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Edition 75 |28 February 2007 |
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Welcome to the 75th edition of the Ski & Snowboard Australia
E-News.
This edition provides the latest results and reports from all our
athletes and teams competing and training overseas. A highlight
includes victories by Jacqui Cooper and Dale Begg-Smith in Aerials
and Moguls at the recent World Cup event in Apex, Canada. The
victory by Jacqui Cooper, the 18th of her career, secures her fourth
World Cup Title, the most by any female aerialist.
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Freestyle News
Cooper wins World Cup to complete superb comeback
Jacqui Cooper has completed a fairytale return to the top of the
aerial skiing world, winning the final event of the season in Apex,
Canada, to claim the fourth World Cup title of her career.
Cooper overcame a landing fall on her first jump to win her third
event for the season, and also become the greatest winner in the
history of women's aerial skiing with 18 victories.
She is also the first woman to win four World Cup titles.
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Begg-Smith closer to World Cup title after fourth victory
Dale Begg-Smith has skiied one of the best runs of his life to claim
his fourth victory of the season and all but wrap up the World Cup
mogul skiing title.
Facing a massive score of 27.33 points set by Canadian Alexandre
Bilodeau in the final in Apex, Canada, the 22-year-old Torino gold
medallist defied the pressure, producing a 27.41 point final run,
the highest of his career.
The bronze went to Maxime Gingras, also from Canada, on 27.07
points.
The result gives Begg-Smith 584 World Cup points, 133 clear of
nearest rival Guilbaut Colas of France
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Snowboard News
Crawford still number one as two more Australians make the podium
Two more Australian winter sports athletes have won World Cup medals
during the weekend, while Holly Crawford has retained her position as
the number one World Cup snowboard halfpipe rider.
Crawford's halfpipe team-mate Andrew Burton collected bronze, the
first World Cup medal of his career, and former mogul skier Davina
Williams won silver in her very first World Cup outing in the
relatively new sport of ski halfpipe.
Competing in the Korean resort of Sungwoo, against a field that was
reduced in size due to rival pro events in Japan and the United
States, Burton qualified in first place with a score of 44.4 points
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Crawford takes first victory and moves to world number one
Holly Crawford has won her first World Cup event and marched to the
top of the World Cup standings with a strong performance in Furano,
Japan.
Crawford qualified in first place with a best score of 42.4 points,
1.1 points ahead of Paulina Ligocka of Poland, the 2007 World
Championships bronze medallist.
She did not quite reproduce that form in the final, riding to a best
score of 39.6 points, but that was more than enough to take the gold
and relegate 2007 World Championships silver medallist Soko Yamaoka
to second place. More
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Alpine News
Franzen top twenty in world championships slalom
Demian Franzen has produced the best Australian result at the World
Alpine Skiing championships in Are, Sweden, finishing in 19th place
in the slalom.
Franzen recorded a two run time of two minutes 7.82 seconds, 10.49
seconds behind the winning time of Austrian Mario Matt who took the
gold with 1:57.33.
Fellow Ski and Snowboard Australia team-mates Bryce and Hugh Stevens
both failed to finish the first run, which also accounted for 34 of
the 74 competitors, including World Cup slalom leader Jens Byggmark
of Sweden and overall World Cup leader Aksel Kund Svindal of Norway.
In earlier events at the championships, Hugh Stevens finished in
49th place in the giant slalom and Will Clifford was the best of the
Aussies in the super G, placing 56th.
Mens Alpine Development Update
After returning from Are the team made the long haul drive to
Verbier for the Swiss National Junior Championships. Arriving at 2am
in Verbier was not made worthwhile when the race was canceled due to
heavy snow. This break however did work well as it allowed everyone
to rest.
The race program was adjusted for the following day and two SG's
were scheduled. Fetterplace used his experience at Are to the
maximum as he skied aggressively and fast. Brenton skied into 5th
position from 46th start position. This was a great result and is a
good reward for Brenton's efforts in training. In the second race
that day Brenton skied well again, skiing into 16th position from
46th start position. Not being as clean as his first run cost him
some time
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Cross Country News
World Championships
Six athletes are currently representing Australia at the World Cross
Country Championships, being held between February 22 to March 5.
Women:
Esther Bottomley
Clare-Louise Brumley
Katherine Calder
Men:
Paul Murray
Ben Sim
Andrew Wynd
Coaching Staff
Finn Marsland, Nick Almoukov
Technical Support
Duane Butcher, Cameron Dickinson
Reports from the team and results will be posted in the
World Championship Special section on this site. For other
international news during the event follow the links in this
section.
Courtesy XC Files
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