Alpine Indoor Ski European Championship 2009

The European Indoor Ski Championships 2009 took place on November 7th in the ski hall in Amnéville in north-eastern France . It was the first event of the European Ski Federation (ESF) founded in May 2009 . It was organized as a K.-o. - Slalom competition organized by the French Ski Federation. The slope was 482 meters long with a difference in altitude of 88 meters and an average gradient of 18 percent. The European champions were the French Jean-Baptiste Grange and the Slovak Veronika Zuzulová . There have been no other events of this kind since then.

Regulations

Only athletes from Europe were eligible to participate. The competition was held in the form of a knockout slalom. Of the participating runners, the eight best placed in the second slalom FIS points list 2009/10 were set for the round of 16. The other eight places in the final were determined in two qualification runs. The three best of each run and the two runners with the best overall time qualified for the round of 16. From the round of 16 onwards, two runners competed against each other, the winner progressed one lap. The medal winners were determined in the final and in the small final from the winners and losers of the semifinals. Places 5 to 8 were assigned according to the running times of those who were eliminated in the quarter-finals and places 9 to 16 according to the running times of those who failed in the second round. The other runners were ranked according to their total time from the two qualification runs. If two runners had achieved the same time to the hundredth of a second in a direct duel, the time measured to the thousandth of a second would have been used to determine the winner. If there was another tie, or if none of the runners reached the finish line in accordance with the rules, the runner with the better FIS points won. This regulation came into play in the quarter-finals between Thomas Fanara and Manfred Mölgg.

Controversies with the International Ski Federation

The implementation of the European Indoor Ski Championships by the ESF caused disagreements with the International Ski Federation (FIS). Gian-Franco Kasper , President of the FIS, did not rule out sanctions against participating athletes or associations in the run-up to the European Championship. According to the FIS statutes, sanctions would have been possible since the competition did not appear in the FIS calendar. After a conversation between the athlete's representative Kilian Albrecht and FIS President Kasper, at least the athletes did not have to fear any sanctions. The lack of clarity about possible consequences prevented some nations from participating in the European Championship. Not least because of the dispute with the FIS, the European Indoor Ski Championships received a lot of media attention. At its autumn meeting on November 14th, 2009 the FIS Board reserved sanctions against the four ESF member federations. A meeting between members of the FIS board and the presidents of the ESF member associations should take place. On November 17, 2009, the ESF announced that the International Ski Federation would not impose any sanctions.

Attendees

A total of 74 athletes (35 men and 39 women) from 10 nations took part. In addition to the ESF members France, Italy, Austria and Switzerland, these were Andorra, Belgium, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Russia and Slovakia. Some countries with strong athletes, such as Germany, Croatia, the Czech Republic or the Scandinavian countries did not take part. The women therefore lacked the three strongest slalom runners according to the FIS ranking, Maria Riesch , Šárka Záhrobská and Tanja Poutiainen .

For a complete list of the participating athletes see: Alpine Indoor Ski European Championship 2009 / Participants

Results

Men's space country Surname time Finals : 01 FRA Jean-Baptiste Grange 34.54 s 02 ITA Christof Innerhofer 34.78 s Small finale : 03 ITA Manfred Mölgg 35.31 s 04th SUI Marc Gini 35.37 s Quarter finals : 05 AUT Alexander Koll 35.16 s 06th AUT Thomas King 35.62 s 07th FRA Julien Lizeroux DNF 08th FRA Thomas Fanara DSQ Round of 16 : 09 FRA Stéphane Tissot 35.27 s 10 RUS Alexander Khoroshilov 35.69 s 11 AUT Christoph Dreier 35.74 s 12 AUT Manfred pillory 35.88 s 13 AUT Reinfried Herbst 35.98 s 14th AUT Marcel Hirscher 36.11 s 15th ITA Giorgio Rocca 36.67 s 16 AUT Mario Matt 37.20 s

Ladies space country Surname time Finals : 01 SVK Veronika Zuzulová 37.20 s 02 FRA Nastasia Noens 38.21 s Small finale : 03 FRA Marion Pellissier 37.91 s 04th ITA Denise Karbon 38.45 s Quarter finals : 05 AUT Kathrin Zettel 38.53 s 06th FRA Claire Dautherives 38.56 s FRA Sandrine Aubert 38.56 s 08th AND Mireia Gutiérrez 38.66 s Round of 16 : 09 SUI Nadja Vogel 38.90 s 10 FRA Anne-Sophie Barthet 38.98 s 11 AUT Michaela Kirchgasser 39.19 s 12 SUI Rabea Grand 39.51 s 13 ITA Nicole Gius 39.76 s 14th AUT Michaela Nösig 39.93 s 15th ITA Chiara Costazza 39.94 s 16 ITA Manuela Mölgg DNF

Finals men

	Round of 16					Quarter finals					Semifinals					final
	16	Stéphane Tissot	35.27
	1	Jean-Baptiste Grange	34.83
						9	Thomas King	35.62
						1	Jean-Baptiste Grange	35.04
	9	Thomas King	35.89
	8th	Giorgio Rocca	36.67
											5	Manfred Mölgg	35.35
										1	Jean-Baptiste Grange	34.86
	12	Christoph Dreier	35.74
	5	Manfred Mölgg	35.71
						13	Thomas Fanara	DSQ *
						5	Manfred Mölgg	DSQ *
	13	Thomas Fanara	35.73
	4th	Reinfried Herbst	35.98
																11	Christof Innerhofer	34.78
															1	Jean-Baptiste Grange	34.54
	14th	Alexander Khoroshilov	35.69
	3	Julien Lizeroux	35.47
						11	Christof Innerhofer	34.84
						3	Julien Lizeroux	DNF
	11	Christof Innerhofer	36.49
	6th	Mario Matt	37.20
											15th	Marc Gini	35.35
										11	Christof Innerhofer	34.92
	10	Alexander Koll	35.86
	7th	Marcel Hirscher	36.11
						15th	Marc Gini	34.87
															Race for third place
						10	Alexander Koll	35.16
	15th	Marc Gini	35.76												15th	Marc Gini	35.37
	2	Manfred pillory	35.88													5	Manfred Mölgg	35.31

* Fanara and Mölgg both set the stage. Mölgg rose because of the better FIS points.

Finals women

	Round of 16					Quarter finals					Semifinals					final
	16	Nadja Vogel	38.90
	1	Sandrine Aubert	38.72
						8th	Veronika Zuzulová	38.25
						1	Sandrine Aubert	38.56
	9	Anne-Sophie Barthet	38.98
	8th	Veronika Zuzulová	38.03
											13	Marion Pellissier	37.52
										8th	Veronika Zuzulová	36.79
	12	Claire Dautherives	38.96
	5	Manuela Mölgg	DNF
						13	Marion Pellissier	37.82
						12	Claire Dautherives	38.56
	13	Marion Pellissier	38.18
	4th	Nicole Gius	39.76
																10	Nastasia Noens	38.21
															8th	Veronika Zuzulová	37.20
	14th	Mireia Gutiérrez	38.64
	3	Chiara Costazza	39.94
						14th	Mireia Gutiérrez	38.66
						6th	Denise Karbon	38.47
	11	Rabea Grand	39.51
	6th	Denise Karbon	38.58
											10	Nastasia Noens	38.22
										6th	Denise Karbon	38.73
	10	Nastasia Noens	38.57
	7th	Michaela Kirchgasser	39.19
						10	Nastasia Noens	38.07
															Race for third place
						2	Kathrin Zettel	38.53
	15th	Michaela Nösig	39.93												13	Marion Pellissier	37.91
	2	Kathrin Zettel	38.92													6th	Denise Karbon	38.45

Web links

• European Ski Association
• Results men (PDF, 90 kB)
• Results women (PDF, 90 kB)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ derStandard.at : Misstöne : Twisted and turned , from October 26, 2009
2. ↑ derStandard.at : This is a wild race , from November 6, 2009
3. ↑ Ski aces let the EURO out ( memento from June 7, 2008 in the Internet Archive ), from November 4, 2009
4. ↑ derStandard.at : First European Championship title to Grange and Zuzulova , from November 7, 2009
5. ↑ FIS Media Info: Decisions of the FIS Council at its Autumn Meeting 2009 in Zurich (SUI)  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF, 24 kB, English, page 3), dated November 14, 2009  
6. ↑ ESF press release  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , dated November 17, 2009  

Remarks

1. ↑ 2. Slalom FIS points list 2009/10 ( men and women )