Busy season in Europe culminates with national championships
April 1, 2021
Over the last two weeks, national championships in Europe followed the World Cup and closed out the alpine competition season for many racers. For some countries, it’s been two years since national championships have been held. While many World Cup athletes chose to kick back and forgo these events after a long season, here’s a recap of the all the action from across the pond. The U.S. commences its national championships next week in Aspen.
Sweden
A consolidated championship race took place in Are for the Swedish national championship after the first three days of races were canceled. Six athletes across three events were crowned national champions in downhill, GS, and slalom.
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Kriechmayr adds World Cup downhill win to world title
Italy s Dominik Paris speeds down the course during an alpine ski, men s World Cup downhill in Saalbach-Hinterglemm, Austria, Saturday, March 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Alessandro Trovati) March 06, 2021 - 6:41 AM
SAALBACH-HINTERGLEMM, Austria - Vincent Kriechmayr ended his two-year-long victory drought in menâs World Cup downhills by winning Saturday, three weeks after he took the world title in the discipline.
Wearing bib No. 1, the Austrian opened the race on the Schneekristall course with a near-flawless run.
Kriechmayr found the fastest line coming out of the start gate, as most of his rivals were already a few tenths of a second behind at the first split.
Kriechmayr found the fastest line coming out of the start gate, as most of his rivals were already a few tenths of a second behind at the first split.
Beat Feuz, who leads the downhill season standings, came closest but the Swiss skier finished 0.17 off the lead. You can always do better but it was a good run, Kriechmayr said. I had the right tactics at the start and could carry my pace into the middle section.
Last month, Kriechmayr became the first skier to win gold in both downhill and super-G at world championships since American standout Bode Miller did it in 2005.
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