FIS Alpine Junior World Ski Championships 2021 wrap up in Bansko
Alpine 10 Mar 2021
The 40th edition of the Alpine Junior Wolrd Ski Championships ended today in Bansko (BUL). A total of 179 competitors from 44 nations participated under perfect conditions at the Pririni Mountain in Bulgaria, one week after the men’s FIS Alpine World Cup races were staged on the same hill. The men’s and women’s competitions were staged completely separately as part of the Covid-19 protocols with a two-day break between their competitions.
The first race of the event was the men’s super G. Giovanni Franzoni (ITA) showed his class and won just ahead of Lukas Feuerstein (AUT) and Gael Zulauf (SUI). The five top racers were within only 17 hundredths of a second. The day after, the fight for the title was the same. Feuerstein made the most of his opportunity and relegated Franzoni to second place in
Hurt closes out world juniors with bronze
Americans finished tied for sixth in team standings
March 10, 2021
U.S. Ski Team member AJ Hurt won slalom bronze at FIS Alpine World Junior Ski Championships in Bansko, Bulgaria on Wednesday, becoming the first American woman to podium in slalom since teammate Paula Moltzan won in 2015.
Hurt showcased solid skiing that would lead teammate Zoe Zimmermann into sixth place, just 0.51 behind the top pace in her debut world junior race. Italy’s Sophie Mathiou won gold, Sweden’s Moa Bostroem Mussener grabbed silver, and Hurt rounded out the podium with bronze, just one-hundredth out of second place.