Lake Louise – After the cancellation of the first descents in Zermatt/Cervinia, which would have been the same as two premiere races, things continue in Canada. With the Lake Louise departure shifted from Friday to Saturday, Speedwinter 2022/23 on Canadian snow will start a day later. The starting gun for the downhill will sound at 8.30 p.m. (CET), the Super-G will take place at the same time on Sunday. The official FIS start list for the men’s downhill on Saturday at 8.30 p.m. in Lake Louise, as well as the start numbers and the FIS live ticker can be found here in the data menu immediately following arrival.
Data and facts – downhill skiing
1st Men’s Downhill at Lake Louise 2022FIS start list: men’s downhill
FIS live ticker: men’s descent
FIS final score: men’s downhillFIS final result: 3rd downhill training in Lake Louise
FIS final result: 1st men’s downhill trainingMen’s overall World Cup standings 2022/23
Men’s World Cup Downhill 2022/23Nations Cup: men’s ranking
Nations Cup: overall standingsAll data will be updated immediately upon arrival
After four small crystal balls en suite, the Swiss had to Beat Feuz the Norwegian Aleksander Aamodt Source give way. But the Confederate, who was rather underwhelmed in the run-up to the decision in Canada, naturally wants to draw on the full once more. Nevertheless, the Viking, who, like the Swiss, is an excellent ski racer, will by no means give up easily and will rather aim for a duel on an equal footing.
The South Tyrolean also wants to be in this duel Dominik Paris interfere. The power pack from Ultental has been there for a long time and more than deserves the small crystal ball in one of the speed disciplines. Feuz’ countryman Marco Odermatt can in almost all disciplines. With the giant slalom victory in Sölden, he started the new winter optimally and full of self-confidence. His best time in the final training, even if it took place on a shortened route, is a sign that he will also be successful in the downhill.
The ÖSV team is once more hoping for good performances from Matthias Mayer and Vincent Kriechmayr. If you take last year’s result as a parameter, you can see that the Carinthian and the Upper Austrian got off to a good start last season. And honestly, why shouldn’t they be able to do that this year? We can do the same from her teammate Daniel Hemetsberger expect.
The Swiss ski contingent points the way Niels Hintermann an athlete who made the proverbial breakthrough last year. He crashed spectacularly in Lake Louise in first practice; in the next test run he was able to draw attention to himself. As mentioned, he would like to dedicate his top ranking, which he is certainly capable of, to a good friend who has sadly passed away. The Equipe Tricolore has with Johan Clarey an insider tip in the quiver. The almost 42-year-old is like a red wine – the older, the better. The Olympic silver medalist has shown in both test runs that he is a force to be reckoned with.
The best of last year’s US delegation was Ryan Cochran-Siegle. He’s a solid driver who always scores a lot of points. Hope he does something similar in the Canadian snow season opener. Of Otmar Striedinger the same can be said of Team Austria. The Canadian Cameron Alexanderlast year in Kvitfjell ex aequo winner with Hintermann, and James Crawford – the latter was more than convincing in the training sessions – want to be very successful at the home race and please their fans and themselves with good results.
From a German point of view, Dominik Schwaiger, Simon Jocher, Romed Baumann, Josef Ferstl and Thomas Dreßen collect a lot of points. Due to the long history of suffering, this is to be wished for the last named gentleman. Maybe one of the listed DSV gentlemen can already book the World Cup ticket. The South Tyrolean Christof Innerhofer, who will be 38 in three weeks, is no longer the very youngest. But experience is a big plus on the descent, so we can always count on the likeable Pusterer.
Last year the first descent was canceled due to heavy snowfall; the second went to Matthias Mayer from Austria. The ÖSV athlete triumphed in front of his compatriot Vincent Kriechmayr and the Swiss Beat Feuz.
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