Slovenian masters enjoy a good day at home
Masters racing kicks off European Downhill Championship
Slovenian fans were more than satisfied with first final results of the downhill European Championships held at the famous ski resort of Kranjska Gora in Slovenia over the weekend. Slovenians took three medals, one of each color, in the masters races.
Andrej Sumbergar, the new European champion in the masters 35-39 age group, was the hero of the day. Sumbergar was the runner up in the European championships in 2006 in Italy. He was one of two favorites after yesterday's seeding run, during which he set the second fastest time. Bostjan Felc was fastest in qualifying, but made some mistakes at the bottom of the final run and finished second.
Sumbergar also set the fastest time of the day with 2:53.04. In addition to being one of the most charismatic figures of Slovenian downhill scene, Sumbergar also shares a birthday, height, weight and passion for beer with the more famous downhiller, Steve Peat.
Dusan Leposa completed Slovenia's collection of medals with a third place in the Master 34-39 category. Slovenians Aleks Kragelj and Sebastjan Zmrzljak were fastest in this category, but both made mistakes on the way to the finish in Kranjska Gora. Italian Paolo Alleva won and Dusan was third.
2009 European Champions
Women: Maeve Baxter (Irealand)
Men 30-34: Polo Alleva (Italy)
Men 35-39: Andrej Sumbergar (Slovenia)
Men 40-44: Jörg Heydt (Germany)
Men 45-49: Alastair MacLennan (Great Britain)
Men 50+: Max Schuster (Austria)
1 | Meave Baxter (Irl) | 0:02:13 |
2 | Gloria Salvatori (Ita) | 0:00:15 |
1 | Polo Alleva (Ita) | 0:02:56 |
2 | Michael Cowan (Irl) | 0:00:01 |
3 | Dušan Lepoša (Slo) | 0:00:01 |
4 | Jaroslav Chytil (Cze) | 0:00:03 |
5 | Wojciech Koniuszewski (Pol) | 0:00:04 |
6 | Aleks Kragelj, (Slo) | 0:00:06 |
7 | Paolo Gelati (Ita) | 0:00:07 |
8 | Sebastjan Zmrzljak (Slo) | 0:00:08 |
9 | Jigí Knap (Cze) | 0:00:09 |
10 | Petr Machálek (Cze) | 0:00:10 |
11 | Georg Vit (Aut) | 0:00:10 |
12 | Hinek Cizinsky (Cze) | 0:00:11 |
13 | Andrej Slivka (Svk) | 0:00:11 |
14 | Werner Jessner (Aut) | 0:00:14 |
15 | Gregor Guna (Slo) | 0:00:15 |
16 | Damien Duggan (Irl) | 0:00:15 |
17 | Marcello Pedroni (Ita) | 0:00:16 |
18 | Michael Gölles (Aut) | 0:00:16 |
19 | Davide Tonelli (Ita) | 0:00:17 |
20 | Emanuele Tomassoni (Ita) | 0:00:18 |
21 | Simon Daniel (Aut) | 0:00:19 |
22 | Boštjan Vikin (Slo) | 0:00:20 |
23 | Uroš Šercelj (Slo) | 0:00:20 |
24 | Patrick Müller (Ger) | 0:00:23 |
25 | Sean Herlihy (Irl) | 0:00:24 |
26 | Nicola Giacobbe (Ita) | 0:00:25 |
27 | Boris Horvath (Svk) | 0:00:31 |
28 | Patryk Persich (Pol) | 0:00:31 |
1 | Andrej Šumbergar (Slo) | 0:02:53 |
2 | Boštjan Felc (Slo) | 0:00:03 |
3 | Oscar Colombo (Ita) | 0:00:04 |
4 | Gianluca Aleotti (Ita) | 0:00:12 |
5 | Fabio Del Greco (Ita) | 0:00:13 |
6 | Ian Mcintyre (Irl) | 0:00:14 |
7 | Stefan Westerveld (Ger) | 0:00:18 |
8 | Joe Ward (Irl) | 0:00:18 |
9 | Leo Mácha (Cze) | 0:00:20 |
10 | Stephan Eckardt (Ger) | 0:00:21 |
11 | Milan Cizinsky (Cze) | 0:00:27 |
12 | Darren Cox (Irl) | 0:00:28 |
13 | Emiliano Carminati (Ita) | 0:00:29 |
14 | Petr Tesarik (Cze) | 0:00:32 |
15 | Csaba Hálasz (Hun) | 0:00:36 |
16 | Michael Pecsi (Aut) | 0:00:42 |
17 | Paolo Poletti (Ita) | 0:01:21 |
DNS | Janez Jamnik (Slo) | Row 17 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Sebastien Chovet (Fra) | Row 18 - Cell 2 |
1 | Jörg Heydt (Ger) | 0:02:59 |
2 | Daniele Fusconi (Ita) | 0:00:02 |
3 | Giuseppe Lividini (SMr) | 0:00:03 |
4 | Harry Huschina (Ger) | 0:00:18 |
5 | Colin Finley (Irl) | 0:00:25 |
6 | Daniele Guardigli (Ita) | 0:00:48 |
7 | Gianluca Andreani (Ita) | 0:00:50 |
8 | Sandro Baldissarri (Ita) | 0:00:51 |
1 | Alastair Maclennan (GBr) | 0:01:46 |
2 | Massimo Tosadori (Ita) | 0:00:09 |
3 | Stefano Caiola (Ita) | 0:00:09 |
4 | Luigi Frison (Ita) | 0:00:18 |
5 | Giuseppe Lorenzoni (Ita) | 0:00:24 |
6 | Simone Noccioli (Ita) | 0:01:22 |
1 | Max Schuster (Aut) | 0:01:59 |
2 | Miroslav Pek (Cze) | 0:00:01 |
3 | Derek Laughland (GBr) | 0:00:03 |
4 | Stephan Mangelsdorff (Ger) | 0:00:07 |
5 | Ernesto Pedroni (Ita) | 0:00:14 |
6 | Thomas Sheridan (Irl) | 0:00:15 |
7 | Dario Parlato (Ita) | 0:00:29 |
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