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Paerson fastest again in Are speed training

Feb. 24, 2011

ARE, Sweden — Continuously cold temperatures and sunshine greeted the 51 racers who competed the second and final downhill training on Thursday for the Are women's World Cup.

Anja Paerson of Sweden was fastest in Wednesday’s first training run by .52 seconds over Lindsey Vonn, and on Thursday she also nailed the second downhill training. But this time her competitors came threateningly close to her. Only one-hundredth of a second separated her from the second-fastest racer, which Thursday was Slovenia’s Tina Maze, while American Vonn was five-hundredths of a second behind in third.

When Paerson came to the finish wearing bib No. 17 with a run time of 1:42.84, she positioned herself in the top spot of the ranking almost two seconds faster than the previous day, but so was everyone else. She pushed Maze, who ran bib No. 13 and finished in a time of 1.42.85, to second place while discipline leader Vonn carrying bib No. 16 was relegated to the third place. She finished in a time of 1:42.89.

The fourth-place finisher, American Stacey Cook, was only .33 seconds behind the fastest time, while French racer Marion Rolland was more than a second behind in fifth with a time of 1:43.91.

On Friday, the Are World Cup races begin with the super-combined. First run is at 10:30 a.m. local time (super-G) and second run at 1:30 p.m. (slalom). The downhill race will be held on Saturday.

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Are women's World Cup downhill training No. 2 results

Rank	Bib	FIS Code	Name	Year	Nation	Total Time
1	17	505483	PAERSON Anja	1981	SWE	1:42.84
2	13	565243	MAZE Tina	1983	SLO	1:42.85
3	16	537544	VONN Lindsey	1984	USA	1:42.89
4	1	537582	COOK Stacey	1984	USA	1:43.17
5	22	195983	ROLLAND Marion	1982	FRA	1:43.91
6	15	515766	SUTER Fabienne	1985	SUI	1:44.30
7	3	565320	FERK Marusa	1988	SLO	1:44.31
8	9	55947	FENNINGER Anna	1989	AUT	1:44.39
9	10	515747	GISIN Dominique	1985	SUI	1:44.40
9	2	515573	AUFDENBLATTEN Fraenzi	1981	SUI	1:44.40
11	35	196812	PELLISSIER Marion	1988	FRA	1:44.42
12	37	55759	KIRCHGASSER Michaela	1985	AUT	1:44.44
13	19	537545	MANCUSO Julia	1984	USA	1:44.51
14	11	55750	FISCHBACHER Andrea	1985	AUT	1:44.54
15	34	505632	LINDELL-VIKARBY Jessica	1984	SWE	1:44.58
16	27	538573	ROSS Laurenne	1988	USA	1:44.59
17	25	55766	MADER Regina	1985	AUT	1:44.64
18	21	195671	JACQUEMOD Ingrid	1978	FRA	1:44.65
19	26	196460	MARCHAND-ARVIER Marie	1985	FRA	1:44.93
20	43	495318	RUIZ CASTILLO Carolina	1981	SPA	1:44.95
21	23	106022	JANYK Britt	1980	CAN	1:45.12
22	30	196573	REVILLET Aurelie	1986	FRA	1:45.23
23	32	55970	SCHMIDHOFER Nicole	1989	AUT	1:45.37
24	33	55882	STAUDINGER Christina	1987	AUT	1:45.39
25	24	296427	SCHNARF Johanna	1984	ITA	1:45.72
26	41	515997	FEIERABEND Denise	1989	SUI	1:45.80
27	46	297910	CURTONI Elena	1991	ITA	1:45.81
28	42	297702	MARSAGLIA Francesca	1990	ITA	1:45.82
29	4	296431	STUFFER Verena	1984	ITA	1:45.87
30	28	515560	SCHILD Martina	1981	SUI	1:46.02
31	45	516280	HOLDENER Wendy	1993	SUI	1:46.45
32	50	297601	BRIGNONE Federica	1990	ITA	1:46.84
33	47	375018	COLETTI Alexandra	1983	MON	1:47.13
34	48	506399	HECTOR Sara	1992	SWE	1:47.16
35	36	206323	STIEPEL Isabelle	1990	GER	1:47.32
36	49	506341	WIKSTROEM Emelie	1992	SWE	1:48.39
37	38	197006	GAUTHIER Marine	1990	FRA	1:50.49
Disqualified 1st run
	44	55806	ALTACHER Margret	1986	AUT
	40	196968	BAILET Margot	1990	FRA
	39	425880	SEJERSTED Lotte Smiseth	1991	NOR
	29	296472	FANCHINI Elena	1985	ITA
	20	296008	MERIGHETTI Daniela	1981	ITA
	18	55576	GOERGL Elisabeth	1981	AUT
	14	206001	RIESCH Maria	1984	GER
	12	515806	KAMER Nadja	1986	SUI
	8	205218	REBENSBURG Viktoria	1989	GER
	7	516138	GUT Lara	1991	SUI
	6	515782	ABDERHALDEN Marianne	1986	SUI
	5	538305	SMITH Leanne	1987	USA
Did not start 1st run
	51	55690	HOSP Nicole	1983	AUT
	31	505760	PIETILAE-HOLMNER Maria	1986	SWE