Before the downhill classic

Best time for Hrobat in 1st training in Beaver Creek

Miha Hrobat(Bild: GEPA)

Miha Hrobat has already released the handbrake in the first training session in Beaver Creek, but like many others made a mistake!

The Slovenian was six tenths faster than the downhill top stars Marco Odermatt (+0.61) and Cyprien Sarrazin (+0.62) in 2nd and 3rd place in the speed opening of the men's alpine skiing. The fastest Austrian without a gate error was Vincent Kriechmayr in 22nd place (+1.67). His ÖSV colleagues Daniel Hemetsberger (13th/+1.41) and Daniel Danklmaier (17th/+1.46) were faster than Kriechmayr in the first run on the Birds of Prey. However, the two veterans were among a total of eleven skiers to whom the FIS world federation subsequently attributed a scoring error.

Three ÖSV tickets still open
13 ÖSV skiers tackled the training. Kriechmayr, Danklmaier, Hemetsberger, Stefan Babinsky (+2.26), Otmar Striedinger (+2.33), Stefan Rieser (+2.80) and Manuel Traninger (+2.91) are seeded for the first downhill of the season. Raphael Haaser (+2.00), Felix Hacker (+2.65), Andreas Ploier (+2.83), Stefan Eichberger (+3.38), Vincent Wieser (+3.72) and Lukas Feurstein (+5.09) are competing for three open tickets.

The ÖSV has nine starting places in the Super-G. The line-ups for the three races in Beaver Creek - the weekend will be concluded with a giant slalom - will be announced after the downhill training on Thursday, according to the federation. The second training session scheduled for Wednesday was canceled after being successfully held on Tuesday.