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Swiss super in super-combi: Janka wins, Defago 2nd 12/4/2009 BEAVER CREEK, Colorado — The most unpredictable event on the World Cup alpine circuit — maybe in all of snowsports — left the North Americans out of contention and an unlikely mix of new and old, tech and speed atop the podium.

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Swiss super in super-combi: Janka wins, Defago 2nd

Dec. 4, 2009

►Photos: Clockwise from top: Bode Miller; Natko Zrncic-Dim; Carlo Janka on course; Didier Defago (Agence Zoom)

BEAVER CREEK, Colorado — The most unpredictable event on the World Cup alpine circuit — maybe in all of snowsports — left the North Americans out of contention and an unlikely mix of new and old, tech and speed atop the podium.

In the men’s super-combined to kick off the Birds of Prey weekend Friday, Swiss skiers seized the top four spots in the morning downhill, and two of them hung on for the hardware in the afternoon slalom. Rising star Carlo Janka turned in a two-run time of 2 minutes, 32.26 seconds to win the super-combi, with veteran teammate Didier Defago — leader of the downhill portion — second, .43 back. Croatian Natko Zrncic-Dim was third, ahead of French slalom specialist Jean-Baptiste Grange.

American Andrew Weibrecht, 20th, was the only North American to score points. American Bode Miller, seventh after the downhill, held the lead midway through his slalom run before skiing out. Teammate Ted Ligety did not finish the downhill run. Canadian Louis-Pierre Helie also skied out in the morning.

Norway's Aksel Lund Svindal settled for sixth. After finishing the downhill race in second place, Switzerland's Didier Cuche fell to 18th place with a troublesome slalom race. He finished with a total time 2:35.27.

"On the issue of the downhill, I knew that I would have my chances, but the slalom is always delicate," Janka said. "I did everything I could in the slalom and it was enough.

"It made me very happy to start in the red jersey [of the defending champion] and to be in the top two after the slalom."

With the win, Janka moved into the overall World Cup lead. It was his third World Cup triumph. SRC

— The Canadian Press contributed to this report

Beaver Creek men's World Cup super-combined results

Rank	Bib	FIS Code	Name	Year	Nation	Run 1	Run 2	Total Time	FIS Points
1	19	511313	JANKA Carlo	1986	SUI	1:44.51	47.75	2:32.26	0.00
2	9	510727	DEFAGO Didier	1977	SUI	1:44.19	48.50	2:32.69	3.50
3	22	380292	ZRNCIC-DIM Natko	1986	CRO	1:45.65	47.10	2:32.75	3.99
4	8	192665	GRANGE Jean-Baptiste	1984	FRA	1:46.09	46.74	2:32.83	4.64
5	18	51215	BAUMANN Romed	1986	AUT	1:45.53	47.39	2:32.92	5.38
6	16	421328	SVINDAL Aksel Lund	1982	NOR	1:45.35	47.61	2:32.96	5.70
7	21	50625	RAICH Benjamin	1978	AUT	1:45.66	47.38	2:33.04	6.35
8	20	191459	LIZEROUX Julien	1979	FRA	1:45.83	47.36	2:33.19	7.57
9	11	421400	MYHRE Lars Elton	1984	NOR	1:46.30	47.31	2:33.61	10.99
10	14	511352	VILETTA Sandro	1986	SUI	1:46.46	47.43	2:33.89	13.27
11	23	421483	JANSRUD Kjetil	1985	NOR	1:45.03	48.87	2:33.90	13.36
12	30	292514	HEEL Werner	1982	ITA	1:45.26	48.83	2:34.09	14.90
13	15	293006	INNERHOFER Christof	1984	ITA	1:45.54	48.69	2:34.23	16.04
14	12	192504	MERMILLOD BLONDIN Thomas	1984	FRA	1:45.89	48.42	2:34.31	16.70
15	10	500656	LARSSON Markus	1979	SWE	1:47.08	47.54	2:34.62	19.22
16	42	511383	FEUZ Beat	1987	SUI	1:46.54	48.35	2:34.89	21.42
17	35	191740	CLAREY Johan	1981	FRA	1:46.52	48.57	2:35.09	23.05
18	24	510030	CUCHE Didier	1974	SUI	1:44.44	50.83	2:35.27	24.51
19	48	530939	WEIBRECHT Andrew	1986	USA	1:45.00	50.32	2:35.32	24.92
20	39	51327	PUCHNER Joachim	1987	AUT	1:46.97	48.41	2:35.38	25.41
21	1	191778	PICHOT Sebastien	1981	FRA	1:45.96	49.60	2:35.56	26.88
22	52	201702	NEUREUTHER Felix	1984	GER	1:48.15	47.46	2:35.61	27.28
23	7	292291	THANEI Stefan	1981	ITA	1:45.50	50.21	2:35.71	28.10
24	28	292491	MOELGG Manfred	1982	ITA	1:47.72	48.17	2:35.89	29.56
25	13	480736	HOROSHILOV Alexandr	1984	RUS	1:48.02	48.62	2:36.64	35.67
26	40	291459	PARIS Dominik	1989	ITA	1:47.35	49.90	2:37.25	40.64
27	45	201606	KEPPLER Stephan	1983	GER	1:47.66	50.91	2:38.57	51.39
28	46	561085	KRIZAJ Andrej	1986	SLO	1:47.91	50.82	2:38.73	52.69
29	41	561087	MARKIC Gasper	1986	SLO	1:48.26	50.79	2:39.05	55.30
30	25	380291	RATKIC Ivan	1986	CRO	1:48.68	50.38	2:39.06	55.38
31	47	501230	ERICSSON Daniel	1987	SWE	1:49.79	49.81	2:39.60	59.78
32	26	700724	BABUSIAK Jaroslav	1984	SVK	1:51.59	49.24	2:40.83	69.79
33	49	430429	BYDLINSKI Maciej	1988	POL	1:50.82	51.14	2:41.96	79.00
34	50	90047	GEORGIEV Stefan	1977	BUL	1:51.57	51.41	2:42.98	87.30
Disqualified 2nd run
	6	192746	THEAUX Adrien	1984	FRA
Disqualified 1st run
	43	501076	OLSSON Hans	1984	SWE
	31	501026	RAINER Niklas	1983	SWE
Did not start 2nd run
	37	511039	KREUZER Ralf	1983	SUI
	29	560332	JERMAN Andrej	1978	SLO
Did not finish 2nd run
	51	480997	TARANENKO Mikhail	1988	RUS
	44	220695	CRAWFORD Douglas	1987	GBR
	34	193212	DURAND Jeremie	1986	FRA
	33	532431	MILLER Bode	1977	USA
	32	534562	LIGETY Ted	1984	USA
	17	510890	ZURBRIGGEN Silvan	1981	SUI
	5	290998	STAUDACHER Patrick	1980	ITA
	4	511139	KUENG Patrick	1984	SUI
	3	150398	BANK Ondrej	1980	CZE
	2	560447	SPORN Andrej	1981	SLO
Did not finish 1st run
	38	103090	HELIE Louis-Pierre	1986	CAN
	36	192932	FAYED Guillermo	1985	FRA
	27	501017	MYHRER Andre	1983	SWE

Beaver Creek men's World Cup super-combined, downhill portion, unofficial results

Rank	Bib	FIS Code	Name	Year	Nation	Run 1	Run 2	Total Time
1	9	510727	DEFAGO Didier	1977	SUI	1:44.19		1:44.19
2	24	510030	CUCHE Didier	1974	SUI	1:44.44		1:44.44
3	19	511313	JANKA Carlo	1986	SUI	1:44.51		1:44.51
4	4	511139	KUENG Patrick	1984	SUI	1:44.85		1:44.85
5	48	530939	WEIBRECHT Andrew	1986	USA	1:45.00		1:45.00
6	23	421483	JANSRUD Kjetil	1985	NOR	1:45.03		1:45.03
7	33	532431	MILLER Bode	1977	USA	1:45.24		1:45.24
8	30	292514	HEEL Werner	1982	ITA	1:45.26		1:45.26
9	16	421328	SVINDAL Aksel Lund	1982	NOR	1:45.35		1:45.35
10	7	292291	THANEI Stefan	1981	ITA	1:45.50		1:45.50
11	5	290998	STAUDACHER Patrick	1980	ITA	1:45.52		1:45.52
12	18	51215	BAUMANN Romed	1986	AUT	1:45.53		1:45.53
13	15	293006	INNERHOFER Christof	1984	ITA	1:45.54		1:45.54
14	22	380292	ZRNCIC-DIM Natko	1986	CRO	1:45.65		1:45.65
14	6	192746	THEAUX Adrien	1984	FRA	1:45.65		1:45.65
14	3	150398	BANK Ondrej	1980	CZE	1:45.65		1:45.65
17	21	50625	RAICH Benjamin	1978	AUT	1:45.66		1:45.66
18	20	191459	LIZEROUX Julien	1979	FRA	1:45.83		1:45.83
19	12	192504	MERMILLOD BLONDIN Thomas	1984	FRA	1:45.89		1:45.89
20	2	560447	SPORN Andrej	1981	SLO	1:45.92		1:45.92
21	17	510890	ZURBRIGGEN Silvan	1981	SUI	1:45.95		1:45.95
22	1	191778	PICHOT Sebastien	1981	FRA	1:45.96		1:45.96
23	8	192665	GRANGE Jean-Baptiste	1984	FRA	1:46.09		1:46.09
24	32	534562	LIGETY Ted	1984	USA	1:46.21		1:46.21
25	11	421400	MYHRE Lars Elton	1984	NOR	1:46.30		1:46.30
26	14	511352	VILETTA Sandro	1986	SUI	1:46.46		1:46.46
27	35	191740	CLAREY Johan	1981	FRA	1:46.52		1:46.52
28	42	511383	FEUZ Beat	1987	SUI	1:46.54		1:46.54
29	39	51327	PUCHNER Joachim	1987	AUT	1:46.97		1:46.97
30	37	511039	KREUZER Ralf	1983	SUI	1:47.02		1:47.02
31	10	500656	LARSSON Markus	1979	SWE	1:47.08		1:47.08
32	29	560332	JERMAN Andrej	1978	SLO	1:47.34		1:47.34
33	40	291459	PARIS Dominik	1989	ITA	1:47.35		1:47.35
34	45	201606	KEPPLER Stephan	1983	GER	1:47.66		1:47.66
35	28	292491	MOELGG Manfred	1982	ITA	1:47.72		1:47.72
36	46	561085	KRIZAJ Andrej	1986	SLO	1:47.91		1:47.91
37	13	480736	HOROSHILOV Alexandr	1984	RUS	1:48.02		1:48.02
38	52	201702	NEUREUTHER Felix	1984	GER	1:48.15		1:48.15
39	41	561087	MARKIC Gasper	1986	SLO	1:48.26		1:48.26
40	44	220695	CRAWFORD Douglas	1987	GBR	1:48.27		1:48.27
41	34	193212	DURAND Jeremie	1986	FRA	1:48.63		1:48.63
42	25	380291	RATKIC Ivan	1986	CRO	1:48.68		1:48.68
43	47	501230	ERICSSON Daniel	1987	SWE	1:49.79		1:49.79
44	49	430429	BYDLINSKI Maciej	1988	POL	1:50.82		1:50.82
45	50	90047	GEORGIEV Stefan	1977	BUL	1:51.57		1:51.57
46	26	700724	BABUSIAK Jaroslav	1984	SVK	1:51.59		1:51.59
47	51	480997	TARANENKO Mikhail	1988	RUS	1:52.44		1:52.44

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