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21.02.2010

Olympic Skicross 2010 in Vancouver, Canada

With beautiful blue skies the elite skicrossers of our universe dropped in and qualified for the Olympic skicross heats.

Zdeněk Šafář, of the Czech Republic, miscalculated a tricky section with rollers, doubles, step downs, and gravity near the end of the course. Needless to say, the speeds were high. He lost his balance prior to take off, landed on his tails, and wiped out hard.

Michael Schmid had the fastest qualifying run followed by X Games winner Chis Del Bosco who is racing for Canada. Former teammates, Stanley Hayer and the World Champion, Tomáš Kraus, qualified in 10th and 11th positions.

The much hyped Americans qualified, but they were slow. Even the lone Jamaican skicrosser qualified faster, and sushi before a skicross race. Thats a little different. Unfortunately, Rahlves got hit from behind near the finish by Ted Piccard. He landed hard on his back and lost his momentum. He recovered but was passed in mid air over the finish line jump. It was an amazing recovery by Rahlves and to even finish. Whoa, he got lucky.

http://www.ceskatelevize.cz/program/210471290100018.html?online=1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P571JUV9DuM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xET9ctxBHl4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhXA94tgnLM&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFDecUDCY-w

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdGXxfYqNpE

below are the results

qualifications

Rank	Bib	Country	Name	Time	Note
1	4	Switzerland	SCHMID Michael	1:12.53	Qualified
2	6	Canada	DELBOSCO Christopher	1:12.89	Qualified
3	13	France	KUHN Xavier	1:12.91	Qualified
4	5	Austria	MATT Andreas	1:13.13	Qualified
5	14	Norway	GROENVOLD Audun	1:13.23	Qualified
6	2	Austria	ZANGERL Thomas	1:13.44	Qualified
7	31	Slovenia	FLISAR Filip	1:13.46	Qualified
8	1	Germany	STICKL Simon	1:13.49	Qualified
9	27	Jamaica	KERR Errol	1:13.71	Qualified
10	11	Canada	HAYER Stanley	1:13.74	Qualified
11	7	Czech Republic	KRAUS Tomas	1:13.75	Qualified
12	33	Australia	KNELLER Scott	1:13.85	Qualified
13	20	France	GAVAGGIO Enak	1:13.90	Qualified
14	17	France	MIAILLIER Sylvain	1:13.91	Qualified
15	16	Switzerland	NETZER Conradign	1:13.91	Qualified
16	8	France	PICCARD Ted	1:14.10	Qualified
17	29	Norway	REKDAL Anders	1:14.17	Qualified
18	12	United States	PUCKETT Casey	1:14.35	Qualified
19	9	Sweden	LEWEN Lars	1:14.44	Qualified
20	25	Russian Federation	KOROTKOV Egor	1:14.54	Qualified
21	32	Sweden	FORSLUND Michael	1:14.66	Qualified
22	23	Finland	HAUKKALA Juha	1:14.66	Qualified
23	22	Sweden	ELIASSON Tommy	1:14.73	Qualified
24	15	United States	RAHLVES Daron	1:14.91	Qualified
25	10	Canada	BARR Davey	1:14.98	Qualified
26	21	Japan	TAKIZAWA Hiroomi	1:15.03	Qualified
27	19	Switzerland	SPALINGER Richard	1:15.12	Qualified
28	18	Austria	KOLLER Patrick	1:15.22	Qualified
29	24	Germany	FIALA Martin	1:15.88	Qualified
30	26	Austria	WITTNER Markus	1:15.91	Qualified
31	3	Switzerland	HOFER Beni	1:16.18	Qualified
32	30	Sweden	ILJANS Eric	1:16.34	Qualified
	28	Czech Republic	SAFAR Zdenek	Did not finish

1/8 heats

Heat	Bib	Colour	Country	Name	HeatRank	Note
1	1	Red	Switzerland	SCHMID Michael	10101000199	1/4 Final
1	32	Yellow	Sweden	ILJANS Eric	20102000499	1/4 Final
1	24	Blue	United States	RAHLVES Daron	30103000399	Rank 28
1	16	Green	France	PICCARD Ted	40104000299	Rank 21 DNF
2	9	Green	Jamaica	KERR Errol	10201000299	1/4 Final
2	25	Yellow	Canada	BARR Davey	20202000499	1/4 Final
2	8	Red	Germany	STICKL Simon	30203000199	Rank 19
2	17	Blue	Norway	REKDAL Anders	40204000399	Rank 22 DNF
3	11	Green	Czech Republic	KRAUS Tomas	10301000299	1/4 Final
3	27	Yellow	Switzerland	SPALINGER Richard	20302000499	1/4 Final
3	6	Red	Austria	ZANGERL Thomas	30303000199	Rank 18
3	19	Blue	Sweden	LEWEN Lars	40304000399	Rank 24
4	13	Green	France	GAVAGGIO Enak	10401000299	1/4 Final
4	4	Red	Austria	MATT Andreas	20402000199	1/4 Final
4	29	Yellow	Germany	FIALA Martin	30403000499	Rank 31
4	21	Blue	Sweden	FORSLUND Michael	40404000399	Rank 27
5	14	Green	France	MIAILLIER Sylvain	10501000299	1/4 Final
5	30	Yellow	Austria	WITTNER Markus	20502000499	1/4 Final
5	22	Blue	Finland	HAUKKALA Juha	30503000399	Rank 26
5	3	Red	France	KUHN Xavier	40504000199	Rank 17 DNF
6	5	Red	Norway	GROENVOLD Audun	10601000199	1/4 Final
6	12	Green	Australia	KNELLER Scott	20602000299	1/4 Final
6	20	Blue	Russian Federation	KOROTKOV Egor	30603000399	Rank 25
6	28	Yellow	Austria	KOLLER Patrick	40604000499	Rank 30
7	7	Red	Slovenia	FLISAR Filip	10701000199	1/4 Final
7	10	Green	Canada	HAYER Stanley	20702000299	1/4 Final
7	26	Yellow	Japan	TAKIZAWA Hiroomi	30703000499	Rank 29
7	18	Blue	United States	PUCKETT Casey	40704000399	Rank 23
8	2	Red	Canada	DELBOSCO Christopher	10801000199	1/4 Final
8	23	Blue	Sweden	ELIASSON Tommy	20802000399	1/4 Final
8	15	Green	Switzerland	NETZER Conradign	30803000299	Rank 20
8	31	Yellow	Switzerland	HOFER Beni	40804000499	Rank 32

Tomáš Kraus vede v první jízdě

Tomáš neúspěšně útočí na Andrease Matta v druhé jízdě olympijského závodu

1/4 heats

Heat	Bib	Colour	Country	Name	HeatRank	Note
1	1	Red	Switzerland	SCHMID Michael	10101000199	1/2 Final
1	25	Blue	Canada	BARR Davey	20102000399	1/2 Final
1	9	Green	Jamaica	KERR Errol	30103000299	Rank 9
1	32	Yellow	Sweden	ILJANS Eric	40104000499	Rank 16
2	13	Blue	France	GAVAGGIO Enak	10201000399	1/2 Final
2	4	Red	Austria	MATT Andreas	20202000199	1/2 Final
2	11	Green	Czech Republic	KRAUS Tomas	30203000299	Rank 11
2	27	Yellow	Switzerland	SPALINGER Richard	40204000499	Rank 14
3	5	Red	Norway	GROENVOLD Audun	10301000199	1/2 Final
3	12	Green	Australia	KNELLER Scott	20302000299	1/2 Final
3	14	Blue	France	MIAILLIER Sylvain	30303000399	Rank 12
3	30	Yellow	Austria	WITTNER Markus	40304000499	Rank 15
4	2	Red	Canada	DELBOSCO Christopher	10401000199	1/2 Final
4	7	Green	Slovenia	FLISAR Filip	20402000299	1/2 Final
4	23	Yellow	Sweden	ELIASSON Tommy	30403000499	Rank 13
4	10	Blue	Canada	HAYER Stanley	40404000399	Rank 10

1/2 heats

Heat	Bib	Colour	Country	Name	HeatRank	Note
1	1	Red	Switzerland	SCHMID Michael	10101000199	Big Final
1	4	Green	Austria	MATT Andreas	20102000299	Big Final
1	25	Yellow	Canada	BARR Davey	30103000499	Small Final
1	13	Blue	France	GAVAGGIO Enak	40104000399	Small Final
2	5	Green	Norway	GROENVOLD Audun	10201000299	Big Final
2	2	Red	Canada	DELBOSCO Christopher	20202000199	Big Final
2	12	Yellow	Australia	KNELLER Scott	30203000499	Small Final
2	7	Blue	Slovenia	FLISAR Filip	40204000399	Small Final

the small final

1	Small Final	13	Blue	France	GAVAGGIO Enak
2	Small Final	25	Yellow	Canada	BARR Davey
3	Small Final	12	Green	Australia	KNELLER Scott
4	Small Final	7	Red	Slovenia	FLISAR Filip

and the final

Start Time: Feb. 21, 1:18 PM PST

Last Updated: Feb. 21, 1:23 PM PST

Venue: Cypress Mountain

Heat Rank	Heat	Bib	Colour	Country	Name
1	Big Final	1	Red	Switzerland	SCHMID Michael
2	Big Final	4	Blue	Austria	MATT Andreas
3	Big Final	5	Yellow	Norway	GROENVOLD Audun
4	Big Final	2	Green	Canada	DELBOSCO Christopher

So its the first Swiss gold for Switzerland, the first ever Austrian silver for Austria, and the first radically bronze bronze for Norway. Congratulations to all and to all a good night. Way to go Audun!!! yeahaw

Wow you got to love the Olympic Skicross and the Cypress track was risky.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFDecUDCY-w

http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-freestyle-skiing-photos/#photoScrollHref

Tomáš Kraus uprostřed svého týmu