Snowboarding

Strong Opener for Reiter

by
USSA
2014-12-17 11:22
 
CAREZZA, Italy (Dec. 18, 2014)—Under foggy weather conditions in Carezza, Olympian Justin Reiter (Steamboat Springs, CO) rode to a sixth place finish at the first FIS World Cup parallel giant slalom World Cup of the season December 16. Italy’s Roland Fischnaller celebrated his ninth career win just ahead Slovenia’s Zan Kosir, who crashed in the final round. Veteran racer Jasey Jay Anderson of Canada - the oldest competitor in the field at 39 years old - rounded out the top three.
 
On the women’s side Marion Kreiner (AUT) took home her fourth career win ahead of Canadian Caroline Calve (CAN) and local hero Nadya Ochner (ITA). 
 
The FIS Alpine Snowboard World Cup tour continued on December 18 in Montafon, Austria where Justin Reiter took 14th in the Parallel Slalom.
 
HIGHLIGHTS
  • The sixth was Justin Reiter’s 13th top 10 finish at a FIS World Cup, not including a silver medal at the 2013 FIS World Snowboard Championships.
  • Michael Trapp (Steamboat Springs, CO) finished 47th.
  • It was Kreiner's 130th World Cup start and has four wins. Fischnaller has had 157 World Cup starts and has won nine of them.
  • The World Cup tour continued in Montafon, Austria Thursday with Reiter finishing 14th in a parallel slalom. A team event is set for Friday.
  • The World Cup tour continues in Bad Gastein, Austria in January, the final event before World Championships in Kreischberg, Austria.
 
QUOTES
Justin Reiter, sixth place, FIS World Cup, Carezza, Italy
Today was a fun day. It didn't look that great at first—the weather and snow were questionable, but the organizers did a great job of preparing the slope and putting on a great race. 
 
I rode well. The course was really fun and you could attack it. While sixth is a great start to the season, it’s still short of a podium. I'm happy, but not satisfied.
 
 


 


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