Yesterday evening the race in St.Johann/Oberndorf was a great success. More than 5000 people were watching the race and the atmosphere could not have been better!!!
I ended on 7th place and was quite happy with this result especially that I ended this tough race in one piece.
Results Women:
1.Ophelie David (FRA)
2.Meryll Boulangeat (FRA)
3.Julia Murray (CAN)
Men:
1.Simon Stickl (GER)
2.Daron Ralves (USA)
3.David Dunkan (CAN)
The race will start at 17.15h today in Oberndorf (Penzingbahn).
After the qualifikation yesterday I was not so happy. I made too many mistakes on this difficult course.
So a great challange will wait for me today with not the best start gate.
Starting fast is the only solution and will be my mission today!!!
Programm for the World Cup in St.Johann:
Monday 4th of January:
Women’s Qualification: 14.45h
Men’s Qualification: 18.15h
Tuesday 5th of January:
Finals Women & Men at 17.15h
19.45 Ceremonies Awards
The austiran channel ORF will broadcast on tuesday from 17.45 cet. More than 5000 tickets have been sold so far and we all hope for a great show.
Yesterday we had the first training which was little bit like a shock. The course is very tricky and difficult with almost no options to pass except someone is making a big mistake. We’ll see… Today is Qualification day and I have to make the first step to qualify for the race on tuesday.
I hope for the best!
2010 will be a very exciting year with many competitions on the World Cup circuit, X-Games (End of January) and the first Olympic Games with Ski Cross in the programm (in February).
Upcoming race in St.Johann/ Oberndorf is a night event and will take place on the 5th of January. The show will be broadcasted live on ORF (Austrain Channel) and Eurosport 2. But I hope to see you all there 
Here we go, the first stop of the FIS Ski Cross World Cup will be held in San Candido (Italy) on monday and tuesday (2 races). Today we had the 1st training which was fun except of some flat landings. Hope these problems will be solved until tomorrow.
I’m really happy that the season starts now. Looking forward to race on monday!
Schedule:
Sunday: Training and Qualification
Monday: Training and Race
Tuesday: Training, Qualification and 2nd Race
more details and results on www.fis-ski.com
The olympic outfit of the Austrian Olympic Team for 2010 was presented in Vienna a coulpe of days ago. I was one of the athletes presenting the new stuff. Here comes a little preview:
Last weeks have been busy. It feels like the season has already started but we are still waiting for the World Cup season to start in Innichen/ San Candido (ITA) on the 21.of december.
Last week I could spend with my beloved Salomon Team (int.) in Sölden to test our new skis. We had great conditions and very good and interesting results.
This week I’m in Sölden again with the Austrian National Team for a trainingcamp but we seem to be unlucky with the weather or myabe I should say really lucky because it is snowing a lot It is the snow everyone is waiting for! Anyway most of the lifts were closed today but we could do some nice powder runs. I tried my NEW Czar which was really great.
Due to the snow we are moving to Schladming tomorrow and hope to be able to train some jumps there.
After the Ski World Cup has had it’s kick off last weekend our Ski Cross team uses the great condition here for some training. After a fall with not so much snow on the glaciers skiing is great now. I have the feeling we have our first really goog trainingdays this season and that is what we really need to be well prepared for a hard season. Great snow & sunshine that’s how we like it
Today there is “Tag des Sports” =”Day of Sports” in Vienna. I’m on my way to the airport right now to spend my day in Vienna as many other athletes, kids and families.
Last week we had a great trainingcamp in Mölltal/ Austria. The conditions were really tough because of the lack of snow. We could really see the snow melting every day.
The plan is to go there for another 3 days next week. Hope they can make some artificial snow there in the meantime
