Fenninger closes in on Maze as Weirather claims downhill win
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ANNA Fenninger’s pursuit of Tina Maze in the women’s World Cup race gained momentum when the Austrian closed to 24 points behind the Slovenian following yesterday’s downhill in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.
The race was won by Tina Weirather of Liechtenstein in 1 minute 40.94 seconds, 0.51 ahead of Fenninger with Maze in third, a further 0.40 adrift.
It was the first time in five races that the Austrian World Cup holder had lost but the main thing was to finish ahead of the 2013 big globe winner as has repeatedly been the case in recent weeks.
“There is nothing like a fight like this to give you motivation. You must never say never but it’s still going to be a close decision,” Fenninger told reporters.
Crowned giant slalom and super-G world champion in Beaver Creek last month, Fenninger is also a threat to Lindsey Vonn in the downhill standings.
The American, bidding for a seventh crystal globe in the discipline, finished sixth and now leads the Austrian by 39 points with one last downhill to be held at the World Cup finals in Meribel at the end of the month.
In Kvitfjell, Norway, Hannes Reichelt claimed his second straight World Cup downhill victory yesterday, cutting the gap on discipline leader Kjetil Jansrud to just 24 points going into the final race of the season.
Reichelt, the super-G world champion, went down the Olympiabakken course in 1:29.65 to beat Manuel Osborne-Paradis of Canada by 0.30 seconds and Werner Heel of Italy by 0.38.
The in-form Austrian was also quickest in Thursday’s opening training session.
Reichelt has 485 points ahead of the final downhill race at Meribel, France, on March 18, putting pressure on Jansrud, who could have claimed the discipline title on home snow.
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