Moeller and Haaser on the podium in Beaver Creek. Strong wind and thick snow, the start was postponed by almost an hour and the race was interrupted for a long time also due to Von Allmen’s fall. Tenth Franzoni
Vincent Kriechmayr returns to win where he began, who on the Birds of Prey of Beaver Creek (Colorado, USA) won a super G tormented by bad weather and interrupted for a long time due to the fall (without consequences) of the Swiss Franjo Von Allmen. For the Austrian born in 1991 it is the 19th success in the World Cup, eight years after the first triumph, on the same track and in the same specialty. On the podium the Norwegian Fredrik Moeller at 56 hundredths of a second and the other Austrian Raphael Haaser 1″03 behind. Fourth was the best of the Azzurri, the eternal Dominik Paris, 1″15 from the winner. For Kriechmayr – best time of 1’06″77 – also a revenge against his great rival in super G, Marco Odermatt: the Swiss, Cup leader, had beaten the Austrian last week at Copper Mountain, today he finished “only” fifth at 1″23.
super g beaver creek, the race
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The start of the race had already been initially delayed by 45 minutes due to strong winds, with associated snowfall, which forced the organizers to interrupt the race several times. But the longest interruption, about half an hour, was caused by Von Allmen’s disastrous fall: the Swiss broke a stick in the dynamic, ending up between the nets which were then fixed by the security managers. Between the accident and the insistent wind, the break was very long and when we resumed, a lot of fresh snow had deposited on the track which affected the following skiers. First to pay the price was Mattia Casse, first to start after the stop: the Italian, also due to the poor visibility, made several mistakes, accumulating 2″77 from the winner. Gugliemo Bosca did just better than Casse, 21st at 2″57 from Kriechmayr, with Innerhofer 23rd at 2″94. Giovanni Franzoni finished with a brilliant tenth place (a second and a half behind the first), who started with the bib 2. Of note is the curious accident involving Canadian Jeffrey Read, who lost his glove and pole when he hit a door, interrupting his descent immediately after. The race was definitively interrupted, but approved with the final result, before the descent of Braathen, bib number 32.