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Canada's Zoricic claims first World Cup SX medal in Austria 1/7/2011 Canada’s Nick Zoricic secured his first career World Cup ski cross podium finish Friday by taking second place in a thrilling race in St. Johann, Austria.
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Canada's Zoricic claims first World Cup SX medal in Austria

Jan. 7, 2011 — By Gordie Bowles, S-Media     ♦ Photo: JohnEvelyPhoto.com

ST. JOHANN, Austria — Canada’s Nick Zoricic secured his first career World Cup ski cross podium finish Friday by taking second place in a thrilling race in St. Johann, Austria.

Zoricic, a former alpine racer with the Ontario Ski Team and the Craigleith Ski Club, fought for the win but was passed by American John Teller, who claimed his first career World Cup win. Thomas Zangerl of Austria was third.

“It was a good, fair race, my hats off to him,” Zoricic said of Teller’s pass. “The guy’s got a lot of game. It’s a tight field.”

The Sarajevo-born and Toronto-bred ski racer led the Canadian team, whose previous best was fourth place earlier in the season at Innichen/San Candido, Italy.

“You need luck and for things to go your way,” Zoricic said. “I had a great start today but I lost the race at the line when I made a little mistake at the bottom. That was a little disappointing but it still feels good to finish second.”

It was an otherwise average day for the Canadian men, who are widely considered the best team on the circuit. Davey Barr of Squamish, B.C., finished 13th and Whistler’s Stan Rey 23rd.

But for Zoricic, a fine-tuned approach and aggressive mentality paid off in spades.

“I want a podium finish — nothing less,” Zoricic said yesterday before the race. “We’ve had good preparation; we’re expecting big things.”

“His starts were phenomenal,” said Canadian coach Brent Kehl. “He was able to get out of the gate first every time and skied fast on the top section, but unfortunately he got too much air off the last jump and he lost it by half an arm length.”

“It's great to have a new guy on the podium. It shows the depth of talent we have in Canada," said David Ellis, director of sport for Canada Ski Cross. “Nick is off to a very strong start this season and hopefully the confidence he gets from today will carry him through and be a good motivator for the rest of the team.”

Teller leads the standings with 170 points, Zoricic is second with 162 and Andreas Matt of Austria is third with 159.

Kelsey Serwa of Kelowna, B.C., led the Canadian women with a fifth-place finish. German Heidi Zacher won the race, followed by Norweigan Hedda Berntsen and Anna Woerner of Germany.

Zacher tops the standings with 210 points, 43 clear of Fanny Smith of Switzerland. Anna Holmlund of Sweden is third with 150 points.

The next World Cup ski cross event is next Wednesday and Thursday in Alpe d'Huez, France.  S-Magazine

— The Canadian Press contributed to this report

St. Johann women's World Cup ski cross results

Rank Bib FIS Code Name Year Nation Result Level Points
 1  4  2527434 ZACHER Heidi  1988  GER       1000.00
 2  16  2324342 BERNTSEN Hedda  1976  NOR       800.00
 3  7  2526849 WOERNER Anna  1989  GER       600.00
 4  2  2527570 LIMBACHER Andrea  1989  AUT       500.00
 5  11  2527273 SERWA Kelsey  1989  CAN       450.00
 6  1  2394866 DAVID Ophelie  1976  FRA       400.00
 7  3  2526363 MUELLER Katrin  1989  SUI       360.00
 8  12  2485085 OWENS Jenny  1978  AUS       320.00
 9  5  2526015 OFNER Katrin  1990  AUT       290.00
 10  6  2526237 JOSSERAND Marion  1986  FRA       260.00
 11  8  2527841 KUCEROVA Nikol  1989  CZE       240.00
 12  9  2526373 SMITH Fanny  1992  SUI       220.00
 13  10  2527287 POLESCHUK Danielle  1986  CAN       200.00
 14  13  2527513 HOEIE GJEFSEN Marte  1989  NOR       180.00
 15  14  2528710 TEGLIA Eleonora Anna  1987  ITA       160.00
 16  15  2526530 RIEMEN Karolina  1988  POL       150.00
 17    2526527 JENSEN Julie Brendengen  1990  NOR       140.00
 18    2527689 THOMPSON Marielle  1992  CAN       130.00
 19    2525991 GALLAND Helena  1986  FRA       120.00
 20    2444045 FARIC Sasa  1984  SLO       110.00
 21    2526328 KENNEDY Sami  1988  AUS       100.00
 22    2526014 MANHARD Christina  1990  GER       90.00
 23    2323372 CREMA Katya  1988  AUS       80.00
 24    2527349 UMEHARA Reina  1983  JPN       70.00
 25    2526906 MURRAY Julia  1988  CAN       60.00
 26    2525884 LIVINSKAYA Yulia  1990  RUS       50.00
 27    2415721 BOULANGEAT Meryll  1986  FRA       45.00
 28    2446955 GRAUVOGL Alexandra  1981  GER       40.00
 29    2527168 HIOKI Chiyako  1984  JPN       36.00
 30    2527532 KOVALSKAYA Violetta  1991  RUS       32.00
 31    2452775 FUKUSHIMA Noriko  1979  JPN       0.00
 32    2526819 SAUVEY Sarah  1983  GBR       0.00
 33    2527563 HOLMLUND Anna  1987  SWE       0.00

St. Johann men's World Cup ski cross results

Rank Bib FIS Code Name Year Nation Result Level Points
 1  5  2527399 TELLER John  1983  USA       1000.00
 2  10  2527284 ZORICIC Nick  1983  CAN       800.00
 3  6  2411938 ZANGERL Thomas  1983  AUT       600.00
 4  8  2451417 MATT Andreas  1982  AUT       500.00
 5  4  2526955 FIVA Alex  1986  SUI       450.00
 6  31  2526291 NIEDERER Armin  1987  SUI       400.00
 7  16  2526789 STICKL Simon  1987  GER       360.00
 8  30  2527296 BOHNACKER Daniel  1990  GER       320.00
 9  2  2527361 PELLINEN Jouni  1983  FIN       290.00
 10  7  2527032 FLISAR Filip  1987  SLO       260.00
 11  11  2450835 MIAILLIER Sylvain  1986  FRA       240.00
 12  12  2528672 DEVOUASSOUX Jonas  1989  FRA       220.00
 13  13  2447828 BARR Davey  1977  CAN       200.00
 14  14  2527624 GASSER Patrick  1985  SUI       180.00
 15  17  2527622 JUELL Didrik Bastian  1990  NOR       160.00
 16  25  2526998 WAHRSTOETTER Christoph  1989  AUT       150.00
 17  1  2528718 CHAPUIS Jean Frederic  1989  FRA       140.00
 18  3  2386524 KRAUS Tomas  1974  CZE       130.00
 19  9  2484604 KOLLER Patrick  1983  AUT       120.00
 20  15  2526820 DELBOSCO Christopher  1982  CAN       110.00
 21  18  2525886 KOROTKOV Egor  1986  RUS       100.00
 22  19  2526877 BOVOLENTA Arnaud  1988  FRA       90.00
 23  20  2527760 REY Stanislas  1988  CAN       80.00
 24  21  2392635 STEFFEN Andreas  1975  SUI       70.00
 25  22  2528541 OEHLING NORBERG Victor  1990  SWE       60.00
 26  23  2527042 ECKERT Paul  1990  GER       50.00
 27  24  2527297 EIGLER Florian  1990  GER       45.00
 28  26  2526897 DUNCAN David  1982  CAN       40.00
 29  27  2484562 PICCARD Ted  1978  FRA       36.00
 30  28  2528200 FISCHER Thomas  1986  GER       32.00
 31  29  2527144 KNELLER Scott  1989  AUS       28.00
 32  32  2412714 SAFAR Zdenek  1978  CZE       26.00
 33    2527030 WOELFL Mathias  1984  GER       24.00
 34    2525885 BONDAR Alexandr  1988  RUS       22.00
 35    2422026 LENEL Robin  1985  FRA       20.00
 36    2527607 BORGE LIE Thomas  1985  NOR       19.70
 37    2526576 DUMAX BAUDRON Yann  1988  FRA       19.40
 38    2527952 WHELAN Peter Edwin  1989  GBR       19.10
 39    2529006 ROHRWECK Johannes  1990  AUT       18.80
 40    2528709 CASTELLAZ Diego  1985  ITA       18.50
 41    2526949 ADORJAN Matej  1987  SLO       18.20
 42    2484520 BENNETT Brian  1980  CAN       17.90
 43    2527142 GRIMUS Anton  1990  AUS       17.60
 44    2528155 WINKLER Robert  1991  AUT       17.30
 45    2528136 DURAN Patrick  1985  USA       17.00
 46    2485016 DANILOV Artem  1986  RUS       16.70
 47    2526349 STAEHLI Peter  1989  SUI       16.40
 48    2526947 JECL Simon  1986  SLO       16.10
 49    2526943 RUDIGOZ Jean Christophe  1981  USA       15.80
 50    2527709 BJOERNNES Magnus  1993  NOR       15.50
 51    2527846 ANIKIN Ivan  1988  RUS       15.20
 52    2412132 HAUKKALA Juha  1978  FIN       14.90
 53    2528557 ZECHNER Marcus  1992  AUT       14.60
 54    2526137 FORSLUND Michael  1986  SWE       14.30
 55    2385263 KONO Kenji  1983  JPN       0.00
 56    2526785 ZAGORSKI Wojciech  1985  POL       0.00
 57    2529018 MARTINI Alex  1986  ITA       0.00
 58    2384681 WALDNER Klaus  1980  AUT       0.00
 59    2485174 ORLOWSKI Marcin  1985  POL       0.00
 60    2529007 LEITNER Patrick  1991  AUT       0.00
Did not finish
     2448410 NETZER Conradign  1980  SUI       
     2526879 STENGG Florian  1989  AUT 


 

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