The Downhill competitions of the 2011 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships was held at Kandahar Banchetta Giovanni N., in Sestriere, Italy on January 16.
| Downhill at the 2011 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships | |
|---|---|
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| Venue | Kandahar Banchetta Giovanni N. |
| Location | Sestriere |
| Date | January 16 |
Women edit
Visually impaired edit
In the downhill visually impaired, the athlete with a visual impairment has a sighted guide.[1] The two skiers are considered a team, and dual medals are awarded.[2]
| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Time | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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2 | Henrieta Farkasova Guide: Natalia Subrtova |
 Slovakia |
1:28.36 | |
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1 | Melissa Perrine Guide: Andrew Bor |
 Australia |
1:40.50 | +12.14 |
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5 | Alexandra Frantseva Guide: Evgenia Kolosovskaya |
 Russia |
1:41.87 | +13.51 |
| 3 | Anna Kuliskova Guide: Michaela Hubacova |
 Czech Republic |
DNF | ||
| 4 | Danelle Umstead Guide: Robert Umstead |
 United States |
DSQ |
Standing edit
| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Time | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |
10 | Andrea Rothfuss |  Germany |
1:29.62 | |
| |
7 | Marie Bochet |  France |
1:29.86 | +0.24 |
| |
8 | Solène Jambaqué | France |
1:30.09 | +0.47 |
| 4 | 11 | Melania Corradini |  Italy |
1:30.94 | +1.32 |
| 5 | 9 | Karolina Wisniewska |  Canada |
1:35.56 | +5.94 |
| 6 | 6 | Danja Haslacher |  Austria |
1:36.26 | +6.64 |
| 7 | 12 | Petra Smarzova | Slovakia |
1:37.52 | +7.90 |
Sitting edit
| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Time | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |
14 | Alana Nichols | United States |
1:30.45 | |
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13 | Laurie Stephens | United States |
1:33.05 | +2.60 |
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15 | Claudia Loesch | Austria |
1:35.35 | +4.90 |
| 4 | 16 | Anna Schaffelhuber | Germany |
1:37.59 | +7.14 |
Men edit
Visually impaired edit
In the downhill visually impaired, the athlete with a visual impairment has a sighted guide.[1] The two skiers are considered a team, and dual medals are awarded.[2]
| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Time | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |
20 | Nicolas Berejny Guide: Gregory Nouhaud |
France |
1:21.40 | |
| |
21 | Yon Santacana Maiztegui Guide: Miguel Galindo Garces |
 Spain |
1:21.59 | +0.19 |
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25 | Chris Williamson Guide: Robin Femy |
Canada |
1:22.76 | +1.36 |
| 4 | 19 | Miroslav Haraus Guide: Martin Makovnik |
Slovakia |
1:22.84 | +1.44 |
| 5 | 26 | Jakub Krako Guide: Dusan Simo |
Slovakia |
1:25.11 | +3.71 |
| 6 | 22 | Radomir Dudas Guide: Maros Hudik |
Slovakia |
1:26.35 | +4.95 |
| 7 | 18 | Christoph Prettner Guide: Stefan Schoner |
Austria |
1:28.42 | +7.02 |
| 8 | 27 | Ivan Frantsev Guide: Evgeny Pinaev |
Russia |
1:29.79 | +8.39 |
| T9 | 24 | Michal Beladic Guide: Martin Pavlak |
Slovakia |
1:30.24 | +8.84 |
| T9 | 17 | Norbert Holik Guide: Lubos Bosela |
Slovakia |
1:30.24 | +8.84 |
| 11 | Gabriel Juan Gorce Yepes Guide: Josep Arnau Ferrer Ventura |
Spain |
1:30.84 | +9.44 |
Standing edit
| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Time | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |
36 | Gerd Schönfelder | Germany |
1:21.84 | |
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39 | Vincent Gauthier-Manuel | France |
1:22.08 | +0.24 |
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34 | Thomas Pfyl |  Switzerland |
1:22.96 | +1.12 |
| 4 | 28 | Toby Kane | Australia |
1:24.13 | +2.29 |
| 5 | 45 | Markus Salcher | Austria |
1:24.48 | +2.64 |
| 6 | 30 | Mitchell Gourley | Australia |
1:25.83 | +3.99 |
| 7 | 29 | Michael Bruegger | Switzerland |
1:25.84 | +4.00 |
| 8 | 33 | Andreas Preiss | Austria |
1:27.20 | +5.36 |
| 9 | 38 | Bernhard Habersatter | Austria |
1:27.28 | +5.44 |
| 10 | 44 | Alexandr Alyabyev | Russia |
1:27.60 | +5.76 |
| 11 | 35 | Christian Lanthaler | Italy |
1:28.21 | +6.37 |
| 12 | 42 | Kirk Schornstein | Canada |
1:29.18 | +7.34 |
| 13 | 37 | Hiraku Misawa |  Japan |
1:31.37 | +9.53 |
| 14 | 31 | Ralph Green | United States |
1:34.75 | +12.91 |
| 15 | 43 | Martin France | Slovakia |
1:37.02 | +15.18 |
| 41 | Matt Hallat | Canada |
DNF | ||
| 40 | Bart Verbruggen |  Netherlands |
DNF | ||
| 32 | Cameron Rahles-Rahbula | Australia |
DNF |
Sitting edit
Great Britain's Talan Skeels-Piggins did not compete in the Downhill race, as he had a crash in a training run the day before.[3][4]
| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Time | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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55 | Akira Kano | Japan |
1:20.94 | |
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60 | Taiki Morii | Japan |
1:21.39 | +0.45 |
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48 | Kees-Jan van der Klooster | Netherlands |
1:21.63 | +0.69 |
| 4 | 56 | Takeshi Suzuki | Japan |
1:22.04 | +1.10 |
| 5 | 49 | Josh Dueck | Canada |
1:22.41 | +1.47 |
| 6 | 50 | Sean Rose |  United Kingdom |
1:23.00 | +2.06 |
| 7 | 47 | Thomas Nolte | Germany |
1:23.95 | +3.01 |
| 8 | 62 | Philipp Bonadimann | Austria |
1:24.09 | +3.15 |
| 9 | 63 | Franz Hanfstingl | Germany |
1:24.81 | +3.87 |
| 10 | 61 | Sang Min Han |  South Korea |
1:25.04 | +4.10 |
| 11 | 65 | Cyril More | France |
1:25.05 | +4.11 |
| 12 | 54 | Frederic Francois | France |
1:25.51 | +4.57 |
| 13 | 64 | Robert Froehle | Austria |
1:30.12 | +9.18 |
| 14 | 46 | Christopher Devlin-Young | United States |
1:31.15 | +10.21 |
| 15 | 66 | Akira Taniguchi | Japan |
1:36.20 | +15.26 |
| 51 | Jasmin Bambur |  Serbia |
DNF | ||
| 52 | Jong Seork Park | South Korea |
DNF | ||
| 59 | Christoph Kunz | Switzerland |
DNF | ||
| 58 | Reinhold Sampl | Austria |
DNF | ||
| 57 | Yohann Taberlet | France |
DNF | ||
| 53 | Tyler Walker | United States |
DNS |
References edit
- ^ a b official results of the 2011 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships - Downhill Archived 2011-07-26 at the Wayback Machine, IPC Athletics
- ^ a b Visually impaired skiers put fate in guide's hands, thestar.com, March 13, 2010
- ^ Had huge crash, Talan Skeels-Piggins (talansp) on Twitter
- ^ 2011 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships - Official Training Results Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine, IPC Alpine Skiing
External links edit
- 2011 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships - Day 1 at ParalympicSportTV's Official YouTube channel