Alpine Skiing World Tour - Everything thread (ended)

by **Savojarna** » Tue Jan 09, 2018 6:02 am

Welcome to the Alpine Skiing World Tour, where the best skiers of the Multiverse face off all over the world to find the best among themselves! Signups for riders remain open throughout the entire tour, and the signup/OOC Thread can be found here. Please only post in this thread if you signed up in the other one, and please do not post any OOC posts in here. Doing so will see your RP post reduced to zero.

How does alpine skiing work?
The goal of any alpine skiing event is to go down a prepared slope as fast as you can, while passing through a number of gates. The length and nature of the tracks is dependent on the discipline, of which there are four:

How does the ASWT work?
The Alpine Skiing World Tour has a number of races, split up over multiple weeks, the results of which are being added up. While they take part all over the multiverse IC'ly, they are all centrally scorinated by a single OOC host (me). The skill of racers is being determined by the skill ratings given in the signup, the difficulty of the race, the standing of the respective nation in the overall World Tour Standings and a RP bonus.

For each race, you have to select who takes part for your nation (assuming your team is larger than 4 skiers) before the cutoff. If you don't do so, the highest-ranked skiers from your roster will be used, or if applicable, the starters of your last race in that discipline. At the very end of the tour, the tour finals in Bergheim, Savojarna take place. For these events, only the top 15 skiers of each discipline + the top 5 of the general tour standings are allowed to take part.

Skill ratings are divided into speed and technical skill. These can each be a value between 1 and 9, and they need to add up to no more than 10. Speed determines how good your rider is at gliding and managing high speeds. High rates could be reached by classical downhill specialists. Skill determines how well your rider can do turns, stay on their skis and do jumps. High rates of skill are reached by slalom and GS specialists, but some downhillers also reach good skill levels!

For the general standings, the FIS point system is adapted, but in a way that only gives the Top 15 points (as otherwise everyone would get points for most races). The point system can be seen below. For the finals, only the Top 10 receive points as indicated below, while there are no points for places 11-15. Overall country standings are given after each event, while individual standings will only be given at selected points and before the ASWT finals. However, if you want to know standings of a certain discipline, you can always ask me by TG!

Schedule
Event 1: 10.1.2018 Hálsrath, Melbergia: Men's SL (3/7); Indusna, Azadeshia: Men's GS (5/5) / Hálsrath, Melbergia: Women's SL (3/7); Bhola, Azadeshia: Women's SL (3/7)
Event 2: 13.1.2018 Thandaye, Azadeshia: Men's DH (8/2), Men's SG (7/3), Men's SC (9/1; 3/7) / Liebertwolkwitz, RamsGates: Women's DH (9/1), Women's SG (6/4), Women's SL (2/8)
Event 3: 17.1.2018 PuljanaBirjke, Mattijana: Men's DH (9/1), Men's SG (8/2), Men's GS (4/6), Men's SL (3/7) / Thandaye, Azadeshia: Women's DH (8/2), Women's SG (7/3), Women's SC (9/1; 3/7)
Event 4: 20.1.2018 Liebertwolkwitz, RamsGates: Men's DH (9/1), Men's SG (6/4), Men's SL (2/8) / Jarrbergen, Northwest Kalactin: Women's DH (8/2); Kallora, Savojarna: Women's GS (4/6), Women's SL (1/9)
Event 5: 24.1.2018 Gagnon Mountain, Dunnes: Men’s SG (7/3), Men’s SC (8/2; 3/7) / Jarrbergen, Northwest Kalactin: Women's SG (5/5), Women's GS (4/6), Women's SL (3/7), Women's SC (8/2; 3/7)
Event 6: 28.1.2018 Kallora, Savojarna: Men's GS (4/6), Men's SL (2/8) / PuljanaBirjke, Mattijana: Women's DH (9/1), Women's SG (8/2), Women's GS (4/6), Women's SL (3/7)
Event 7: 31.1.2018 Jarrbergen, Northwest Kalactin: Men's SG (5/5), Men's GS (4/6), Men's SL (3/7), Men's SC (8/2; 3/7) / Gagnon Mountain, Dunnes: Womens GS (4/6), Women’s SC (8/2; 2/8)
Event 8: 3.2.2018 Uppviken, Savojarna: Men's DH (7/3), Men's SG (5/5), Men's SC (7/3; 2/8) / Grafjordur, Savojarna: Women's DH (9/1), Women's SG (7/3), Women's SL (2/8)
Event 9: 7.2.2018 Murrayville, Dunnes: Men’s DH (9/1), Men’s GS (3/7) / Ciavno, Neu Engollon: Women's DH (7/3), Women's SG (6/4), Women's GS (5/5), Women's SL (2/8)
Event 10: 10.2.2018 Ciavno, Neu Engollon: Men's DH (7/3), Men's SG (6/4), Men's GS (5/5), Men's SL (2/8) / Murrayville, Dunnes: Women’s DH (9/1),Women’s SG (7/3)
ASWT Finals: 16./17.2.2018 Bergheim, Savojarna: Men's DH (8/2), Men's SG (6/4), Men's GS (3/7), Men's SL (1/9), Men's SC (8/2; 2/8) / Women's DH (9/1), Women's SG (6/4), Women's GS (4/6), Women's SL (2/8), Women's SC (7/3; 2/8) / Nations Event (2/8)

Next upcoming races: 10. 1. 2018

by **Northwest Kalactin** » Tue Jan 09, 2018 7:13 pm

Well Northwest Kalactin is getting prepared for another winter sport championship alpine skiing this will be a hard one because again just like the sliding World Cup our stupid Olympic athletes won’t be able to join because of our dumb Olympic Committee but overall these guys got some pretty good skills well our coaches say we’re ready at least let’s hope our stars on the team come through for us Northwest Kalactin has been awarded the privilege to host a event at mount Jarrbergen, Northwest Kalactin well that is a very nice mountain to ski at it has a lot of visitors each year plus a great variate of different types of slops on the east side of the mountain has very good downhill tracks while the north and west sides are good for slaloms super G is good on the east side and many tracks that visitor ski on is the east and west sides it’s on the Kempsey and Herbandy border a big landmark overall the World Cup will be great and we hope you have fun to.

by **Northwest Kalactin** » Wed Jan 10, 2018 4:12 pm

Northwest Kalactin is expected to do well in this tour we have some stars that are able to play well against other teams let’s hope that they get some good luck
Chapter 1, training
Terri Flores is the fastest skier in Northwest Kalactin Tasha Gardner is the most agile but there was a dark horse on northwest Kalactins skiing team this year with star skier Javier Pratt gone at the Olympics Northwest Kalactin nedded another skier on the team there were many prospects Chris Morgan, randy turner and John barker but clay Hamilton was a normal Northwest kalactanian working as a janitor for Hardin middle school he loved skiing he did go skiing whenever he had a free weekend then Northwest Kalactin announced they wanted skiers for the world tour so clay went to the training center....

by **Savojarna** » Thu Jan 11, 2018 2:59 am

SavojarSports.sj Result Center
Skiing => ASWT => Overview

Men's Results

Halsrath, SL
 1 Arnald Jonson (MEL)          50.09    50.06    1:40.15
 2 Ryan Whelan (MEL)            49.56    51.81    1:41.37
 3 Carl Barker (NKO)            50.00    52.44    1:42.44
 4 Kristjan Maersk (SVJ)        51.45    52.09    1:43.54
 5 Marcel Sabitzer (MTJ)        52.97    51.90    1:44.87
 6 Gus Caldwell (MEL)           53.65    52.23    1:45.88
 7 Nathan Twine (KWP)           51.65    54.58    1:46.23
 8 Bob da Tomat (KWP)           51.55    55.35    1:46.90
 9 Chris Ellis (DUN)            56.56    50.38    1:46.94
10 Mattias Rudd (SVJ)           53.11    54.43    1:47.54
11 Mihai Torjenescu  (NTN)      54.48    54.02    1:48.50
12 Jenz Fursten (ATK)           57.28    51.51    1:48.79
13 Gudmundur Jonsson (SVJ)      58.00    51.24    1:49.24
14 Jonny Dimo (MEL)             54.77    54.60    1:49.37
15 Boomer Burk (KWP)            56.10    53.71    1:49.81
16 Luis Gourda (DUN)            55.08    55.93    1:51.01
17 Ville Uutama (SVJ)           58.32    56.96    1:55.28
18 Chris Glaser (DUN)         1:01.65    53.90    1:55.55
19 Gianni Lenginer (NEG)      1:03.76    55.00    1:58.76
20 Dietrich Zollern (ATK)     1:17.60    50.39    2:07.99
 — Clay Hamilton (NKO)          49.34      DSQ        DSQ
   Maredudd Westley (NAC)       54.31      DNF        DNF
   Vincent Hudon (NEG)          54.82      DSQ        DSQ
   Austin Nash (DUN)              DNF                 DNF

 Indusna, GS
 1 Carl Barker (NKO)          1:19.92  1:19.88    2:39.80
 2 Gianni Lenginer (NEG)      1:22.44  1:21.09    2:43.53
 3 Ben Rebnet (DUN)           1:19.42  1:24.17    2:43.59
 4 Tom Mei (KWP)              1:22.60  1:21.71    2:44.31
 5 Sergey Ruvakov (SVJ)       1:24.71  1:21.47    2:46.18
 6 Augustus Torje (NTN)       1:23.80  1:23.43    2:47.23
 7 Femme Kerwer (NAC)         1:22.93  1:25.97    2:48.90
 8 Dominik Hirser (MTJ)       1:21.04  1:28.37    2:49.41
 9 Vikas Patel (AZD)          1:23.41  1:26.39    2:49.80
10 Vincent Hudon (NEG)        1:23.30  1:26.69    2:49.99
11 James Jones (NDO)          1:23.04  1:29.49    2:52.53
12 Chris Glaser (DUN)         1:23.66  1:29.88    2:53.54
13 Pauli Haines (NAC)         1:29.25  1:24.32    2:53.57
14 Jenz Fursten (ATK)         1:26.30  1:27.85    2:54.15
15 Harold Greektoski (KWP)    1:32.84  1:21.33    2:54.17
16 Chris Ellis (DUN)          1:22.39  1:31.92    2:54.31
17 Arnald Jonson (MEL)        1:28.76  1:25.75    2:54.51
18 Gus Caldwell (MEL)         1:26.81  1:28.06    2:54.87
19 Eddie Callum (KWP)         1:24.37  1:31.56    2:55.93
20 Kjetil Sandström (SVJ)     1:31.55  1:24.51    2:56.06
21 Marcel Sabitzer (MTJ)      1:31.11  1:25.34    2:56.45
22 Ryan Whelan (MEL)          1:32.92  1:24.06    2:56.98
23 Flavius Varro (NTN)        1:27.16  1:29.88    2:57.04
24 Gudmundur Jonsson (SVJ)    1:35.50  1:21.92    2:57.42
25 Austin Nash (DUN)          1:35.59  1:21.85    2:57.44
26 Flavius Marao (NTN)        1:27.87  1:30.57    2:58.44
27 Johann Torje (NTN)         1:32.09  1:28.06    3:00.15
28 Karl Ossenheiser (ATK)     1:31.43  1:29.88    3:01.31
 — Michal Zedberg (SVJ)       1:45.77      DNF        DNF
   Clay Hamilton (NKO)            DNF                 DNF
   Jonny Dimo (MEL)               DNF                 DNF

Women's Results

Halsrath, SL
 1 Jill Roberts (NKO)              51.80    51.10    1:42.90
 2 Janis Wallace (DUN)             52.22    52.96    1:45.18
 3 Lana Schermann (NEG)            53.69    53.34    1:47.03
 4 Eke Sigmundsson (MEL)           53.15    54.97    1:48.12
 5 Missy Helan (KWP)               56.54    55.29    1:51.83
 6 Daniella Viedenfele (MTJ)       54.92    56.98    1:51.90
 7 Gabriela Torje (NTN)            56.89    55.02    1:51.91
 8 Edi Dunne (MEL)                 59.56    54.93    1:54.49
 9 Joanna Hannan (MEL)             58.40    56.33    1:54.73
10 Lily Hong (DUN)                 56.86    58.05    1:54.91
11 Nicola Hoig (ATK)               56.48    59.10    1:55.58
12 Daisy Jones (KWP)               53.89  1:01.77    1:55.66
13 Blossom Pepperdoodle (KWP)      56.48    59.69    1:56.17
14 Sinéad Kool (NAC)             1:03.21    54.36    1:57.57
15 Inge Krutz (ATK)                56.56  1:02.00    1:58.56
16 Ekatarina Nemtsova (SVJ)      1:00.97    59.60    2:00.57
17 Marie Krampert (DUN)            54.95  1:06.29    2:01.24
 — Ragnhild Holman (SVJ)           52.51      DNF        DNF
   Elsa Varazamo (NEG)             52.86      DNF        DNF
   Laura Mikaelsson (SVJ)          53.86      DNF        DNF
   Tasha Gardner (NKO)               DNF                 DNF
   Samantha Cross (DUN)              DNF                 DNF
   Ali Dunne (MEL)                   DNF                 DNF
   Kirsti Turkarainen (SVJ)          DNF                 DNF

Bhola, SL
 1 Tasha Gardner (NKO)             51.34    53.05    1:44.39
 2 Jill Roberts (NKO)              53.47    52.55    1:46.02
 3 Janis Wallace (DUN)             53.73    53.91    1:47.64
 4 Inge Krutz (ATK)                53.86    54.26    1:48.12
 5 Marie Krampert (DUN)            56.10    54.06    1:50.16
 6 Kirsti Turkarainen (SVJ)        57.89    53.54    1:51.43
 7 Laura Mikaelsson (SVJ)          58.67    52.77    1:51.44
 8 Daisy Jones (KWP)               53.14    59.53    1:52.67
 9 Daniella Viedenfele (MTJ)       58.65    54.13    1:52.78
10 Missy Helan (KWP)               59.33    53.76    1:53.09
11 Ali Dunne (MEL)                 56.22    59.50    1:55.72
12 Edi Dunne (MEL)               1:03.26    53.06    1:56.32
13 Gabriela Torje (NTN)            53.97  1:02.45    1:56.42
14 Lana Schermann (NEG)            54.08  1:02.39    1:56.47
15 Nicola Hoig (ATK)               57.15    59.51    1:56.66
16 Joanna Hannan (MEL)             53.09  1:04.67    1:57.76
17 Elsa Varazamo (NEG)           1:00.80    59.27    2:00.07
 — Lily Hong (DUN)                 53.08      DNF        DNF
   Eke Sigmundsson (MEL)           53.50      DNF        DNF
   Sinéad Kool (NAC)               53.59      DNF        DNF
   Ekatarina Nemtsova (SVJ)        53.71      DNF        DNF
   Samantha Cross (DUN)            54.04      DNF        DNF
   Blossom Pepperdoodle (KWP)        DNF                 DNF
   Ragnhild Holman (SVJ)             DNF                 DNF

Country Standings

Northwest Kalactin (NKO)	440
Melbergia (MEL)         	395
Dunnes (DUN)             	322
West Phoenicia (KWP)        	295
Savojarna (SVJ)         	217
Neu Engollon (NEG)            	184
Austrakia (ATK)         	146
Mattijana (MTJ)         	146
Natanians and Nosts (NTN)	120
Nacaltora (NAC)	                 74
Azadeshia (AZD)                	 29
New Doltania (NDO)           	 24
Sjovenia (SJO)           	  0

by **Mattijana** » Thu Jan 11, 2018 3:04 pm

Promise For Mattijanan Ski Team On World Tour Debut

MFO SPORT

Mattijana's international skiers brought home some encouraging results in the opening events of the Alpine Skiing World Tour in Hálsrath, Melbergia and Indusna and Bhola in Azadeshia. A 5th place in the Hálsrath slalom for Marcel Sabitzer was the pick of the bunch, whilst Daniella Viedenfele placed 6th in the women's event. Dominik Hiršer also recorded a top 10 spot in the Indusna giant slalom whilst Viedenfele was 9th in the Bhola slalom.

Although Mattijana sit only joint 7th in the overall standings, their downhill and super-G athletes are yet to compete. The opening men's downhill is in two days time in Thandaye, Azadeshia, whilst the women get going on the same day in Liebertwolkwitz in RamsGates. Olympic silver medallist Mattias Burges will be looking for a succesful pre-olympic tour with Julia Maza and Ilka Savranic also looking to gather some form ahead of the biggest competition of the year.

Get the lowdown on half of Mattijana's hopefuls here:

Mattias Burges

Events: Downhill, Super-G.

Mattijana's fastest racer hit perfect form almost two years ago when he took downhill silver in Mattijana's first Winter Olympics. He was unable to repeat the feat last time out, but remains a proven talent with aspirations of bringing home the gold.
Brought up in the Northern section of the ZentraleAlpe, Burges is at his best on flatter sections where his gliding ability stops the time from leaking away. Corners aren't a problem either however. The reigning Mattijanan champion has the skills and the muscle to turn with the best of them.

Dominik Hiršer

Events: Downhill, Super-G, Giant Slalom

A rapid slalomer or a technical downhiller, Dominik Hiršer is a highly versatile skier but comes alive in the Super-G which rewards both his natural speed and aptitude for finding the right lines in the right places. Hiršer likes to do his research before each event and will be often seen studying a course intensely before a race to find the fastest way down. The 25 year old will likely remain as the understudy in the downhill, but will look to make a name for himself amongst the Super-G field.

Marcel Sabitzer

Events: Slalom

Mattijana's slalom specialist made his Olympic debut last year and is ready to race this time around. The 26 year old grew up in the heart of the ZentraleAlpe and is a classic slalom skier from the region, keen on a more static upper body and flexible hip and knee movements. Although his technique is considered unorthodox by many, domestic results haven't let him down and some wins on the World Tour would be another step to realising his potential.

by **Northwest Kalactin** » Thu Jan 11, 2018 3:44 pm

Ooh that was fun we wrecked them we got first in 3 and second in 1 and 3rd in 1 pretty good I think we can do better that was only a practice run no kidding other country’s are good but we have better skiers

the sign up, chapter 2
Clay was ready to ski except he needed to sign up first and that wasn’t fun for clay he filled out a bunch of paperwork and he hated it it took him 3 hours to do it! After that they accepted clay to evaluate him and clay had to practice a bunch but he did that well.....

by **Dunnes** » Thu Jan 11, 2018 5:07 pm

How did I do so poorly, thought Chris Ellis as he looked out the window of his train car, somewhere in the middle of Azadeshia. Here he was stuck in a foreign country on a train ride that didn't seem to want to end. After his 9th and 16th place finishes in the previous events he was annoyed his fitness wasn't translating into concrete results on the world's stage. For heavens sake he was supposed to be one of his countries stars in the upcoming Olympic Games in Electrum, and top 10s weren't going to cut it. He slouched in his seat as the train blew though the countryside.

He glanced across the table at Ben Rebnet, who had finished third in Indusna, was asleep, but Austin Nash, who had done about the same as Ellis saw the distressed Ellis, obviously still frustrated from his performance.

"Dude, what's up you look unnerved," pointed out Nash.

"I don't know man I'm just flustered, I just didn't expect to do that poorly, you know, like I'm supposed to be doing well." said Ellis.

"I think you're just in your head Chris. Just focus on the flow of skiing, instead of the numbers and technical crap the coaches feed us." said Nash.

"Yeah I guess you're right man, I just want to love the sport again, instead of having to do all of this technical stuff that the federation requires us to do. I think in Thandaye I'm just going to focus on the skiing of things." said Ellis.

"Ok man, me too, now I think I need to get all of my stuff toghether as we roll into town." said Nash.

The train then slowed down dramatically, as they finally made the mountain town of Thandaye, with Mt. Shiva hovering over the town.

by **West Phoenicia** » Thu Jan 11, 2018 7:13 pm

Female Slalom skier Blossom Pepperdoodle sparked controversy today during her post event interview where she slammed Azadeshia for it's shoddy ski slopes at Bhola, Aniludana that she claims resulted in her poor performance.
Blossom Pepperdoodle, daughter of famous West Phoenician Soprano Opera singer Maria Pepperdoodle who is used to skiing in such luxury places like St Moritz and Lech, Austria had her melt down in the locker room surrounded by members of her support staff who supported her outbursts. She has vowed she may never ski again after being treated so badly.

Fellow team mate Missy Helan who placed 10th distanced herself from her temperamental team mate. Suggesting missed practice sessions, late nights of night clubbing and champagne drinking were the likely reasons for Blossom Pepperdoodle poor performance.

by **Northwest Kalactin** » Fri Jan 12, 2018 8:33 am

We are back in Northwest Kalactin with some news that Clay Hamilton has been injured after he busted a knee he will be back for the next race but will not play as well as he usually does now I can show you more of the story from the clay Hamilton stroy
Carl barker,chapter 3
Clay still couldn’t get turns correct on the super G he was about to get mad until a skilled skier came over his name was Carl barker and he was very good unfortunately he didn’t make the Olympic team he was the last one cut from the team so then he joined the ski World Tour team he was very good he went over to clay and gave him advice on how to do quick turns after that he made clay so he had better balance clay was happy and he was much better now...

by **Nacaltora** » Sat Jan 13, 2018 12:05 pm

Femme Kerwer posted Nacaltora's best result with a 7th place finish in the Men's Giant Slalom competition from Indusna, Azadeshia

Nacaltora's Alpine Ski Team opened competition in the Alpine World Cup this week from two locations. The men's and women's slalom competitions were hosted in Hálsrath, Melbergia. The men's giant slalom competitors were in Indusna, Azadeshia and the women's slalomers were in Bhola, Azadeshia.

Nacaltora did not have a strong showing in the slalom events in Hálsrath. In the men's competition, the lone competitor, Maredudd Westley completed his first run with a time of 54.31, good for 7th at the time. However, that would be the highlight for Westley as he failed to finish his second run. On the women's side, Sinéad Kool finished her first run with the worst time in the field, but made up for it in her second run by posting a 54.36 which was the 4th fastest time. Kool would finish the round in 14th place. "The second run really showed what I am capable of" Kool said after the competition. "I need to be a whole lot more consistent next time around."

Team Nacaltora fared better in the men's giant slalom from Indusna, Azadeshia. Femme Krewer, 33 from Peblora provided the highlight of the round with his 7th place finish. "I was happy with how things went today" Krewer said in his interview after the competition. "I have some things to improve on, but today was a solid start and I'm looking forward to my next opportunity." Tristin native, Pauli Haines (30) finished the competition in 13th place. "I took 5 seconds off my time in my second run today" Haines said. "Consistency is key in this sport and I need to improve on that to get top level results."

Despite her moderate success in the Hálsrath, Sinéad Kool failed to finish her second run in Bhola. Her first run scored a time of 53.59 which was good enough for 6th place at the time. Kool's skis came out from under her about halfway down the slope during her last run. "This isn't how I expected to start the season, but I know what I can do and will improve as the season goes on.

The next round will see Tukka Vanhanen and Femme Kerwer compete in the men's downhill and Tukka Vanhanen, Pauli Haines, Folke Van Willigen in the men's Super G. All men's competitions will be from Thandaye, Azadeshia. On the women's side, Therese Wynne will compete in the downhill, Tea Pfenning will compete in the super G and Sinéad Kool in the slalom. The women's events will take place in Liebertwolkwitz, RamsGates.

Stay tuned for more coverage of the Alpine World Cup.

by **Savojarna** » Sun Jan 14, 2018 4:02 am

SavojarSports.sj Result Center
Skiing => ASWT => Overview

Men's Results

Thandaye DH
 1 Luis Gourda (DUN)                 1:54.52
 2 Ryan Dreble (DUN)                 1:54.60
 3 Tukka Vanhanen (NAC)              1:54.68
 4 Dominik Hirser (MTJ)              1:54.75
 5 Anders Bergman (SVJ)              1:54.85
 6 Terri Flores (NKO)                1:54.95
 7 Cooper Admin (KWP)                1:55.03
 8 James Houge (DUN)                 1:55.14
 9 Gus Caldwell (MEL)                1:55.21
10 Petteri Urkkanen (SVJ)            1:55.23
11 Folke van Willigen (NAC)          1:55.44
12 Ryan McDougal (DUN)               1:55.55
13 Patrick Kellagan (KWP)            1:55.69
14 Gianni Lenginer (NEG)             1:56.11
   Mattias Burges (MTJ)              1:56.11
16 Clay Hamilton (NKO)               1:56.19
17 Marcus Rynneberg (SVJ)            1:56.20
18 Dietrich Zollern (ATK)            1:56.40
19 Jussi Urvalainen (SVJ)            1:56.41
20 Sooraj Vyas (AZD)                 1:56.65
21 Jenz Fursten (ATK)                1:56.83
22 Victor Leifsson (SVJ)             1:57.02
23 Arnald Jonson (MEL)               1:58.80
24 Filip Fislar (SJO)                1:58.93
25 Mihai Ionescu (NTN)               2:00.11
26 Ryan Whelan (MEL)                 2:00.70
27 Lieutenant Jacob Houston (WKP)    2:01.42
28 Carolus Torje (NTN)               2:02.29
29 Dhani Ghoshal (AZD)               2:04.05
 — Alistair Aldix (NDO)                  DNF
   Jonny Dimo (MEL)                      DNF
   Lukasz Brinivic (NDO)                 DNF
   Vincent Hudon (NEG)                   DNF

Thandaye SG
 1 Jonny Dimo (MEL)            1:30.43
 2 Ben Rebnet (DUN)            1:30.62
 3 Marcus Rynneberg (SVJ)      1:30.67
 4 Benjamin Sunbaron (KWP)     1:30.68
 5 Folke van Willigen (NAC)    1:30.72
 6 Dominik Hirser (MTJ)        1:30.74
 7 Chris Ellis (DUN)           1:30.76
 8 Jonathan Jordan (KWP)       1:30.80
 9 Gianni Lenginer (NEG)       1:30.84
10 Ryan Whelan (MEL)           1:30.87
11 Ryan Dreble (DUN)           1:30.95
12 Jenz Fursten (ATK)          1:31.10
13 Ajay Pritchard (KWP)        1:31.29
14 Victor Leifsson (SVJ)       1:31.41
15 Gus Caldwell (MEL)          1:31.51
16 Tukka Vanhanen (NAC)        1:31.57
   Petteri Urkkanen (SVJ)      1:31.57
18 Arnald Jonson (MEL)         1:31.62
19 Pauli Haines (NAC)          1:31.84
20 Sergey Ruvakov (SVJ)        1:32.20
21 Jussi Urvalainen (SVJ)      1:32.27
22 Lukasz Brinivic (NDO)       1:33.15
23 Mattias Burges (MTJ)        1:33.29
 — Karl Ossenheiser (ATK)          DNF
   Alistair Aldix (NDO)            DNF
   Vincent Hudon (NEG)             DSQ
   Ryan MacDougal (DUN)            DNF

Thandaye SC
 1 Terri Flores (NKO)            1:54.67  50.84  2:45.51
 2 Marcus Rynneberg (SVJ)        1:53.37  52.34  2:45.71
 3 Ryan McDougal (DUN)           1:54.76  51.13  2:45.89
 4 Vikas Patel (AZD)             1:54.12  51.78  2:45.90
 5 Ryan Dreble (DUN)             1:54.01  51.94  2:45.95
 6 Clay Hamilton (NKO)           1:54.32  51.86  2:46.18
 7 Chris Ellis (DUN)             1:54.53  51.77  2:46.30
 8 Gus Caldwell (MEL)            1:54.78  52.50  2:47.28
 9 Sooraj Vyas (AZD)             1:55.44  51.97  2:47.41
10 Thomas Dunedina (KWP)         1:56.67  51.35  2:48.02
11 Dhani Ghoshal (AZD)           1:54.75  53.30  2:48.05
12 Jussi Urvalainen (SVJ)        1:56.41  51.95  2:48.36
13 Folke van Willigen (NAC)      1:56.60  52.10  2:48.70
14 Jonny Dimo (MEL)              1:55.67  53.45  2:49.12
15 Sergey Ruvakov (SVJ)          1:59.12  52.90  2:52.02
16 Ryan Whelan (MEL)             2:01.93  51.52  2:53.45
 — Kjetil Sandström (SVJ)        1:55.47    DNF      DNF
   Count Alexei Dragonoff (KWP)  1:55.94    DNF      DNF
   Arnald Jonsson (MEL)              DNF             DNF
   Ben Rebnet (DUN)                  DNF             DNF
   Gudmundur Jonsson (SVJ)           DNF             DNF
   Brendan Tass (KWP)                DNF             DNF

Women's Results

Liebertwolkwitz DH
 1 Therese Wynne (NAC)           1:44.60
 2 Mia Parker (DUN)              1:45.58
 3 Julia Maze (MTJ)              1:45.68
 4 Frida Sjae (SVJ)              1:45.72
 5 Ilka Savranic (MTJ)           1:45.94
 6 Inge Krutz (ATK)              1:45.97
 7 Delia Arselius (SVJ)          1:46.40
 8 Mikaela Rank (SVJ)            1:46.70
 9 Lana Schermann (NEG)          1:46.92
10 Emme Ellis (DUN)              1:47.09
11 Nicola Honig (ATK)            1:47.61
12 Linne Pahlqvist (SVJ)         1:47.72
13 Lily Hong (DUN)               1:47.74
14 Sarah Delgado (NKO)           1:48.14
15 Kristina Ripanen (SVJ)        1:48.29
16 Elsa Varazamo (NEG)           1:48.63
17 Kalyani Panja (AZD)           1:48.73
18 Gracie Sunshine (KWP)         1:48.75
19 Joanna Hannan (MEL)           1:48.77
20 Louisa Arnold (NDO)           1:48.79
21 Christine Bass (KWP)          1:49.02
22 Rebecca Pančochova (SJO)      1:49.38
23 Katherine Pančochova (SJO)    1:51.60
24 Jill Roberts (NKO)            1:51.70
25 Mihaela Santos (NTN)          1:52.12
26 Gabriela Silva (NTN)          1:52.51
27 Eke Sigmundson (MEL)          1:52.93
28 Indu Jayavant (AZD)           1:53.70
29 Edi Dunne (MEL)               1:54.40
 — Kylie Astor (NDO)                 DNF
   Claire McBee (DUN)                DNF
   Ali Dunne (MEL)                   DNF

Liebertwolkwitz SG
 1 Linne Pahlqvist (SVJ)                    1:20.63
 2 Elsa Varazamo (NEG)                      1:21.07
 3 Julia Maze (MTJ)                         1:21.16
 4 Emme Ellis (DUN)                         1:21.22
 5 Delia Arselius (SVJ)                     1:21.46
 6 Kristina Ripanen (SVJ)                   1:21.79
 7 Baroness Philadelphia de Silver (KWP)    1:21.94
 8 Lana Schermann (NEG)                     1:22.36
 9 Yael Ben-Sheba (KWP)                     1:22.64
10 Kylie Astor (NDO)                        1:22.82
11 Inge Krutz (ATK)                         1:22.83
12 Kalyani Panja (AZD)                      1:23.07
   Aliya Bhave (AZD)                        1:23.07
14 Sara Strong (DUN)                        1:23.14
15 Sarah Delgado (NKO)                      1:23.43
16 Frida Sjae (SVJ)                         1:23.49
17 Mia Parker (DUN)                         1:23.59
18 Ilka Savranic (MTJ)                      1:23.61
19 Louisa Arnold (NDO)                      1:23.77
20 Jayanti Tavade (AZD)                     1:26.90
 — Tasha Gardner (NKO)                          DSQ
   Eke Sigmundson (MEL)                         DNF
   Tea Pfenning (NAC)                           DNF
   Vanja Ericsson (SVJ)                         DNF
   Nicola Honig (ATK)                           DNF
   Ali Dunne (MEL)                              DNF
   Edi Dunne (MEL)                              DNF
   Joanna Hannan (MEL)                          DNF
   Honey Cuddles (KWP)                          DNF
   Claire McBee (DUN)                           DNF

Liebertwolkwitz SL
 1 Sinéad Kool (NAC)               51.86    51.82    1:43.68
 2 Ali Dunne (MEL)                 51.80    52.14    1:43.94
 3 Marie Krampert (DUN)            51.75    52.30    1:44.05
 4 Eke Sigmundson (MEL)            51.69    52.65    1:44.34
 5 Daniella Viedenfele (MTJ)       51.75    52.65    1:44.40
 6 Joanna Hannan (MEL)             51.52    53.98    1:45.50
 7 Daisy Jones (KWP)               52.54    52.96    1:45.50
 8 Ragnhild Holman (SVJ)           53.22    52.49    1:45.71
 9 Samantha Cross (DUN)            53.04    53.43    1:46.47
10 Blossom Pepperdoodle (KWP)      54.54    52.02    1:46.56
11 Janis Wallace (DUN)             53.99    53.09    1:47.08
12 Inge Krutz (ATK)                56.00    54.44    1:50.44
13 Missy Helan (KWP)               56.79    53.86    1:50.65
14 Elsa Varazamo (NEG)             57.70    56.80    1:54.50
15 Gabriela Torje (NTN)          1:00.39    56.82    1:57.21
16 Nicola Honig (ATK)              55.13  1:02.79    1:57.92
 — Ekatarina Nemtsova (SVJ)        51.89      DNF        DNF
   Jill Roberts (NKO)              53.25      DNF        DNF
   Tasha Gardner (NKO)             53.84      DNF        DNF
   Maria Andersson (SVJ)             DNF                 DNF
   Lana Schermann (NEG)              DNF                 DNF
   Kirsti Turkarainen (SVJ)          DNF                 DNF
   Lily Hong (DUN)                   DNF                 DNF
   Edi Dunne (MEL)                   DNF                 DNF
   Laura Mikaelsson (SVJ)            DNF                 DNF

Country Rankings

Dunnes (DUN)                   1144
Savojarna (SVJ)         	857
Melbergia (MEL)         	786
Northwest Kalactin (NKO)	654
West Phoenicia (KWP)        	626
Nacaltora (NAC)         	495
Mattijana (MTJ)         	464
Neu Engollon (NEG)            	390
Austrakia (ATK)         	278
Azadeshia (AZD)                	176
Natanians and Nosts (NTN)	136
New Doltania (NDO)          	 50
Sjovenia (SJO)           	  0

by **Mattijana** » Sun Jan 14, 2018 2:59 pm

Burges Slams Conditions As Maze Takes Double Bronze

MFO SPORT

Mattias Burges took time to criticise the Azadeshian snow after the first speed events of the Ski World Tour in Thandaye. The Mattijanan was equal 14th out of 33 competitors in the downhill and slipped back to 23rd out of 27 in the Super-G.

Speaking after the end of his second race, Burges gave interviews with some of the multiverse's media outlets and was keen to share his displeasure with the snow conditions.

"It was really soft out there today. The snow just seemed to completely come apart after about 5 people had been down it, so by the time they got down to my start draw, it was pretty much impossible to carry any speed through the run. Of course it always gets a little bumpier as you move down the order, but this kind of break up just makes it really unfair for anyone having to go further down the order. I know it was warm this morning, but the run must have been pretty poorly looked after for it to soften up like that."

The stats also seemed to suggest that conditions had worsened. Both the top 2 and 4th-placed Dominik Hirser, the second Mattijanan in the race, were in the first 6 racers to leave the start hut whilst all of the last 10 to go failed to make the top 10 with Burges the second-best placed of them in 14th.

Speaking after his career-best results of 4th in the downhill and 6th in the Super-G, Dominik Hirser also spoke to the media about the conditions.
"I can see what they're getting at for sure. It looked like the run got a lot more cut-up after I went down and it was already a little soft then. I'm just grateful to have got an earlier start draw and I'm really happy to have made it count for something."

Burges also showed a more veiled displeasure at the event being held in the Indian nation, that has suffered some civil unrest in recent times and seemed to experience smaller crowds than the corresponding events in Liebertwolkwitz and Hálsrath.

"Having the event here is a disappointment really. It's a sad state of affairs when you have to rely on away supporters to create any kind of atmosphere at an event. When there are so many great venues around-PuljanaBirjke next week will be amazing I'm sure, it's a shame that they had to put the first downhill of the season at a venue with poorly-maintained snow, too high a temperature and a civil war going on. I know money does a lot of the talking, but it's money from football and fighting which are two things our sport should be looking to distance itself from. The people here seem more bothered about Football and Cricket and that's fine, but the only real reason to justify coming here would be to reward a really passionate crowd and that simply doesn't exist here."

Burges' complaints come off the back of those by West Phoenician slalom skier Blossom Pepperdoodle about the state of the slopes in nearby Bhola and will only strengthen the controversy around the tour's early venues.

Impressive Day For Maze

There were no such problems for Mattijana's women as they started their downhill campaign in Liebertwolkwitz. Julia Maze was the favourite for Mattijana and an excellent run put her third, only a tenth of a second off second. Therese Wynne from Nacaltora blew the rest of the competition away to take the gold by almost a second.
Second Downhill specialist Ilka Savranic also looked in good touch in the longer format, coming home in an excellent 5th place to make Mattijana the best-placed women's downhill nation in the running. The Matbirjkan nipped in ahead of Inge Krutz by 3 hundredths of a second to take a place in the top 5.
The Super-G was similarly impressive as she once again took a place on the podium, behind Neu Engollon's Elsa Varazamo and Linne Pahlqvist from Savojarna. Ilka Savranic was not in such hot form as in the downhill, eventually coming home well over 2 seconds off the pace in 18th.

Daniella Viedenfele was back in action following 9th and 6th placed finishes at the opening two races in Hálsrath and Bhola and improved on ose results to finish 5th. A storming first run left her in a tie for third with Marie Krampert from Dunnes and alhough a mistake on the second run cost her a spot on the podium, she was still able to take healthy points with a top 5 finish.

There will be an increased air of excitement around the Mattijanan camp next time out as well. The second men's downhill and Super-G of the season take place in PuljanaBirjke and are backed up by a giant slalom and slalom. The women will experience the same conditions as the men did this round as they take to the slopes of Thandaye in Azadeshia for their second downhill and Super-G races. Coverage as always will be available online and on MFO 2.

by **Melbergia** » Mon Jan 15, 2018 4:38 pm

Dimo Adds Fuel To The Fire

Criticism of the Azadeshian Alpine Skiing venue at Thandaye continued this evening as Men's Super G winner Jonny Dimo of Melbergia became the latest participant to condemn conditions.

"There were some really poor quality races out there, many better competitors than myself did poorly today and I just feel like I got lucky.

Given the current events in Azadeshia I think the organisers need to take a look at themselves over some of the decisions they've made when selecting venues.

I pity the women's team going up against these same conditions at the next event."

***

The Melbergian team's performance has so far outstripped expectation, with some excellent individual performances such as that of Dimo's contributing to the nation sitting third overall in the rankings. Confidence is high going into the next round of races.

by **Dunnes** » Mon Jan 15, 2018 7:40 pm

The Sports Register

CONTROVERSY IN AZADESHIA

Olympic Selection Up In The Air, Bad Conditions Garner Bad Reviews

THANDAYE, AZADESHIA & LIEBERTWOLKWITZ, RAMSGATES- After men's races in Azadeshia and women's races in RamsGates, and Dunnes taking the lead in the country standings, controversy is abound on the Ski World Tour at both home and abroad. Luis Gourda won the downhill in Thandaye, besting compatriot Ryan Dreble on poor slopes. However, Gourda was not placed on the preliminary Dunnes Olympic Team, prompting the high performance committee of SkiDunnes to convene this week to decide whether or not to produce an addendum to the Olympic Team Roster. Dunnes has an open spot in the downhill, but if Gourda is to compete in more than one event at the games, which is typically the case, he will have to take another competitors spot.

"We're going to look at all of the potential options that are available to us before making a final decision." said SkiDunnes High Performance Team Manager Steve Ludekenik, in a statement released to the press over the weekend.

Gourda refused to comment on the issue, but his coach briefly said that he would be proud to represent his country in whatever venue is available to him.

Gourda and Dreble weren't the only racers in Thandaye however, as Ben Rebnet took the silver in the SG, and Ryan McDougal took the bronze in the Super Combined. However the main drama in Thandaye centered around the continuing backlash about the state of the venues in Azadeshia.

After remarks by West Phoenician, Blossom Pepperdoodle, after the races in Bhola about the poor conditions on the mountain and the lack of fans, athletes from Mattijana and Melbergia continued the complaints citing the lack of fans and even questioning whether or not there should even be events in Azadeshia.

The Dunians were also bemused. Chris Ellis who competed in the Super Combined and the SG in Thandaye said, "I understand that we need to grow the sport, but we ought to be able to find better venues than this. Like come on, there weren't any engaged fans, and the quality of the course was about the same as a snowbank on the side of the road back home."

SkiDunnes President John Applewhite added that, "I want to guarantee the international skiing community that the venues at Gagnon Mountain and Murrayville will be accommodating to fans and athletes alike. We are taking special measures to provide additional transportation to venues and provide optimal viewing for fans."

The women competed in better conditions at Liebertwolkwitz in RamsGates, and the highlight was Mia Parker's silver in the downhill, and Marie Krampert's bronze in the slalom.

These results, combined with the mens results puts Dunnes solidly in the lead of the countries standings. The next races are a DH, SG, GS, and SL for the men in PuljanaBirjke, Mattijana and the women return to Thandaye, Azadeshia for a DH, SG and SC.

by **West Phoenicia** » Tue Jan 16, 2018 1:25 am

West Phoenicia trudges along to Event 3 of the Alpine Skiing World Tour. With so so results the Alpine Skiing squad is aware they have a lot to show and prove before heading to the next Winter Olympics games in Prescott, Electrum.

The Schedule is as follows;

Puljana Birjke; Mattijana

Men DH: Cooper Admin; Lieutenant Jacob Houston, Patrick Kellagan

Best Chance: Cooper Admin has attended 2 Winter Olympics. While he failed to place he has had the opportunity to go up against some seasoned athletes. Cooper’s best win was gold at
1st Winter Universiade; Wrycrev, Kosovakia.

Ajay Pritchard , Benjamin Sunbaron, Jonathan Jordan

Best Chance: Ajay Pritchard edges out as the best chance for the Alpine Skiing World Tour after winning gold at the Nations Sport Federations Council Winter Games. Some good results at this tour should give him more national attention once the Winter Olympics are upon us.

Men GS: Harold Greektoski , Eddie Callum, Tom Mei

Best Chance: Harold Greektoski, while Tom Mei is currently higher during this world tour, Harold often starts off weak and propels to a great finish. One only has to remember his gold win at the
1st Winter Universiade; Wrycrev, Kosovakia. Expect some tough competition between Harold and Tom Mei.

Men SL: Boomer Burk, Bob da Tomat, Nathan Twine

Best Chance: Men's Slalom is not something that West Phoenicia is winning any awards or medal at. Currently during this tour Nathan Twine has a small lead over Bob da Tomat. Mr Twine currently ranked 7th in the last event. But sports pundits predict none of these three will make the top 3.

Thandaye, Azadeshia

Women DH: Gracie Sunshine, Christine Bass

Best Chance: Gracie Sunshine holds a silver in Nations Sport Federations Council Winter Games for Women’s Downhill. She placed 18th in the last event and she will have a long way to go to reach medal position.

Women SG: Honey Cuddles, Baroness Philadelphia De Silver, Yael Ben-Sheba

Best Chance: Baroness Philadelphia De Silver currently leads after placing 7th at the last event. Hoever Honey Cuddles has a silver medal in the Super-G awarded to her at the Nations Sport Federations Council Winter Games. However she had a bad run at the last event, she didnt even finish.

Women SC: Claire Cotton, Anny Lei, Lady Peggy Von Buren

Best Chance: Claire Cotton hands down is the favorite to win a medal. She won Bronze at the
XII Winter Olympics-Prescott, Electrum and is favorite to win another medal at the XII. Claire is professional and intimidating and will be hard to beat by other nations.

by **Savojarna** » Tue Jan 16, 2018 7:01 am

SavojarSports.sj - inside reports from all Savojarna
Concerns in Savojarna rise before Kallora

Two weeks before the first women's Giant Slalom of the season in Kallora, Savojarna, the ladies' technical team is barely in shape. The women had already three slaloms under their belt, in which the Savojars have struggled hardly to reach the goals they had set themselves. Ragnhild Holman was the best of our athletes at 8th place, with Mikaelsson and Turkarainen slipping off an exceptionally difficult track in the first run. Ekatarina Nemtsova was well positioned with her 7th place after the first run, only 0.36 seconds behind leader Joanna Hannan of Melbergia, but then failed to do anything in the second when she also failed to finish the race due to a too aggressive second run when she was pushing for a place on the podium.

The consensus among the Savojar team was that the conditions in RamsGates, while fair, were very difficult and very icy. Laura Mikaelsson stated in an interview after the race: "It was very hard out there, and we knew that from the trainings. But this is a common thing in slaloms, and we should have been better prepared for it. I slipped on an ice bubble and could get back into the run, but I was a bit unlucky with a rather high number and caught a hole, so it was hard to make it to the next gate and I just kind of lost balance in the very steep part of the track. It was too late to get back onto my feet, which is a pity becase I had a really good run until there". Indeed, Laura Mikaelsson was on the way with the fourth-best intermediate, only 0.12 seconds behind Hannan's intermediate. Turkarainen was in a similarly good position when she made a mistake with her skis, crossing them and slipping out of the race in consequence.

Even worse was the season opener in Halsrath, where only Ekatarina Nemtsova finished the race in the first place, and did so with almost 10 seconds behind leader and winner Jill Roberts after she had missed a gate in the first run. Holman had been doing very well again there, being third after the first run, but fell on the second run and could not finish the race; a fate that also befell 6th placed Laura Mikaelsson in the second run after she had already committed two mistakes and was clearly behind then leader Missy Helan. The only truly satisfying result for the team came in Bhola, in questionable conditions where Turkarainen and Mikaelsson profited from their starting position to come 6th and 7th.

There has not been a giant slalom yet, but the slalom had always been considered the stronger discipline for Savojarna - something that was truly challenged now. As the women's speed team gets some screentime in Azadeshia next weekend and the technical specialists will have a break, those that do not intend to participate in the combined of Thandaye will already move to Bergheim to train, before relocating to Kallora in time for the races of Event 4.

by **Mattijana** » Tue Jan 16, 2018 2:38 pm

A Visitor's Guide To PuljanaBirjke

MFO SPORT

Mattijana are set to host the men's circuit of the Alpine Ski World Tour as event 3 comes to PuljanaBirjke. With crowds from all over the multiverse planning to flock to the town, here's a guide to let you know what to expect, whether you're coming from Mattijana or elsewhere.

The Town:

PuljanaBirjke is situated on the southern side of the ZentraleAlpe, the group of mountains in the centre of the country and the biggest set of mountains in the nation. The town itself has a summer population of around 4500, which swells to almost 9000 in the winter season, and is named after the river Pul that has its source in the mountains above the town and flows through its centre.
People have been living in PuljanaBirjke for centuries, drawn to the site by its crystal clear river water and space for cattle and goat farming. Winter sports are a more recent activity in the region, but adventerous pioneers started to explore the snowy slopes above the town nearly 200 years ago and quickly found that the fastest way to get back to the town was on two skis. Pistes followed and the PuljanaBirjke slopes are now amongst the most famous in the country. A bobsled and skeleton track was also built above the town.

Numerous hotels are situated around the town and are mainly small, cosy and family-run affairs offering good hospitality, excellent local cuisine and specific house-made liquors. As hotels may fill up over the race weekend, a number of guesthouses and apartments are also available. Restaurants are also numerous, providing the best local meats, breads and dumplings. Near the slopes themselves, there are more mountain huts than are possible to count to provide lunch and coffees. Bakeries, convenience stores and banks with international access are also present. For those planning to stay in the area beyond the competitions, there is a ski school offering lessons and lift passes for between half a day and a week. Snowboard lessons are also available, but snowboarding infrastructure is less prevalent and the teachers are an interesting bunch. Equipment can be hired in a shop next to the ski school's office.

The Race:

A Mattijana Ski Tour race has been held in PuljanaBirjke since its beginning and individual events were held on the mountain long before it began. Domestically, the race boasts as much history as the region, but this is the first time an international race has been held at the site and the chance to write more history is a golden one.
Two separate sections of piste are used in competitive events, one for the downhill and super-G and another for the giant slalom and slalom.

Downhill/Super-G:

The downhill course, known locally as the LarjasRenn (Run of Fear), starts at the top of the PvolaBirjke (colloquially known as the LarjaBirjke). The initial open section of the course would be a reasonably gentle start were it not for the sweeping turns that wind their way towards the treeline. They include the off-camber rouletta curve and the bumpjump, an inoccuous but annoying roller that skiers frequently become airborne off and frequently crash after.
The course then steepens as it continues downwards towards the first major jump, called the Hallerflei.
The landing of the Hallerflei leads quickly into a sharp right-hand turn. Speed theough it depends mainly on the landing of the jump. From there, the course runs into a narrow tree-lined alley which funnels racers towards the second large jump of the course, the Strunjanflei.

The strunjanflei spits skiers out of the trees and into a more open section of pistes off the side of a small cliff. From their the gradient steepens and the fastest speeds on the whole run are generally recorded there.
A fast chicane follows before the final dash to the finish area.

Slalom/Giant Slalom:

The section for the slaloms leads into the same finish area as the downhill, but is situated maonly to the side of downhill course on a steeper area of piste. A twisty initial start is followed by a flatter and straighter section to suit the gliders amongst the field. The course kicks again over the final few hundred metres, dipping into a cauldron of noise from the crowd that is an additional test for any competitor.

Around The Race:

The PuljanaBirjke crowd will give any in the world a run for their money in terms of noise and passion. They are highly partisan, but welcoming towards foreign visitors and will be keen to show off their town, cuisine and culture over the course of the event. Most Mattijanans are bilingual, the majority speaking English and/or German in addition to Mattijanan. French and Spanish are less commonly spoken, but may still be present. Food stalls will be present around the stands around the finish area.

Camera and interview positions for international media will be available and accomodation for athletes and support staff will be in the Hotel Strunjan near the town's main gondola, leading to the training slopes and downhill run. A nearby chairlift serves the slalom courses.

by **Savojarna** » Thu Jan 18, 2018 5:17 am

SavojarSports.sj Result Center
Skiing => ASWT => Overview

Men's Results

PuljanaBirjke DH
 1 Sam Konnors (DUN)                 1:54.32
 2 Mattias Burges (MTJ)              1:54.41
 3 Petteri Urkkanen (SVJ)            1:54.62
 4 Tuukka Vanhanen (NAC)             1:54.67
 5 Dominik Hirser (MTJ)              1:54.78
 6 Stephen Teale (MEL)               1:54.90
 7 Ryan Dreble (DUN)                 1:55.03
 8 Sooraj Vyas (AZD)                 1:55.19
 9 Marcus Rynneberg (SVJ)            1:55.20
10 Tim O'Brien (MEL)                 1:55.30
11 Lieutenant Jacob Houston (KWP)    1:55.40
12 Jenz Fursten (ATK)                1:55.89
13 Luis Gourda (DUN)                 1:55.96
14 Ereptor Skorheim (COS)            1:56.05
15 Jussi Urvalainen (SVJ)            1:56.11
16 James Houge (DUN)                 1:56.17
17 Victor Leifsson (SVJ)             1:56.41
18 Alistair Aldix (NDO)              1:56.54
19 Filip Fislar (SJO)                1:57.06
20 Arnald Jonson (MEL)               1:57.30
21 Mihai Ionescu (NTN)               1:57.48
22 Kraig DeGroot (COS)               1:57.59
23 Cooper Admin (KWP)                1:58.14
24 Gianni Lenginer (NEG)             1:58.36
25 Dhani Ghoshal (AZD)               1:58.66
26 Dietrich Zollern (ATK)            1:58.85
27 Patrick Kellagan (KWP)            1:59.12
28 Ryan Whelan (MEL)                 2:00.00
29 Carolus Torje (NTN)               2:00.06
30 Femme Kerwer (NAC)                2:00.12
31 Lukasz Brinivic (NDO)             2:00.38
32 Gus Caldwell (MEL)                2:01.02
33 Clay Hamilton (NKO)               2:01.14
 — Ryan MacDougal (DUN)                  DNF
   Vincent Hudon (NEG)                   DNF
   Anders Bergman (SVJ)                  DNF
   Terri Flores (NKO)                    DSQ
   Jonny Dimo (MEL)                      DNF

PuljanaBirjke SG
 1 Sergey Ruvakov (SVJ)        1:30.31
   Tim O'Brien (MEL)           1:30.31
 3 Luis Gourda (DUN)           1:30.42
 4 Chris Ellis (DUN)           1:30.52
 5 Dominik Hirser (MTJ)        1:30.69
   Marcus Rynneberg (SVJ)      1:30.69
 7 Anders Bergman (SVJ)        1:30.77
 8 Pauli Haines (NAC)          1:30.79
 9 Benjamin Sunbaron (KWP)     1:30.88
10 Folke van Willigen (NAC)    1:31.05
11 Jonny Dimo (MEL)            1:31.19
12 Gianni Lenginer (NEG)       1:31.23
13 Ajay Pritchard (KWP)        1:31.52
14 Petteri Urkkanen (SVJ)      1:31.55
15 Kraig DeGroot (COS)         1:31.57
16 Ryan MacDougal (DUN)        1:31.62
17 Karl Ossenheiser (ATK)      1:31.66
18 Jonathan Jordan (KWP)       1:31.72
19 Lukasz Brinivic (NDO)       1:31.80
20 Ryan Whelan (MEL)           1:31.87
21 Thyeer Khmerit (COS)        1:31.96
22 Gus Caldwell (MEL)          1:32.11
23 Arnald Jonson (MEL)         1:32.16
24 Carl Barker (NKO)           1:32.62
25 Terri Flores (NKO)          1:32.73
26 Hallgrim Axelbakk (COS)     1:32.86
27 Stephen Teale (MEL)         1:33.92
28 Vikas Patel (AZD)           1:34.24
29 Ben Rebnet (DUN)            1:34.31
30 Kahoda Ghoshal (AZD)        1:35.35
 — Jussi Urvalainen (SVJ)          DNF
   Jenz Fursten (ATK)              DNF
   Ryan Dreble (DUN)               DNF
   Ereptor Skorheim (COS)          DNF
   Alistair Aldix (NDO)            DNF
   Mattias Burges (MTJ)            DNF
   Vincent Hudon (NEG)             DNF
   Tukka Vanhanen (NAC)            DSQ
   Victor Leifsson (SVJ)           DNF

PuljanaBirjke GS
 1 Pauli Haines (NAC)         1:19.22  1:18.29    2:37.51
 2 Dominik Hirser (MTJ)       1:19.42  1:18.32    2:37.74
 3 Marcel Sabitzer (MTJ)      1:18.24  1:19.94    2:38.18
 4 Carl Barker (NKO)          1:20.00  1:18.48    2:38.48
 5 Tom Mei (KWP)              1:19.36  1:19.59    2:38.95
 6 John Barry (DUN)           1:21.21  1:17.80    2:39.01
 7 Arnald Jonson (MEL)        1:20.86  1:18.18    2:39.04
 8 Gudmundur Jonsson (SVJ)    1:19.63  1:20.22    2:39.85
 9 Jonny Dimo (MEL)           1:20.24  1:20.66    2:40.90
10 Chris Glaser (DUN)         1:21.20  1:19.83    2:41.03
11 Femme Kerwer (NAC)         1:19.76  1:21.83    2:41.59
12 Ben Rebnet (DUN)           1:20.19  1:21.42    2:41.61
13 Chris Ellis (DUN)          1:23.88  1:17.80    2:41.68
14 Ryan Whelan (MEL)          1:19.68  1:22.83    2:42.51
15 Marcus Rynneberg (SVJ)     1:24.37  1:18.15    2:42.52
16 James Jones (NDO)          1:21.49  1:21.62    2:43.11
17 Austin Nash (DUN)          1:24.35  1:18.87    2:43.22
18 Harold Greektoski (KWP)    1:25.74  1:18.25    2:43.99
19 Gus Caldwell (MEL)         1:21.74  1:22.41    2:44.15
20 Kjetil Sandström (SVJ)     1:23.76  1:21.44    2:45.20
21 Clay Hamilton (NKO)        1:23.46  1:21.91    2:45.37
22 Karl Ossenheiser (ATK)     1:21.39  1:24.62    2:46.01
23 Michal Zedberg (SVJ)       1:24.53  1:21.87    2:46.40
24 Vincent Hudon (NEG)        1:23.99  1:22.75    2:46.74
25 Flavius Varoo (NTN)        1:24.89  1:25.15    2:50.04
26 Johann Torje (NTN)         1:21.52  1:29.74    2:51.26
27 Gianni Lenginer (NEG)      1:24.37  1:29.18    2:53.55
28 Jenz Fursten (ATK)         1:25.89
29 Kraig DeGroot (COS)        1:26.41
30 Stephen Teale (MEL)        1:26.98
31 Augustus Torje (NTN)       1:28.21
32 Hallgrim Axelbakk (COS)    1:29.02
33 Vikas Patel (AZD)          1:29.52
34 Thyeer Khmerit (COS)       1:31.40
35 Flavius Marao (NTN)        1:31.56
 — Tim O'Brien (MEL)          1:17.94      DNF        DNF
   Jussi Urvalainen (SVJ)     1:18.73      DNF        DNF
   Eddie Callum (KWP)         1:21.18      DNF        DNF
   Ryan MacDougal (DUN)           DNF                 DNF
   Sergey Ruvakov (SVJ)           DNF                 DNF

PuljanaBirjke SL
 1 Marcel Sabitzer (MTJ)        49.77    48.29    1:38.06
 2 Jonny Dimo (MEL)             48.99    49.41    1:38.40
 3 Mattias Rudd (SVJ)           50.30    48.53    1:38.83
 4 Chris Glaser (DUN)           49.44    49.54    1:38.98
 5 Gudmundur Jonsson (SVJ)      49.55    49.73    1:39.28
 6 Ville Uutama (SVJ)           50.25    49.27    1:39.52
 7 Boomer Burk (KWP)            49.58    49.99    1:39.57
 8 Luis Gourda (DUN)            49.00    51.08    1:40.08
 9 Arnold Taylor (DUN)          50.95    49.31    1:40.26
10 Kjetil Sandström (SVJ)       48.85    51.52    1:40.37
11 Gus Caldwell (MEL)           51.39    49.06    1:40.45
12 John Barry (DUN)             51.95    48.72    1:40.67
13 Ryan Whelan (MEL)            50.89    49.90    1:40.79
14 Bob da Tomat (KWP)           49.14    51.74    1:40.88
15 Arnald Jonson (MEL)          49.42    51.50    1:40.92
16 Maredudd Westley (NAC)       49.83    51.17    1:41.00
17 Austin Nash (DUN)            51.26    49.86    1:41.12
18 Kristjan Maersk (SVJ)        49.62    51.72    1:41.34
19 Tim O'Brien (MEL)            50.60    51.05    1:41.65
20 Clay Hamilton (NKO)          48.86    53.08    1:41.94
21 Carl Barker (NKO)            51.17    51.48    1:42.65
22 Chris Ellis (DUN)            51.67    51.29    1:42.96
23 Nathan Twine (KWP)           52.88    50.27    1:43.15
24 Gianni Lenginer (NEG)        51.02    53.11    1:44.13
25 Thyeer Khmerit (COS)         51.86    52.45    1:44.31
26 Dietrich Zollern (ATK)       52.63    52.77    1:45.40
27 Stephen O'Teale (MEL)        52.28    54.52    1:46.80
28 Jenz Fursten (ATK)           53.36    53.64    1:47.00
29 Mihai Torjenescu  (NTN)      53.12  1:00.24    1:53.36
 — Vincent Hudon (NEG)            DNF                 DNF
   Benji Masaru (COS)             DSQ                 DSQ

Women's Results

Thandaye DH
 1 Mia Parker (DUN)              1:44.21
 2 Linne Pahlqvist (SVJ)         1:44.40
 3 Ulrika Hansen (MEL)           1:44.86
 4 Gabriela Silva (NTN)          1:45.22
 5 Eke Sigmundsson (MEL)         1:45.80
 6 Claire McBee (DUN)            1:46.09
 7 Frida Sjae (SVJ)              1:46.34
 8 Emme Ellis (DUN)              1:46.41
 9 Joanna Hannan (MEL)           1:46.42
10 Nicola Honig (ATK)            1:46.60
11 Julia Maze (MTJ)              1:46.81
12 Kristina Ripanen (SVJ)        1:46.84
13 Gracie Sunshine (KWP)         1:47.03
14 Indu Jayavant (AZD)           1:47.25
15 Delia Arselius (SVJ)          1:47.39
16 Sara Strong (DUN)             1:47.63
17 Inge Krutz (ATK)              1:47.64
18 Ilka Savranic (MTJ)           1:47.65
19 Jill Roberts (NKO)            1:47.67
20 Lana Schermann (NEG)          1:48.22
21 Millie Smith (DUN)            1:48.27
22 Louisa Arnold (NDO)           1:48.30
23 Kylie Astor (NDO)             1:48.46
24 Christine Bass (KWP)          1:48.54
25 Rebecca Pancochova (SJO)      1:48.60
26 Ali Dunne (MEL)               1:49.46
27 Vanja Ericsson (SVJ)          1:49.66
28 Elsa Varazamo (NEG)           1:52.69
29 Edi Dunne (MEL)               1:52.75
30 Nemi Dreesen (COS)            1:53.06
31 Mihaela Santos (NTN)          1:57.28
32 Kalyani Panja (AZD)           1:59.92
 — Saga Skyland (COS)                DNF
   Sarah Delgado (NKO)               DNF
   Katherine Pancochova (SJO)        DNF
   Mikaela Rank (SVJ)                DSQ
   Georgie Lindstrom (MEL)           DNF
   Therese Wynne (NAC)               DNF

Thandaye SG
 1 Mia Parker (DUN)                         1:20.21
 2 Delia Arselius (SVJ)                     1:20.70
 3 Eke Sigmundson (MEL)                     1:20.79
 4 Alexandra Nemanyuk (SVJ)                 1:21.10
 5 Honey Cuddles (KWP)                      1:21.15
 6 Julia Maze (MTJ)                         1:21.23
 7 Georgie Lindstrom (MEL)                  1:21.29
 8 Sarah Delgado (NKO)                      1:21.69
 9 Claire McBee (DUN)                       1:21.72
10 Millie Smith (DUN)                       1:21.81
11 Nicola Honig (ATK)                       1:21.82
12 Kalyani Panja (AZD)                      1:21.84
13 Emme Ellis (DUN)                         1:21.96
14 Aliya Bhave (AZD)                        1:22.03
15 Baroness Philadelphia de Silver (KWP)    1:22.29
16 Vanja Ericsson (SVJ)                     1:22.31
17 Elsa Varazamo (NEG)                      1:23.00
18 Tea Pfenning (NAC)                       1:23.42
19 Frida Sjae (SVJ)                         1:23.73
20 Joanna Hannen (MEL)                      1:23.75
21 Jayanti Tavade (AZD)                     1:23.85
22 Ali Dunne (MEL)                          1:23.90
23 Nemi Dreesen (COS)                       1:23.91
24 Edi Dunne (MEL)                          1:23.99
25 Lana Schermann (NEG)                     1:24.18
26 Inge Krutz (ATK)                         1:26.14
27 Yael Ben-Sheba (KWP)                     1:26.61
28 Kylie Astor (NDO)                        1:29.62
29 Emily Northcutt (COS)                    1:29.89
30 Louisa Arnold (NDO)                      1:31.09
 — Janis Wallace (DUN)                          DNF
   Ilka Savranic (MTJ)                          DNF
   Ulrika Hansen (MEL)                          DNF
   Sara Strong (DUN)                            DNF
   Linne Pahlqvist (SVJ)                        DNF
   Kristina Ripanen (SVJ)                       DNF
   Tasha Gardner (NKO)                          DNF

Thandaye SC
 1 Helga Birkasdotter (SVJ)    1:26.41    43.66    2:10.07
 2 Janis Wallace (DUN)         1:24.94    45.45    2:10.39
 3 Alexandra Nemanyuk (SVJ)    1:25.54    44.89    2:10.43
 4 Edi Dunne (MEL)             1:26.46    44.04    2:10.50
 5 Joanna Hannan (MEL)         1:26.89    43.73    2:10.62
 6 Eke Sigmundson (MEL)        1:25.39    45.57    2:10.96
 7 Marie Krampert (DUN)        1:25.94    45.16    2:11.10
 8 Delia Arselius (SVJ)        1:26.64    44.58    2:11.22
 9 Vanja Ericsson (SVJ)        1:26.43    44.85    2:11.28
10 Claire Cotton (KWP)         1:26.18    45.13    2:11.31
11 Maria Andersson (SVJ)       1:26.45    45.00    2:11.45
12 Jansen Stone (COS)          1:26.75    44.74    2:11.49
13 Ali Dunne (MEL)             1:26.93    44.62    2:11.55
14 Anny Lei (KWP)              1:27.03    44.54    2:11.57
15 Sarah Delgado (NKO)         1:26.58    45.35    2:11.93
16 Sara Strong (DUN)           1:27.24    44.77    2:12.01
17 Inge Krutz (ATK)            1:25.46    46.57    2:12.03
18 Ulrika Hansen (MEL)         1:24.56    47.56    2:12.12
19 Georgie Lindström (MEL)     1:25.87    46.58    2:12.45
20 Nemi Dreesen (COS)          1:27.10    46.20    2:13.30
21 Aliya Bhave (AZD)           1:26.52    47.54    2:14.06
 — Emme Ellis (DUN)            1:25.48      DNF        DNF
   Peggy van Buren (KWP)       1:25.70      DNF        DNF
   Tea Pfenning (NAC)          1:26.60      DNF        DNF
   Nicola Honig (ATK)          1:27.13      DNF        DNF
   Claire McBee (DUN)              DNF                 DNF
   Indu Jayavant (AZD)             DNF                 DNF
   Mia Parker (DUN)                DNF                 DNF
   Emily Northcutt (COS)           DNF                 DNF
   Kalyani Panja (AZD)             DNF                 DNF
   Satsuki Saatchi (COS)           DNF                 DNF
   Tasha Gardner (NKO)             DNF                 DNF

Country Standings

Dunnes (DUN)             	2114
Savojarna (SVJ)         	1909
Melbergia (MEL)         	1584
Mattijana (MTJ)         	 938
West Phoenicia (KWP)        	 913
Northwest Kalactin (NKO)	 752
Nacaltora (NAC)         	 655
Neu Engollon (NEG)            	 402
Austrakia (ATK)         	 350
Azadeshia (AZD)                	 222
Natanians and Nosts (NTN)	 186
Cosumar (COS)           	  56
New Doltania (NDO)           	  50
Sjovenia (SJO)           	   0

by **Dunnes** » Fri Jan 19, 2018 9:59 am

The Sports Register

PARKER VICTORIOUS

Konnors Takes Victory in WT Debut in Mattijana

THANDAYE, AZADESHIA & PULJANABIRJKE, MATTIJANA- Mia Parker topped the podium in both the downhill and the Super Giant Slalom at the Thandaye making her one to watch as the Dunian team is selected for the Winter Games. Meanwhile in Mattijana, Sam Konnors won the Downhill on his WT debut as just a 17 year old.

"I knew I was on form in Liebertwolkwitz, when I finished second in the downhill there, but the results in Thandaye prove that I'm on track for a great finish at the Olympic Games." said Parker. "If I can keep this up I know I'll be able to do my country proud."

Parker took advantage of a crash by Therese Wynne, the winner in Liebertwolkwitz, en route to winning the downhill, and had to take back time at the bottom of the course, after being down by three tenths at the checkpoints at the top of the mountain. Claire McBee was sixth in the competition after being the early leader. Emme Ellis finished eighth, returning to form after crashing earlier in the season.

Parker also took the win in the Super Giant Slalom in Thandaye, using her technical skill on the rough course. Claire McBee and World Tour newcomer Millie Smith finished ninth and tenth respectively.

"It was definitely rough out there, we needed to dial in the wax, and I just want to thank our team staff for getting that right today." remarked McBee. "I'm looking forward to getting back to famous venues."

The Super Combined was also contested in Thandaye, with Janis Wallace taking second, losing out on the top of the podium after a disastrous slalom run. She led the downhill by close to half a second, but gave up close to four times that on the slalom run to her closest competitors.

The men were in PuljanaBirjke in Mattijana, and Sam Konnors, the 17 year old out of Deschutes won the downhill on his World Tour debut. Perhaps due to favorable conditions at the start of the day, Konnors was able to set a blistering time that was never surpassed.

"You know it was just a fun course, a great course, the fans were just great, I think it was a great place to debut, and, yeah, I can't really be disappointed with the result." said Konnors after the downhill.

In the Super Giant Slalom in PuljanaBirjke, Luis Gourda finished third, closely followed by Chris Ellis, only a tenth back in fourth. The Dunian men were less impressive in the Giant Slalom, led by newcomer John Barry.

The World Tour continues in Liebertwolkwitz, RamsGates, for the men, where they will contest the downhill, super giant slalom, and slalom, as the women head to Jarrbergen, Northwest Kalactin, for a downhill, before heading to Kallora, Savojarna, for a Giant Slalom and Slalom.

SkiDunnes Changes Olympic Selection

STEVENSON, DUNNES-SkiDunnes has changed their processes for the Olympic Selection in the Alpine Events after looking at the results on the Skiing World Tour. The new selection criteria are as follows:

skiDunnes
Selection Criteria for the XIII Winter Olympic Games

Dunnes will select no more than eight (8) skiers per gender in total for the XIII Winter Olympic Games in Prescott, Electrum. The criteria for selection, in order of importance is as follows:

Criteria A (Up to 4 Athletes per Gender): The top Dunian athlete, provided they are in the top six (6), at events in Dunnes will make the team. The events are Gagnon Mountain, Dunnes: Men’s SG, Men’s SC, Womens GS, Women’s SC; Murrayville, Dunnes: Men’s DH, Men’s GS, Women’s DH, Women’s SG.

Criteria B (Up to 1 Athlete per Gender): The top Dunian athlete, provided they are in the top six (6), in the Slalom events in Kallora, Savojarna (Men), and PuljanaBirjke, Mattijana (Women), will make the team.

Criteria C (Up to 5 Athletes per Gender): If no Dunian athlete finished in the top six at the above events, the highest Dunian in the World Tour Rankings in the events not filled will be selected.

Criteria D (Up to 2 Athletes per Gender): To fill the team, the overall World Tour rankings will be used to select up to three (3) remaining athletes, provided they are in the top-25 overall.

Criteria E (Remaining Spots): The remaining spots, if there are any, will be decided by discretionary selection, in which the Alpine High Performance Committee will take in to consideration: 1) The World Tour Overall Rankings, 2) The Trend of the Athlete's Performance, 3) Potential for Future Medals at an Olympic Games, 4) Performance Testing.

Event Selection Criteria: Each athlete that qualifies for the team in Criteria A, B, C, will qualify for that discipline automatically. The other spots will be decided by 1) The World Tour Discipline Rankings, and 2) The Trend of the Athlete's Performance.

by **Northwest Kalactin** » Sat Jan 20, 2018 11:55 am

welcome to Jarrbergen
Northwest Kalactin has its first round of hosting today with the ski races at Jarrbergen this is the best skiing mountain Northwest Kalactin possibly one of the best in the world it is a great place for downhill racing it is a 4.2 in reviews which is pretty good considering how many tracks there are we have 4 double black diamond tracks, 13 Black dimond tracks, 15 Blue tracks and 9 green tracks overall that’s 41 tracks one reason we have so many compared to the other mountains in Northwest Kalactin is because Jarrbergen is based on 2 mountains mount Jarrbergen which has 29 of the 41 and mount spirit so let’s hope your team has fun there

by **Mattijana** » Sat Jan 20, 2018 2:42 pm

Mattijana Taste Home Success In PuljanaBirjke

MFO SPORT

A competitor gets good air off the StrunjanFlei during the Men's downhill in PuljanaBirjke

Mattijana continued their preparation for the 13th Winter Olympics in Style on home snow in PuljanaBirjke as they secured 4 podium finishes, their highest tally of the season so far. They included victory in the slalom for Marcel Sabitzer, which he backed up with a third in the giant slalom. Dominik Hirser took second in the same event, whilst there was another second place in the downhill for Mattias Burges.

With snow plentiful in the ZentraleAlpe thanks to a period of heavy weather in the build up to the event, conditions were good, if a little too soft compared to the near-icy conditions preferred by the skiers. However the weather calmed down in time for the race weekend and a little cloud in the morning had burnt off by the time the Slalom got underway.

Marcel Sabitzer looked in good nick in the opening slalom event in Hálsrath, recording a 5th place to start his season following a famous gold medal at the 12th Olympic Games in Prescott. The 26 year old started well too, using his gliding ability to post good times over the first section of the course. A small mistake on the steep as the outside ski threatened to escape saw him drop to 9th after run 1, but there was still a solid base to make a push for the podium off of.

Run 2 came soon enough after a quick manicure to the course and Sabitzer didn't dissapoint, improving on his first trip down to record a time of 48.29, the fastest of the race. That layed down the gauntlet to those ahead of him and they couldn't match the Mattijanan's pace with Melbergian Jonny Dimo getting closest, mainly thanks to a first run that left him second at the interval.

Sabitzer was understandably delighted after the win, particularly as it came not just in Mattijana, but also close to his home town of StaveMirne.

"It's a great feeling to win here today. the venue did a really good job after the snow and the crowd were amazing. To come onto the final section and hear them cheering you on is one of the best feelings going, so I'd like to thank all of them for their support."

Consistency was the key for Dominik Hirser in the Giant Slalom. Two good, albeit not scintillating runs for the 25 year old were enough to put him second after the two runs, whilst Marcel Sabitzer's confidence continued to flow as he registered a third place in the longer format of his preferred event. Hirser also layed down a solid run in the Super-G and with the top 15 in each race scoring points, Mattijana will also recieve a healthy haul from his 5th place finish.

Early morning cloud around the course soon burnt off, but made for some good photo opportunities on the slopes surrounding the LaraBirjke.

With the shorter disciplines done and dusted, it was time for the final race of the event and the most hotly anticipated of all. Mattijanan skiers had tackled the Rouletta, BumpJump and StrunjanFlei for decades, but the first chance to see the world's best skiers take on the more fearsome elements of the LaraBirjke was not to be missed.
With the race the talk of the town for weeks beforehand, expectations were high and after a couple of early runners to whet the appetite, 17 year-old Sam Konnors from Dunnes layed down a stunning run of 1:54.32, unexpectedly close to the track record given the slightly snowier-than-optimum conditions and overhauling his teammate and early leader Claire McBee.
'Follow that' was the message given to the rest of the field and Jonny Dimo from Melbergia was the first to push too hard as he came in too hot to Rouletta and lost his skis from under him, sliding straight on into the catch netting.
Dominik Hirser was the first Mattijanan in the start hut and went close, showing good skill at the top of course and getting the timing screens into green numbers. Good carry off the Hallerflei was ultimately to his detriment however as he got into the subsequent right-hander too late, robbing him of speed into the glide-heavy alley section. A technically solid final section stopped the rot though and Hirser slotted into provisional second,trailing Konnors by 0.46 seconds.

With a fairly sizeable margin between 1st and 2nd, there was always room for someone to slot in and Savojarnen Petteri Urkkanen was first to do so, coming in 3 tenths off the pace. It was to be home favourite Mattias Burges who came closest to beating the man from Dunnes however.

The Mattijanan didn't get off to the best start and lost some vital height through Rouletta. A slingy line more akin to something seen on the Sliding World Cup followed through the long banked left-hander after the Rouletta gave him vital speed to carry into the HallerFlei and the expert jumper began to haul in his half second deficit through the alley section. Good distance over the StrunjanFlei kept the momentum going but despite the best efforts of the PuljanaBirjke crowd, Burges ran out of piste, finishing just 9 hundredths behind.

Tuukka Vanhanen from Nacaltora just missed out on the podium late on, but Konnors was otherwise untroubled at the top of the leaderboard, taking his first ever victory to back up a second place last time out in Liebertwolkwitz. Lieberwolkwitz winner Therese Wynne briefly threatened to go well, but crashed out spectacularly midway through the run.

Snow was thin on the ground in Thandaye, but seemed to be better than for the men's event last week after colder weather in Azadeshia.

The action from PuljanaBirjke wasn't all from the ski calander however as the woman took to the same controversial snow as the last men's event. Thandaye in Azadeshia was the venue and although snow was once again on the slushy side, the general consensus seemed to be that conditions were marginally better than last week, albeit only marginally.
Mattijana's skiers echoed the sentiments of the men last week, particularly Ilka Savranic who crashed out after her outside ski caught a lump of soft snow that had been swept just off the racing line.
"It was really tough out there today. On line it was really bare and rutted, but if you were a little early or late into a turn, you just hit a big patch of slush and best case scenario you lose a lot of speed and worst case scenario, you do yourself a serious injury. I felt a twinge in my knee as I went down, but luckily the binding broke before it could turn into something serious, so I'm very grateful for that."

Teammate Julia Maze got down safely in 11th, meaning she'll win points for Mattijana, but admitted she will be keen to get back to harder snow next week. She did acheive 6th in the Super-G however, another healthy boost to her and her nation's totals.

Mattijana move to 4th in the overall standings ahead of West Phoencia, but are a fair way adrift of Melbergia in 3rd. They have the chance to close the gap soon as the women travel to Jarrbergen in Northwest Kalactin for the downhill and Kallora in Savojarna for the giant slalom and slalom. Meanwhile, the men travel to Liebertwolkwitz for the downhill, super-G and slalom after the women visited earlier in the season. The women's tour visit PuljanaBirjke later in the season.

by **Savojarna** » Sun Jan 21, 2018 7:02 am

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Men's Results

Liebertwolkwitz DH
 1 Marcus Rynneberg (SVJ)            1:54.86
 2 Kameran Albermauler (MTJ)         1:54.90
 3 Sooraj Vyas (AZD)                 1:55.07
 4 Mattias Burges (MTJ)              1:55.25
 5 John Hall (DUN)                   1:55.35
 6 Terri Flores (NKO)                1:55.36
 7 Jussi Urvalainen (SVJ)            1:55.38
 8 Victor Leifsson (SVJ)             1:55.42
 9 Tuukka Vanhanen (NAC)             1:55.44
10 Ryan MacDougal (DUN)              1:55.48
11 Jenz Fursten (ATK)                1:55.49
12 Alistair Aldix (NDO)              1:55.50
13 Stephen Teale (MEL)               1:55.64
14 Luis Gourda (DUN)                 1:55.65
15 Jonny Dimo (MEL)                  1:55.70
16 Ryan Dreble (DUN)                 1:55.75
17 Ryan Whelan (MEL)                 1:55.76
18 Anders Bergman (SVJ)              1:55.78
19 Filip Fislar (SJO)                1:55.86
20 Matej Lavrencic (MTJ)             1:55.90
   Sam Konnors (DUN)                 1:55.90
22 Cooper Admin (KWP)                1:56.14
   Gianni Lenginer (NEG)             1:56.14
24 Tim O'Brien (MEL)                 1:56.23
25 Vincent Hudon (NEG)               1:56.25
26 James Houge (DUN)                 1:56.61
27 Dominik Hirser (MTJ)              1:57.05
28 Clay Hamilton (NKO)               1:57.24
29 Arnald Jonson (MEL)               1:57.40
30 Femme Kerwer (NAC)                1:57.48
31 Gus Caldwell (MEL)                1:59.00
32 Kraig DeGroot (COS)               1:59.32
33 Mihai Ionescu (NTN)               1:59.33
34 Dietrich Zollern (ATK)            1:59.54
35 Lieutenant Jacob Houston (KWP)    1:59.57
36 Carolus Torje (NTN)               2:00.21
37 Patrick Kellagan (KWP)            2:01.74
 — Petteri Urkkanen (SVJ)                DSQ
   Ereptor Skorheim (COS)                DNF
   Lukasz Brinivic (NDO)                 DSQ
   Dhani Ghoshal (AZD)                   DNF

Liebertwolkwitz SG
 1 Gianni Lenginer (NEG)       1:30.36
 2 Ryan MacDougal (DUN)        1:30.37
 3 Marcus Rynneberg (SVJ)      1:30.54
 4 Ajay Pritchard (KWP)        1:30.61
 5 Sergey Ruvakov (SVJ)        1:30.65
 6 Matej Lavrencic (MTJ)       1:30.68
 7 Kjetil Sandström (SVJ)      1:30.72
 8 Folke van Willigen (NAC)    1:30.73
 9 Luis Gourda (DUN)           1:30.80
10 Jonny Dimo (MEL)            1:30.86
11 Tim O'Brien (MEL)           1:30.87
12 Carl Barker (NKO)           1:30.90
   Petteri Urkkanen (SVJ)      1:30.90
14 Stephen Teale (MEL)         1:30.91
15 Dominik Hirser (MTJ)        1:30.92
16 Gus Caldwell (MEL)          1:31.01
17 Ryan Whelan (MEL)           1:31.08
18 Karl Ossenheiser (ATK)      1:31.19
19 Sam Konnors (DUN)           1:31.28
20 Benjamin Sunbaron (KWP)     1:31.31
21 Mattias Burges (MTJ)        1:31.33
22 Pauli Haines (NAC)          1:31.45
23 Jussi Urvalainen (SVJ)      1:31.52
   Chris Ellis (DUN)           1:31.52
25 Alistair Aldix (NDO)        1:31.58
26 Ereptor Skorheim (COS)      1:31.63
27 Arnald Jonson (MEL)         1:31.68
28 Kahoda Ghoshal (AZD)        1:31.89
29 Thyeer Khmerit (COS)        1:32.83
30 Lukasz Brinivic (NDO)       1:32.85
31 Vikas Patel (AZD)           1:33.46
 — Tuukka Vanhanen (NAC)           DNF
   Jonathan Jordan (KWP)           DNF
   Krai DeGroot (COS)              DNF
   Jenz Fursten (ATK)              DNF
   Vincent Hudon (NEG)             DNF
   Victor Leifsson (SVJ)           DNF
   Hallgrim Axelbakk (COS)         DNF
   Terri Flores (NKO)              DNF
   Ryan Dreble (DUN)               DSQ
   Ben Rebnet (DUN)                DNF

Liebertwolkwitz SL
 1 Boomer Burk (KWP)            48.53    49.13    1:37.66
 2 Arnold Taylor (DUN)          49.15    49.26    1:38.41
 3 Jonny Dimo (MEL)             49.25    49.85    1:39.10
 4 Gus Caldwell (MEL)           50.15    50.45    1:40.60
 5 Luis Gourda (DUN)            50.27    50.54    1:40.81
 6 Clay Hamilton (NKO)          51.49    49.39    1:40.88
 7 Kevin Handler (MTJ)          47.98    52.96    1:40.94
 8 Ville Uutama (SVJ)           51.93    49.26    1:41.19
 9 Carl Barker (NKO)            49.67    51.76    1:41.43
10 John Barry (DUN)             50.54    50.99    1:41.53
11 Gudmundur Jonsson (SVJ)      51.83    49.76    1:41.59
12 Chris Ellis (DUN)            50.23    51.87    1:42.10
13 Austin Nash (DUN)            50.44    52.22    1:42.66
14 Bob da Tomat (KWP)           52.20    50.71    1:42.91
15 Chris Glaser (DUN)           51.44    51.50    1:42.94
16 Maredudd Westley (NAC)       52.26    50.71    1:42.97
17 Marcel Sabitzer (MTJ)        52.02    51.37    1:43.39
18 Jenz Fursten (ATK)           51.61    52.00    1:43.61
19 Stephen Teale (MEL)          50.51    55.03    1:45.54
20 Dietrich Zollern (ATK)       53.61    52.19    1:45.80
21 Andrez Sabler (MTJ)          52.07    54.14    1:46.21
22 Thyeer Khmerit (COS)         51.25    59.10    1:50.35
23 Arnald Jonson (MEL)        1:02.17    49.72    1:51.89
24 Tim O'Brien (MEL)            57.65    56.25    1:53.90
25 Benji Masaru (COS)           56.48    58.12    1:54.60
26 Vincent Hudon (NEG)          57.41  1:02.49    1:59.90
 — Kristjan Maersk (SVJ)        49.68      DNF        DNF
   Mattias Rudd (SVJ)             DNF                 DNF
   Nathan Twine (KWP)             DNF                 DNF
   Kjetil Sandström (SVJ)         DSQ                 DSQ
   Ryan Whelan (MEL)              DNF                 DNF
   Mihai Torjenescu (NTN)         DNF                 DNF
   Gianni Lenginer (NEG)          DNF                 DNF

Women's Results

Kallora GS
 1 Jansen Stone (COS)               1:11.69  1:12.02    2:23.71
 2 Sara Strong (DUN)                1:11.98  1:12.68    2:24.66
 3 Janis Wallace (DUN)              1:11.73  1:13.28    2:25.01
 4 Jill Roberts (NKO)               1:12.65  1:13.66    2:26.31
 5 Georgia Jesenice (MTJ)           1:13.42  1:12.91    2:26.33
 6 Sophia Vilna (MTJ)               1:15.01  1:11.39    2:26.40
 7 Daniella Viedenfele (MTJ)        1:11.48  1:15.06    2:26.54
 8 Emme Ellis (DUN)                 1:11.98  1:14.62    2:26.60
 9 Kirsti Turkarainen (SVJ)         1:13.18  1:13.65    2:26.83
10 Maria Andersson (SVJ)            1:15.96  1:12.20    2:28.16
11 Ashlee Towns (KWP)               1:16.82  1:11.87    2:28.69
12 Georgie Lindstrom (MEL)          1:15.97  1:12.87    2:28.84
13 Ali Dunne (MEL)                  1:16.00  1:12.90    2:28.90
14 Edi Dunne (MEL)                  1:17.34  1:12.09    2:29.43
15 Linnie Southgate (NAC)           1:14.11  1:15.33    2:29.44
16 Helga Birkasdotter (SVJ)         1:15.92  1:13.63    2:29.55
17 Eke Sigmundson (MEL)             1:13.81  1:15.85    2:29.66
18 Devi Aucks (KWP)                 1:13.93  1:15.78    2:29.71
19 Mia Parker (DUN)                 1:16.19  1:13.66    2:29.85
20 Vanja Ericsson (SVJ)             1:17.69  1:12.47    2:30.16
21 Tasha Gardner (NKO)              1:14.92  1:15.91    2:30.83
22 Marie Krampert (DUN)             1:16.25  1:15.58    2:31.83
23 Claudia Smith (NTN)              1:16.13  1:17.73    2:33.86
24 Julia Cross (DUN)                1:16.34  1:17.82    2:34.16
25 Ulrika Hansen (MEL)              1:16.38  1:18.06    2:34.44
26 Inge Krutz (ATK)                 1:18.12  1:17.88    2:36.00
27 Elsa Varazamo (NEG)              1:16.77  1:26.93    2:43.70
28 Ioana LeFebvre (NTN)             1:16.44  1:27.85    2:44.29
29 Rebecca Pancochova (SJO)         1:18.33
30 Jenni Nemotalia (KWP)            1:18.67
31 Delia Arselius (SVJ)             1:19.38
32 Annie Parke (NDO)                1:19.71
33 Satsuki Saatchi (COS)            1:20.28
34 Nicola Honig (ATK)               1:21.00
35 Lana Schermann (NEG)             1:24.08
36 Emily Northcutt (COS)            1:24.21
— Sara Mihaelovic (MTJ)            1:12.27      DNF        DNF
   Elica Oliveira (NTN)             1:16.01      DNF        DNF
   Lady Margaret Senafrica (KWP)        DNF
   Joanna Hannan (MEL)                  DNF
   Alexandra Nemanyuk (SVJ)             DNF
   Marcia Marques (NTN)                 DNF
   Jayanti Tavade (AZD)                 DNF

Kallora SL
 1 Janis Wallace (DUN)             51.76    50.95    1:42.71
 2 Daniella Viedenfele (MTJ)       50.99    52.34    1:43.33
 3 Ekatarina Nemtsova (SVJ)        51.65    52.05    1:43.70
 4 Marie Krampert (DUN)            51.77    51.98    1:43.75
 5 Tasha Gardner (NKO)             51.68    52.63    1:44.31
 6 Georgia Jesenice (MTJ)          52.36    52.75    1:45.11
 7 Kelly Hall (DUN)                53.34    51.90    1:45.24
 8 Lily Hong (DUN)                 53.08    52.25    1:45.33
 9 Maria Andersson (SVJ)           52.79    52.63    1:45.42
10 Emily Keel (DUN)                52.48    53.61    1:46.09
11 Ragnhild Holman (SVJ)           52.57    53.54    1:46.11
12 Edi Dunne (MEL)                 53.88    53.69    1:47.57
13 Alexandra Nemanyuk (SVJ)        58.54    52.95    1:51.49
14 Kirsti Turkarainen (SVJ)        58.09    53.46    1:51.55
15 Nicola Honig (ATK)              55.86    57.13    1:52.99
16 Eke Sigmundson (MEL)            58.88    54.95    1:53.83
17 Joanna Hannan (MEL)             53.91    59.99    1:53.90
18 Jansen Stone (COS)              59.99    54.99    1:54.98
19 Satsuki Saatchi (COS)         1:00.29    54.75    1:55.04
20 Gabriela Torje (NTN)            59.96    58.48    1:58.44
21 Lana Schermann (NEG)          1:01.07  1:00.07    2:01.14
 — Ali Dunne (MEL)                 53.04      DNF        DNF
   Inge Krutz (ATK)                54.10      DNF        DNF
   Missy Helan (KWP)               55.28      DNF        DNF
   Georgie Lindstrom (MEL)         56.27      DNF        DNF
   Laura Mikaelsson (SVJ)          57.10      DNF        DNF
   Samantha Cross (DUN)              DNF                 DNF
   Blossom Pepperdoodle (KWP)        DNF                 DNF
   Jill Roberts (NKO)                DNF                 DNF
   Elsa Varazamo (NEG)               DSQ                 DSQ
   Ulrika Hansen (MEL)               DNF                 DNF
   Daisy Jones (KWP)                 DNF                 DNF
   Sinead Kool (NAC)                 DNF                 DNF

Jarrbergen DH
 1 Gracie Sunshine (KWP)         1:45.21
 2 Ilka Savranic (MTJ)           1:45.91
 3 Christine Bass (KWP)          1:45.92
 4 Frida Sjae (SVJ)              1:46.13
   Joanna Hannan (MEL)           1:46.13
 6 Jelena Tadic (MTJ)            1:46.23
 7 Julia Maze (MTJ)              1:46.27
 8 Georgie Lindstrom (MEL)       1:46.39
 9 Mia Parker (DUN)              1:46.51
10 Emme Ellis (DUN)              1:46.52
11 Linne Pahlqvist (SVJ)         1:46.67
12 Elsa Varazamo (NEG)           1:46.72
13 Mikaela Rank (SVJ)            1:46.89
14 Inge Krutz (ATK)              1:46.90
15 Lana Schermann (NEG)          1:47.00
16 Sara Strong (DUN)             1:47.09
17 Eke Sigmundsson (MEL)         1:47.13
18 Katherine Pancochova (SJO)    1:47.16
19 Indu Jayavant (AZD)           1:47.17
20 Delia Arselius (SVJ)          1:47.18
21 Sarah Delgado (NKO)           1:47.25
22 Edi Dunne (MEL)               1:47.47
23 Ali Dunne (MEL)               1:47.60
24 Rebecca Pancochova (SJO)      1:47.82
25 Ulrika Hansen (MEL)           1:48.15
26 Kristina Ripanen (SVJ)        1:48.61
27 Vanja Ericsson (SVJ)          1:48.63
28 Nicola Honig (ATK)            1:48.66
29 Louisa Arnold (NDO)           1:48.72
30 Jill Roberts (NKO)            1:49.49
31 Nemi Dreesen (COS)            1:49.71
32 Claire McBee (DUN)            1:51.70
33 Kalyani Panja (AZD)           1:51.90
34 Saga Skyland (COS)            1:53.51
35 Kylie Astor (NDO)             1:54.81
36 Gabriela Silva (NTN)          1:55.68
 — Cara McKevin (DUN)                DNF
   Millie Smith (DUN)                DNF
   Therese Wynne (NAC)               DNF
   Mihaela Santos (NTN)              DNF

Country Standings

Dunnes (DUN)             	2997
Savojarna (SVJ)         	2598
Melbergia (MEL)         	1962
Mattijana (MTJ)         	1557
West Phoenicia (KWP)        	1265
Northwest Kalactin (NKO)	 949
Nacaltora (NAC)         	 732
Neu Engollon (NEG)            	 540
Austrakia (ATK)         	 408
Azadeshia (AZD)                	 282
Natanians and Nosts (NTN)	 186
Cosumar (COS)           	 156
New Doltania (NDO)           	  72
Sjovenia (SJO)           	   0

by **Austrakia** » Sun Jan 21, 2018 12:01 pm

Liebertwolkwitz, Ramsgate

To the nations that he was visiting with the rest of the Austrak skiing competition team, he was Walther Liebsgott, one of the Austrak athletic officials that accompanied the young athletes. His role and experience had been cemented with a stint in the previous summer Olympics in Veikayu and Kelssek, serving just about exactly the same function, if not advising on the same sports. Such officials dealt with schedules, time clocks, paperwork and organizing, and not with the peculiarities of the sports their delegation was representing, anyway. Liebsgott wasn’t particularly adept at that either, but that was why there were plenty of real athletic officials along, so he didn’t have to focus on that, just bluff his way through. He could give two shits about the current standings of the Austrak skiers.

Liebsgott, in reality, was Walther Laubmann, a BND officer with years of dedicated service to the agency. The Bundesnachrichtendienst, or BND, was the national intelligence agency of the Bundesrepublik. While not an overly large or super active organization, they jumped on opportunities like this, especially when it was information served up on a silver platter. They weren’t the only nation to conduct such operations, and it was a relatively common, low risk one. Were Laubmann to have his cover blown and a host nation discover his true intentions, the most that would be expected was an expulsion from their territory.
In the espionage game, as long as agents and intelligence officers brought no physical harm or threat to citizens or officials in the host nation, or fellow visitors to that nation, it tended to be accepted practice for such states with less scruples like the ultra-right wing GNP dominated Austrakia to clandestinely operate in such a manner.

So far, so good as to Laubmann keeping his cover. While the Austrak government, through the BND, had mild interest in Savojarna, Mattijana, Dunnes, Azadeshia, Melbergia and Northwest Kalactin, among some of the host nations, only so far as their relations with fellow Teremaran nations went, the true prize would be infiltrating a BND agent into the territory of their bitterest rival, the Confederacy of Neu Engollon. Both nations, the Confederacy and the Bundesrepublik, were largely neutral when it came to affairs in the region, and the greater world, but when it came to each other...they were anything but docile and neutral.

The two bordering nations had fought a bitter war for a few months in the span of 1920-21, almost a hundred years ago now, in which thousands had been killed on both sides, including a fair number of civilians. Both had been eager to try to gain advantage with the latest modern warfare advances in aviation, armor and rapid firing machine guns, but as was the case in many such conflicts of that era around the multiverse, it had resulted ultimately in stalemate and regret. They’d never fought another major conflict since, but there had been plenty of border skirmishes and diplomatic incidents in the following century.

Now, there was another opportunity to compile more data on Ciavno, in the canton of Tavino in Neu Engollon. The city was a major world tourist ski destination, and even Austrak visitors were allowed there. Of course, it was assumed, and correctly so, that the Austraks and any other citizens of questionable nations were heavily surveilled by Pine Park, the internal security agency that was a division of the National Gendarmerie of the Confederacy.

What was rare and almost unheard of was for the Confederacy to open the gates to the training facility for the famed Alpen Regiments, a heavily restricted area outside of Ciavno that frowned upon prying eyes. This was the venue which they’d promised for the Alpine Skiing World Tour. The hope was that Liebsgott aka Laubmann would be able to glean any information about the facility that they’d failed or couldn’t mask from the public with all the world’s attention focused on its slopes. As he sat in the hotel accommodations in Liebertwolkwitz making notes and plans, he relished the upcoming cat and mouse game he’d be playing with Pine Park and NEDF military intel adversaries.

by **Mattijana** » Sun Jan 21, 2018 2:39 pm

Albermauler Second On Debut As Mattijana Trim Deficit

MFO SPORT

Mattijana stayed 4th in the overall Alpine Skiing World Cup standings, but cut their deficit to Melbergia as there were a number of impressive performances from Mattijana's world Tour debutants.
Kameran Albermauler was the standout in the men's downhill, the 21 year old powering to second in Liebertwolkwitz and missing out on a maiden win by only 4 hundredths of a second to Savojar Marcus Rynneberg. Mattias Burges, a more common fixture in the team, continued his good form with a 4th place finish in the same event.
Elsewhere on the men's tour, there were encouraging starts for Matej Lavrancic in the Super-G as he came home 6th and Kevin Handler finished 7th in the slalom. Marcel Sabitzer was unable to replicate his table-topping performance in PuljanaBirjke though as he slipped to 17th. Andrez Sabler was 21st over his first two trips down an international mountain.

The day belonged to Albermauler however. Results had been promising enough on the domestic circuit to warrent a place at the Olympics last cycle, but despite undoubted signs of talent, a podium on a tricky course in RamsGates was far from a legitimate possibility. Albermauler proved he was more than a development skier though, keeping his lines tight and finding good pace on the lower section of the course, carrying him from 0.40 seconds down to just 0.04 by the line.

"It's a dream come true." He said after the race. "To score points on your international debut would have been an amazing achievement, so to get onto the podium is really incredible. Everything came together really nicely, I felt like each corner flowed into each other well, so hopefully I can get that feeling again next week too and score some more points for my country."

Experience Shines For Women

With more first-time participants lining up on the women's circuit in Kallora and Jarrbergen, there was the possibility for more success. Jelena Tadic was 6th at the Jarrbergen downhill whilst Georgia Jesenice also had a good run of results, coming 6th in the slalom and 5th in the giant slalom. Sophia Vilna also looked in good touch in that event, stringing together a superb second run in Kallora, the fastest of anyone in either run, to finish 6th. The more experienced Daniella Viedenfele completed a trio of Mattijanan top 10s, slotting in just behind her two new teammates in 7th. Sara Mihaelovic looked in for a good finish too, but caught an edge in her second run and failed to finish.
Experience would win the day however. Daniella Viedenfele was 2nd in her preferred slalom event, laying down the fastest first run of everybody before being beaten in the second by an even more brilliant effort by winner Janis Wallace, one of the highly successful athletes from Dunnes that have lead their team to a big lead at the top of the nation standings.
Meanwhile in the downhill, Ilka Savranic was the Mattijanan in form. She was denied victory by a mistake in the latter few corners, but held on for second by 1 hundredth of a second.

"It was a great result today for me and the team. Second is always better than third and it's the hundredths that kill you, so it's good to come out on the right side of the line this time. To score another podium is something I'm really pleased with and it's more important points for the team."

Julia Maze, Savranic's partner in the downhill for the first few events of the season, came home in 7th in the event to continue her good season. The women next take to the hills in Jarrbergen for the Super-G, Giant Slalom and Slalom whilst the men are in action in Dunnes for the Super-G and Super-Combined in Gagnon Mountain. The next downhill will be for the women in the familiar setting of PuljanaBirjke, Mattijana.

by **Dunnes** » Mon Jan 22, 2018 12:44 pm

skiDunnes presents...

The Guide for the
GAGNON MOUNTAIN
stop of the
ALPINE SKIING WORLD TOUR

Race Guide

Super Combined (Both)

-Downhill Course

The Downhill Course will start in the vicinity of the Summit Station, accessible by the Summit Gondola, which will run exclusively for athletes and staff on race days. The trail sequence for the course is as follows: Start-Upper Ridgeline-Chris' Bowl-World Bowl-Broadway-Finish. The first third of the course is technical, before moving into a high speed section with a double jump in the middle, and ends with a finish tricky off camber chicane before a jump into the finish. The Race Finishes at the Main Lodge.

-Slalom Course

The Slalom Course will start in the vicinity of McCoy Lodge Station, accessible by Chair 4 and the 1st Stop on the Summit Gondola. The course will take place on the Gold Cloud run, and finish at the Main Lodge.

Super G (Men)

The Super G Course will start at a temporary starting facility at the top of the Christmasland Run, accessible by taking a chair to the McCoy Lodge Station and then transferring to Chair 17. The trail sequence of this course is: Start-Christmasland-Exhibition-Tornado-Broadway-Finish. The course finishes by the Main Lodge. A rather fast SG course, the most technical turn is the "Tornado" where racers will face high G forces as they jump at high speeds into a 270 degree turn that turns into a chicane.

Giant Slalom (Women)

The Giant Slalom Course is the only course that will finish at the Village Lodge, located on the eastern side of the mountain near the town, opposed to the Main Lodge which is on the northern side of the mountain. The race will start at a temporary starting facility at the top of the Crazy Train run. It will then head into the Cloverleaf run to the finish in front of the lodge.

Other (Both)

Racers will be allowed open practice runs 3 and 4 days out from the race, and closed practice runs on the two days preceding the race. Winners of the Super Combined races will recieve a prize of $20,000 DP (Dunian Pounds), and a years worth of Gagnon Mountain Lager, in addition to a trophy symbolic of winning the Resolute Super Combined. The fastest DH and SL runs in the SC will recieve $7,500 DP as well. Winners of the SG and GS will recieve $15,000 DP. The total prize purse for the event is $315,000 DP.

Beautiful Gagnon Mtn.

Town Guide

Located 1.5 hours north of Stevenson, Gagnon Mountain (pop. 11,490) is Dunnes largest skiing resort, featuring 37 lifts, and over 150 runs, in addition to a sizable Nordic skiing center. Located in the Vicente Mountains, the Resort is really a combination of 5 different slopes of the same mountain, each slope having its own lodge, where lifts for that slope are based out of. In the summer Gagnon Mountain transforms into a mountain biking facility and hosted the World Cycling Championships Mountain Bike this past year.

The Gagnon Springs Hotel

Accommodations wise, the host hotel for the race (athletes, staff, officials and VIP dignitaries) is the Gagnon Springs Resort, a Crown Hotel, a 5 Diamond Resort that rises above town. In addition to the host hotel, there are multiple hotels and condo rentals for fans and those who want to enjoy the rich powder of Gagnon Mountain. The main press center will also be in the host hotel. There are also numerous restaurants in town, that specialize in a variety of cuisines, including the local cuisine of the Vicentes, which is rich in game and beef, wheat, and is renowned for its high quality lager.

Mountain Stats

Over 3,300 vertical feet
Over 3,550 skiable acres
Over 150 named trails
Over 300 days of sunshine per year
Top elevation: 11,020 feet
Base elevation: 7,953 feet
Average snowfall: 400 inches
Snowmaking: 46 trails
37 lifts (includes 9 high speed quads, 2 high speed six-packs and 3 high speed gondolas)
Terrain: 15% expert, 20% advanced, 40% intermediate, 25% beginner
Winter season: approx. Nov. to June

Transportation Guide

-To the Town

Gagnon Mountain is 1.5 hrs away from Stevenson via the Stevenson to Mtn Highway (Road A12). Stevenson has a large international airport (DSTV) providing service to all major cities and select international destinations. There is a coach service from Stevenson International Airport to The Main Village of the Gagnon Mountain Resort that runs hourly from 5am to 11pm.
Gagnon Mountain is also served by Gagnon Mountain Skyfield, a regional airport with 3x daily service to Mirola, Dunnes’ capital, and 1x daily service to Dodgetown.
-Raceday

On Racedays a shuttle service will be provided for athletes and coaching staff from major hotels to the race venue. For races starting at the Main Lodge (located ~2.5mi north east of town), special shuttles will be running for spectators. For races starting at the Village Lodge spectators can utilize public transport to the center of town.

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