosse" located at 2550 meters. The teams on the track as reinforcements with 600 people worked yesterday and all night to remove snow from the night before and rehabilitate the runway at the origin.
At 10 hours, was lunging the first of the 49 athletes, 10 000 spectators had already gathered in the finish area and on the sides. The visibility was acceptable with a little sun to the latest bids. On arrival, the Norwegian Askeli Lud Svindal sign the best time, 4 hundredths in front the American Bode Miller and the Frenchman Adrien Theaux at 91 hundredths. Jean-Baptiste Grange at 1.10 seconds optimize his chances for the podium. The Other French rank 21st for Thomas Mermillod Blondin and 22nd for Julien Lizeroux ...
This Downhill sounded like a second chance for the contenders for the coronation of the skier the most complete and the show was held all its promises. Bode Miller has kept the line in the transition of Ancolie as anyone else is capable, as a equilibrist that trumps all laws of physics.
The Downhill Start List - The Downhill's Results
To enable the Women's Downhill, which was canceled yesterday, to take place today under the sun at 13:00, the Slalom of the Men's Super Combined was shifted to 17:00 in the evening. A great atmosphere from the bottom of the track where all of the course is visible. The suspense held spellbound the audience even more after a race which was won by the Norwegian Askeli Lud Svindal of the Gold Medal. The Frenchman Julien Lizeroux of the neighbor resort of La Plagne gets the Silver, 22nd after the downhill, he was the best Slalom time. The Croatian Natko Zrncic-Dim won the Bronze. While Jean-Baptiste Grange, the French current leader of the World Cup ahead by 1 second and 76 hunderdths for the intermediate time had mounted a door, the silence was suddenly taken over the volume of encouragement from the public. The American Bode Miller suffered the same misfortune as the Frenchman Adrien Theaux who was ranked 3rd in the Downhill. The last of four Frenchmen engaged Thomas Mermillod Blondin concludes with a very honorable 6th rank.
Note the good performance of Russian Alexandr Horoshilov which ranked 10th when it is 21st in the rankings in the Super Combined World Cup !
The Slalom Start List - The Final Results
Today Too : The Women's Downhill
Tomorrow : Day Off !
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