Alpine Ski World Cup 1969/70

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Alpine Ski World Cup 1969/70

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Men's Ladies
winner
total AustriaAustria Karl Schranz FranceFrance Michèle Jacot
Departure AustriaAustria Karl Cordin Karl Schranz
AustriaAustria 
FranceFrance Isabelle Mir
Giant slalom ItalyItaly Gustav Thöni FranceFrance Michèle Jacot Françoise Macchi
FranceFrance 
slalom FranceFrance Alain Penz Patrick Russel
FranceFrance 
FranceFrance Ingrid Lafforgue
Nations Cup FranceFrance France
Nations Cup FranceFrance France FranceFrance France
Competitions
Venues 15th 13
Individual competitions 28 27
1968/69
1970/71

The 1969/70 season of the Alpine Ski World Cup organized by the FIS began on December 10, 1969 in Val-d'Isère and ended on March 15, 1970 in Voss (women). 28 races were held for the men (6  downhill runs , 11  giant slaloms , 11  slaloms ). There were 26 races for women (5 downhill runs, 9 giant slaloms, 12 slaloms). There was also a combination rating .

World Cup ratings

total

Men's
rank athlete Points
1 AustriaAustria Karl Schranz 148
2 FranceFrance Patrick Russel 145
3 ItalyItaly Gustav Thöni 140
4th FranceFrance Jean-Noël Augert 120
5 FranceFrance Alain Penz 119
6th SwitzerlandSwitzerland Dumeng Giovanoli 116
7th AustriaAustria Werner Bleiner 83
8th FranceFrance Henri Duvillard 81
AustriaAustria Heinrich Messner
10 AustriaAustria Karl Cordin 65
11 FranceFrance Henri Bréchu 62
12 FranceFrance Bernard Orcel 52
13 Poland 1944Poland Andrzej Bachleda 50
14th AustraliaAustralia Malcolm Milne 48
15th United StatesUnited States Billy Kidd 45
Germany BRBR Germany Max Rieger
17th SwitzerlandSwitzerland Edmund Bruggmann 40
18th SwitzerlandSwitzerland Jakob Tischhauser 39
19th SwitzerlandSwitzerland Bernhard Russi 37
Germany BRBR Germany Franz Vogler
Ladies
rank Athlete Points
1 FranceFrance Michèle Jacot 180
2 FranceFrance Françoise Macchi 145
3 FranceFrance Florence Steurer 133
4th FranceFrance Ingrid Lafforgue 132
5 United StatesUnited States Barbara Ann Cochran 120
6th AustriaAustria Annemarie Pröll 110
7th CanadaCanada Betsy Clifford 101
8th FranceFrance Isabelle Mir 100
9 FranceFrance Britt Lafforgue 87
10 FranceFrance Annie Famose 81
11 Germany BRBR Germany Rosi Mittermaier 74
12 AustriaAustria Bernadette Rauter 67
13 United StatesUnited States Marilyn Cochran 62
14th United StatesUnited States Karen Budge 58
15th AustriaAustria Wiltrud Drexel 51
16 AustriaAustria Gertrud Gabl 45
17th FranceFrance Dominique Mathieux 42
18th United StatesUnited States Kiki cutter 40
19th SwitzerlandSwitzerland Annerösli Zryd 31
20th FranceFrance Marie-France Jean-Georges 22nd

Departure

Men's
rank athlete Points
1 AustriaAustria Karl Cordin 65
AustriaAustria Karl Schranz 65
3 FranceFrance Henri Duvillard 55
4th AustraliaAustralia Malcolm Milne 48
5 FranceFrance Bernard Orcel 37
SwitzerlandSwitzerland Bernhard Russi
Germany BRBR Germany Franz Vogler
8th AustriaAustria Heinrich Messner 35
9 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Jean-Daniel Datwyler 28
10 FranceFrance Jean-Luc Pinel 20th
Ladies
rank Athlete Points
1 FranceFrance Isabelle Mir 75
2 FranceFrance Annie Famose 48
3 FranceFrance Florence Steurer 46
4th FranceFrance Michèle Jacot 45
5 FranceFrance Françoise Macchi 44
6th AustriaAustria Wiltrud Drexel 31
7th SwitzerlandSwitzerland Annerösli Zryd 27
8th AustriaAustria Annemarie Pröll 23
9 AustriaAustria Ingrid Gfölner 14th
10 CanadaCanada Judy Crawford 11

Giant slalom

Men's
rank athlete Points
1 ItalyItaly Gustav Thöni 75
2 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Dumeng Giovanoli 70
FranceFrance Patrick Russel
4th AustriaAustria Werner Bleiner 65
AustriaAustria Karl Schranz
6th FranceFrance Jean-Noël Augert 50
7th FranceFrance Alain Penz 44
8th SwitzerlandSwitzerland Jakob Tischhauser 37
9 Poland 1944Poland Andrzej Bachleda 32
10 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Edmund Bruggmann 31
Ladies
rank Athlete Points
1 FranceFrance Michèle Jacot 70
FranceFrance Françoise Macchi
3 AustriaAustria Annemarie Pröll 60
4th United StatesUnited States Barbara Ann Cochran 55
5 FranceFrance Ingrid Lafforgue 53
6th CanadaCanada Betsy Clifford 41
7th FranceFrance Florence Steurer 37
8th FranceFrance Britt Lafforgue 32
9 United StatesUnited States Karen Budge 28
10 Germany BRBR Germany Rosi Mittermaier 25th

slalom

Men's
rank athlete Points
1 FranceFrance Patrick Russel 75
FranceFrance Alain Penz
3 FranceFrance Jean-Noël Augert 70
4th ItalyItaly Gustav Thöni 65
5 FranceFrance Henri Bréchu 60
6th SwitzerlandSwitzerland Dumeng Giovanoli 46
7th AustriaAustria Heinrich Messner 31
8th United StatesUnited States Billy Kidd 29
9 AustriaAustria Harald Rofner 25th
10 United StatesUnited States Rick Chaffee 23
Ladies
rank Athlete Points
1 FranceFrance Ingrid Lafforgue 75
2 United StatesUnited States Barbara Ann Cochran 65
FranceFrance Michèle Jacot
4th CanadaCanada Betsy Clifford 55
FranceFrance Britt Lafforgue
AustriaAustria Bernadette Rauter
7th FranceFrance Florence Steurer 50
8th Germany BRBR Germany Rosi Mittermaier 42
9 United StatesUnited States Kiki cutter 40
10 United StatesUnited States Marilyn Cochran 34
FranceFrance Dominique Mathieux

Podium placements men

Departure

date place 1st place 2nd place 3rd place
December 14, 1969 Val d'Isère ( FRA ) AustraliaAustralia Malcolm Milne SwitzerlandSwitzerland Jean-Daniel Datwyler AustriaAustria Karl Schranz
01/10/1970 Wengen ( SUI ) FranceFrance Henri Duvillard AustriaAustria Karl Cordin AustriaAustria Heinrich Messner
01/23/1970 Megève ( FRA ) AustriaAustria Karl Schranz AustriaAustria Heinrich Messner FranceFrance Henri Duvillard
02/01/1970 Garmisch-Partenkirchen ( FRG ) AustriaAustria Karl Schranz AustriaAustria Karl Cordin Germany BRBR Germany Franz Vogler
02/15/1970 World Championship Val Gardena ( ITA ) SwitzerlandSwitzerland Bernhard Russi AustriaAustria Karl Cordin AustraliaAustralia Malcolm Milne
02/21/1970 Jackson Hole ( USA ) AustriaAustria Karl Cordin FranceFrance Bernard Orcel FranceFrance Henri Duvillard

Giant slalom

date place 1st place 2nd place 3rd place
12/11/1969 Val d'Isère ( FRA ) ItalyItaly Gustav Thöni FranceFrance Patrick Russel FranceFrance Jean-Noël Augert
December 20, 1969 Lienz ( AUT ) FranceFrance Patrick Russel ItalyItaly Gustav Thöni SwitzerlandSwitzerland Jakob Tischhauser
05/01/1970 Adelboden ( SUI ) AustriaAustria Karl Schranz Germany BRBR Germany Sepp Heckelmiller SwitzerlandSwitzerland Dumeng Giovanoli
January 17, 1970 Kitzbühel ( AUT ) SwitzerlandSwitzerland Dumeng Giovanoli Poland 1944Poland Andrzej Bachleda AustriaAustria Karl Schranz
01/20/1970 Kranjska Gora ( YUG ) SwitzerlandSwitzerland Dumeng Giovanoli FranceFrance Patrick Russel FranceFrance Georges Mauduit
01/29/1970 Madonna di Campiglio ( ITA ) ItalyItaly Gustav Thöni SwitzerlandSwitzerland Dumeng Giovanoli FranceFrance Jean-Noël Augert
01/30/1970 Madonna di Campiglio ( ITA ) ItalyItaly Gustav Thöni SwitzerlandSwitzerland Edmund Bruggmann FranceFrance Jean-Noël Augert
02/10/1970 World Championship Val Gardena ( ITA ) AustriaAustria Karl Schranz AustriaAustria Werner Bleiner SwitzerlandSwitzerland Dumeng Giovanoli
02/27/1970 Whistler ( CAN ) FranceFrance Alain Penz AustriaAustria Werner Bleiner FranceFrance Patrick Russel
March 8, 1970 Heavenly Valley ( USA ) FranceFrance Patrick Russel AustriaAustria Werner Bleiner AustriaAustria Karl Schranz
March 13, 1970 Voss ( NOR ) AustriaAustria Werner Bleiner FranceFrance Jean-Noël Augert AustriaAustria Karl Schranz

slalom

date place 1st place 2nd place 3rd place
December 21, 1969 Lienz ( AUT ) FranceFrance Jean-Noël Augert AustriaAustria Herbert Huber United StatesUnited States Vladimir Sabich
04/01/1970 Bad Hindelang ( FRG ) ItalyItaly Gustav Thöni FranceFrance Patrick Russel FranceFrance Jean-Noël Augert
01/11/1970 Wengen ( SUI ) FranceFrance Patrick Russel SwitzerlandSwitzerland Dumeng Giovanoli FranceFrance Henri Bréchu
January 18, 1970 Kitzbühel ( AUT ) FranceFrance Patrick Russel ItalyItaly Gustav Thöni FranceFrance Jean-Noël Augert
01/25/1970 Megève ( FRA ) FranceFrance Patrick Russel FranceFrance Alain Penz FranceFrance Henri Bréchu
January 31, 1970 Madonna di Campiglio ( ITA ) FranceFrance Henri Bréchu ItalyItaly Gustav Thöni SwitzerlandSwitzerland Dumeng Giovanoli
02/08/1970 World Championship Val Gardena ( ITA ) FranceFrance Jean-Noël Augert FranceFrance Patrick Russel United StatesUnited States Billy Kidd
02/22/1970 Jackson Hole ( USA ) FranceFrance Alain Penz FranceFrance Henri Bréchu ItalyItaly Gustav Thöni
02/28/1970 Whistler ( CAN ) FranceFrance Alain Penz ItalyItaly Gustav Thöni FranceFrance Patrick Russel
03/06/1970 Heavenly Valley ( USA ) FranceFrance Alain Penz United StatesUnited States Rick Chaffee AustriaAustria Heinrich Messner
03/15/1970 Voss ( NOR ) FranceFrance Patrick Russel FranceFrance Jean-Noël Augert FranceFrance Henri Bréchu

combination

date place 1st place 2nd place 3rd place
02/15/1970 World Championship Val Gardena ( ITA ) United StatesUnited States Billy Kidd FranceFrance Patrick Russel Poland 1944Poland Andrzej Bachleda

Podium placements women

Departure

date place 1st place 2nd place 3rd place
01/09/1970 Grindelwald ( SUI ) FranceFrance Isabelle Mir FranceFrance Annie Famose FranceFrance Florence Steurer
January 15, 1970 Bad Gastein ( AUT ) FranceFrance Isabelle Mir FranceFrance Florence Steurer FranceFrance Michèle Jacot
01/30/1970 Garmisch-Partenkirchen ( FRG ) FranceFrance Françoise Macchi AustriaAustria Wiltrud Drexel FranceFrance Michèle Jacot
02/11/1970 World Championship Val Gardena ( ITA ) SwitzerlandSwitzerland Annerösli Zryd FranceFrance Isabelle Mir AustriaAustria Annemarie Pröll
02/21/1970 Jackson Hole ( USA ) FranceFrance Isabelle Mir FranceFrance Annie Famose FranceFrance Michèle Jacot

Giant slalom

date place 1st place 2nd place 3rd place
December 10, 1969 Val d'Isère ( FRA ) FranceFrance Françoise Macchi United StatesUnited States Barbara Ann Cochran FranceFrance Michèle Jacot
December 19, 1969 Lienz ( AUT ) United StatesUnited States Judy Nagel FranceFrance Michèle Jacot United StatesUnited States Barbara Ann Cochran
04/01/1970 Oberstaufen ( FRG ) FranceFrance Michèle Jacot FranceFrance Françoise Macchi United StatesUnited States Barbara Ann Cochran
January 17, 1970 Maribor ( YUG ) AustriaAustria Annemarie Pröll FranceFrance Florence Steurer United StatesUnited States Barbara Ann Cochran
01/24/1970 Saint-Gervais-les-Bains ( FRA ) FranceFrance Françoise Macchi AustriaAustria Annemarie Pröll United StatesUnited States Judy Nagel
02/01/1970 Abetone ( ITA ) FranceFrance Britt Lafforgue FranceFrance Marie-France Jean-Georges United StatesUnited States Judy Nagel
02/14/1970 World Championship Val Gardena ( ITA ) CanadaCanada Betsy Clifford FranceFrance Ingrid Lafforgue FranceFrance Françoise Macchi
02/27/1970 Whistler ( CAN ) FranceFrance Michèle Jacot United StatesUnited States Barbara Ann Cochran United StatesUnited States Judy Nagel
03/12/1970 Voss ( NOR ) FranceFrance Ingrid Lafforgue AustriaAustria Wiltrud Drexel AustriaAustria Annemarie Pröll

slalom

date place 1st place 2nd place 3rd place
12/12/1969 Val d'Isère ( FRA ) FranceFrance Michèle Jacot United StatesUnited States Barbara Ann Cochran FranceFrance Florence Steurer
December 20, 1969 Lienz ( AUT ) United StatesUnited States Judy Nagel FranceFrance Ingrid Lafforgue AustriaAustria Bernadette Rauter
03/01/1970 Oberstaufen ( FRG ) AustriaAustria Bernadette Rauter FranceFrance Isabelle Mir FranceFrance Françoise Macchi
01/06/1970 Grindelwald ( SUI ) FranceFrance Michèle Jacot CanadaCanada Betsy Clifford United StatesUnited States Marilyn Cochran
01/13/1970 Bad Gastein ( AUT ) FranceFrance Ingrid Lafforgue CanadaCanada Betsy Clifford FranceFrance Dominique Mathieux
January 18, 1970 Maribor ( YUG ) United StatesUnited States Barbara Ann Cochran FranceFrance Britt Lafforgue AustriaAustria Bernadette Rauter
01/22/1970 Saint-Gervais-les-Bains ( FRA ) United StatesUnited States Kiki cutter FranceFrance Ingrid Lafforgue FranceFrance Florence Steurer
02/02/1970 Abetone ( ITA ) FranceFrance Ingrid Lafforgue United StatesUnited States Judy Nagel FranceFrance Dominique Mathieux
02/13/1970 World Championship Val Gardena ( ITA ) FranceFrance Ingrid Lafforgue United StatesUnited States Barbara Ann Cochran FranceFrance Michèle Jacot
02/22/1970 Jackson Hole ( USA ) FranceFrance Ingrid Lafforgue United StatesUnited States Barbara Ann Cochran CanadaCanada Betsy Clifford
03/01/1970 Whistler ( CAN ) FranceFrance Ingrid Lafforgue FranceFrance Britt Lafforgue CanadaCanada Betsy Clifford
March 14, 1970 Voss ( NOR ) Germany BRBR Germany Rosi Mittermaier FranceFrance Florence Steurer FranceFrance Britt Lafforgue

combination

date place 1st place 2nd place 3rd place
02/14/1970 World Championship Val Gardena ( ITA ) FranceFrance Michèle Jacot FranceFrance Florence Steurer United StatesUnited States Marilyn Cochran

Nations Cup

Overall rating
rank country Points
1 FranceFrance France 1552
2 AustriaAustria Austria 766
3 United StatesUnited States United States 462
4th SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland 380
5 Germany BRBR Germany BR Germany 221
6th ItalyItaly Italy 165
7th CanadaCanada Canada 135
8th Poland 1944Poland Poland 50
9 AustraliaAustralia Australia 48
10 NorwayNorway Norway 31
11 United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom 20th
12 SwedenSweden Sweden 9
13 Spain 1945Spain Spain 2
Men's
rank country Points
1 FranceFrance France 629
2 AustriaAustria Austria 469
3 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland 347
4th ItalyItaly Italy 160
5 United StatesUnited States United States 147
6th Germany BRBR Germany BR Germany 135
7th Poland 1944Poland Poland 50
8th AustraliaAustralia Australia 48
9 CanadaCanada Canada 14th
10 NorwayNorway Norway 13
11 SwedenSweden Sweden 9
12 Spain 1945Spain Spain 2
Ladies
rank country Points
1 FranceFrance France 926
2 United StatesUnited States United States 315
3 AustriaAustria Austria 297
4th CanadaCanada Canada 121
5 Germany BRBR Germany BR Germany 86
6th SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland 33
7th United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom 20th
8th NorwayNorway Norway 18th
9 ItalyItaly Italy 5

statistics

Men (28 races):
DH 6:
Rank 1: AUT 3, AUS 1, FRA 1, SUI 1
Rank 2: AUT 4, FRA 1, SUI 1
Rank 3: AUT 2, FRA 2, AUS 1, GER 1
giant slalom 11 :
Rank 1: AUT 3, FRA 3, ITA 3, SUI 2
Rank 2: AUT 3, FRA 3, SUI 2, GER 1, ITA 1, POL 1
Rank 3: FRA 5, AUT 3, SUI 3
Slalom 11:
Rank 1: FRA 10, ITA 1
Rank 2: FRA 5, ITA 3, AUT 1, SUI 1, USA 1
Rank 3: FRA 6, USA 2, AUT 1, ITA 1, SUI 1

Overall 28:
Rank 1: FRA 14, AUT 6, ITA 4, SUI 3, AUS 1
Rank 2: FRA 9, AUT 8, ITA 4, SUI 4, GER 1, POL 1, USA 1
Rank 3: FRA 13, AUT 6, SUI 4, USA 2, AUS 1, GER 1, ITA 1

Overview:
FRA 14 | 9 | 13
AUT 6 | 8 | 6
ITA 4 | 4 | 1
SUI 3 | 4 | 4
AUS 1 | - | 1
GER - | 1 | 1
POL - | 1 | -
USA - | 1 | 2

Women (26 races):
DH 5:
Rank 1: FRA 4, SUI 1
Rank 2: FRA 4, AUT 1
Rank 3: FRA 4, AUT 1
Giant Slalom 9:
Rank 1: FRA 6, AUT 1, CAN 1, USA 1st
Rank 2: FRA 5, AUT 2, USA 2
Rank 3: USA 6, FRA 2, AUT 1
Slalom 12:
Rank 1: FRA 7, USA 3, AUT 1, GER 1
Rank 2: FRA 6, USA 4, CAN 2
Rank 3: FRA 7, AUT 2, CAN 2, USA 1

Overall (26):
Rank 1: FRA 17, USA 4, AUT 2, CAN 1, GER 1, SUI 1
Rank 2: FRA 15, USA 6, AUT 3, CAN 2
Rank 3: FRA 13, USA 7, AUT 4 , CAN 2

Overview:
FRA 17 | 15 | 13
USA 4 | 6 | 7
AUT 2 | 3 | 4
CAN 1 | 2 | 2
GER 1 | - | -
SUI 1 | - | -

Season course

mode

There was also a second category of the World Cup, which was more of a benefit to the young runners and was rewarded practically with half points (but with rounding up; therefore 13 points for a win).

Most of the two runs of the men's giant slalom were driven on one day, but there were also exceptions on the 19th and 20th. December in Lienz (this was also organized as the "International Tyrolean Ski Championships") and on 17./18. January in Kitzbühel , where (because of the low snow conditions) such a - instead of the descent - was held on Friday and Saturday. In contrast, the one in Adelboden was completed in one day (January 5, 1970).

FIS world rankings

Around July 8th, the FIS published the new world rankings (the third in the current year), in which the French and Austrian federations held the top positions with 3 people each. Compared to previous years, the increasing specialization was noticeable, because neither women nor men were at the top in two disciplines (as was previously the case with Jean-Claude Killy and Nancy Greene ).

Among other things, the upcoming world champions Bernhard Russi and Betsy Clifford did not appear in the respective disciplines in the "Top 30" or "Top 15", but Malcolm Milne was also not in the "Top 30".

Men's:

Departure:

Henri Duvillard before Karl Schranz , Heinrich Messner , Jean-Daniel Dätwyler , Bernard Orcel , Josef Minsch , Karl Cordin ; also 9th Franz Vogler , 19th Claudio de Tassis (ITA), 28th Vladimir Sabich , 30th Gerald Mussner (ITA).

Giant slalom:

Jean-Noël Augert in front of Karl Schranz, Reinhard Tritscher , Jakob Tischhauser , Dumeng Giovanoli , Heinrich Messner; also 8. Patrick Russel , 10. Vladimir Sabich, 11. Henri Duvillard, 16. Claudio de Tassis, 19. Sepp Heckelmiller , 30. David Zwilling .

Slalom:

Alfred Matt in front of Alain Penz , Patrick Russel , Edmund Bruggmann , Billy Kidd , Jean-Noël Augert; also 9. Vladimir Sabich, 15. Andrzej Bachleda , 16. Håkon Mjøen , 22. Claudio de Tassis, 23. Olle Rolén (SWE), 30. Guy Périllat . - No runner of the DSV in the "Top 30".

Women:

Departure:

Wiltrud Drexel in front of Olga Pall , Isabelle Mir , Annerösli Zryd , Annie Famose , Michèle Jacot ; further: 7. Annemarie Pröll , 11. Marilyn Cochran , 14. Giustina Demetz , 18.

Rosi Mittermaier .

Giant slalom:

Michèle Jacot in front of Florence Steurer , Gertrud Gabl , Marilyn Cochran , Bernadette Rauter , Fernande Bochatay (Schmid-Bochatay who were already married at this point and who had resigned); also 15. Rosi Mittermaier, 21. Edith Sprecher (now Sprecher-Hiltbrand) (SUI).

Slalom:

Gertrud Gabl in front of Kiki Cutter , Rosi Mittermaier, Ingrid Lafforgue , Judy Nagel , Bernadette Rauter; also 15. Annemarie Pröll.

Premier victories

  • With the South Tyrolean Gustav Thöni , a not yet 19-year-old racer of the Italian Ski Association entered the World Cup event. He won right on his debut in giant slalom on December 11, 1969 in Val-d'Isère and subsequently the corresponding discipline classification. Up to the last races he was able to fight for victory in the overall World Cup.
  • Another surprise of the season was the Australian downhill skier Malcolm Milne , who won with starting number 22 in Val d'Isère on December 14, 1969 (and also bronze at the World Championships in Val Gardena).
  • Annemarie Pröll had already "announced" her first victory through good placements, which she achieved on January 17, 1970 in Maribor .

Events

  • The Swiss Ski Association announced its squad lists and coaching posts around July 8, 1969. Here Urs Weber was the “discipline chief”, Hans Jäger (Parpan) the “men's coach” and Georg Grünenfelder (Wangs) the “men's head coach”. Jean-Pierre Besson (Les Loges) was named as the “women's trainer” and Erwin Zenklusen (Grächen) was named as the “additional female coach”. (The previous women's trainer Albert Schlunegger had announced his resignation.)
  • French slalom strength: 10 of the 11 men's races went to the "Grande Nation", the women were also quite successful with seven wins.
  • The fact that there were already several races in December obviously caused problems for the ÖSV , whereby their head coach Hermann Gamon (on behalf of the sick racing director Prof. Franz Hoppichler) declared that it was a mistake, in contrast to the French and US teams not going to Australia for a summer training session. So far, races like Val-d'Isère or Lienz have been seen as preparation, now they have the same value as the classics. However, the SSV and DSV also viewed these first races as training.
  • The US team, which had traveled to the Upper Austrian capital Linz , arrived late for the World Cup races in Lienz (December 19-22) . A misprint in the “FIS Bulletin” was probably to blame, because it said “Linz”.
  • The women's slalom on January 3, 1970 in Oberstaufen was quite unsuccessful , where only 18 of 92 starters made it into the rankings.
  • The Lauberhorn run was shortened due to the foehn weather, instead of 4,260 m in length (start at Hundschopf) it was only 2,840 m (height difference 730 m). Bernhard Russi came with start no. 73 in the World Cup for the first time: 10th place (2.80 seconds behind). The fastest in training, Malcolm Milne, had start no. 26 no chance, with 3.51 seconds behind he ended up in 16th place.
  • There was turbulence at the Lauberhorn races for the Italian drivers. The reason was a submitted agreement that had arisen from the interpretation of the new FIS qualification articles by the FISI and according to which the drivers should be compensated according to their FIS points. But some runners intrigued against it under the leadership of Giovanni Dibona, whereupon head coach Jean Vuarnet Dibona, Renzo Zandegiacomo and Eberhard Schmalzl, also sent the French coach Bernard Favre home. But those affected stayed in Wengen and took part in the slalom.
  • At the Lauberhorn slalom on January 11th, none of the ÖSV team made it into the points; Herbert Huber as the best was classified in 11th place; after the first round it looked like a pleasant surprise for the Austrians, because the internationally little known David Zwilling was starting number. 29 in the lead (in 53.64 seconds with 0.09 seconds ahead of Sabich; Russel took seventh place 0.26 seconds behind).
  • The Hahnenkamm races in Kitzbühel took place without a downhill run, instead of which a giant slalom was held (also on two days - 16/17 January). However, this meant that the combined rating consisted of giant slalom and slalom. The organizers had to take this step on January 15th under pressure from the team captains. Everything had been tried with unparalleled effort. The previous days were filled with hunger and anxiety, once the temperatures rose, then they fell again. The training sessions on Tuesday and Wednesday were canceled. Ultimately, the safety risks were too high, so the jury canceled the departure at 10:30 am. The snow had become too glassy in places and did not allow a guided tour - the stretch from the Hausbergkante to the finish line was almost free of snow.
  • With the gold medal in the world championship downhill run by Annerösli Zryd , the Swiss women also achieved their first victory in a world cup downhill run.
  • The men's Kandahar downhill in Garmisch-Partenkirchen was postponed from January 31st to February 1st, which meant that the slalom (which was only relevant for the Kandahar classification) was canceled, and there was the curious situation that downhill winner Karl Schranz was also at the same time was the winner of the Kandahar combination. Here, too, there was an overlap in the scheduling, as the men's slalom was also held in Madonna di Campiglio on January 31st .
  • With regard to the overseas races, the ÖSV decided to send only its men's team, while the women were given “a creative break”. The program sequence for the final races in Voss was slightly changed: instead of the men's giant slalom, the women's slalom was held on March 12th, and there was also a men's slalom on March 14th at the final (but no longer relevant because of the World Cup decisions) Mistake in timing, so that Andrzej Bachleda was initially proclaimed the winner.
  • The highlight of the season was the 1970 World Cup in Val Gardena . The races held there also counted for the World Cup ranking, which is why Schranz was able to record two World Cup victories in the giant slalom, but this cannot be seen from the FIS statistics that can be accessed on the Internet, as this victory is only shown under "World Championships" and not also under "World Cup ". However, the combination was not part of the World Cup at this World Cup because there was a World Cup rating for it only from 1974/75.
  • Downhill world champion Bernhard Russi did not take part in the USA tour; "This had already been planned, he would have wanted to take part in the" Tre-Tre "races, but he sprained his already damaged arm." So it happened that he was at a sporting goods exhibition of his French ski company in the Messepalast in Vienna was present.
  • At the men's slalom in Voss (March 15), the Pole Andrzej Bachleda , who had achieved an unbelievable best time in the first run, was declared the winner, rather a time correction put him in 7th place a few hours later (and Russel won).

Deaths

  • On June 3, 1969, the French runner Jean-Pierre Rossat-Mignod was killed while driving on the mountain road from Digne to Nice when he was hit by a stone avalanche.
  • On January 23, 1970, at the men's downhill in Megève , the young French runner Michel Bozon suffered such serious injuries in a fall that he died shortly afterwards in hospital. ( Werner Grissmann also had a hard fall in this race and suffered a broken pelvis.) After the end of the season, Herbert Huber passed away on July 15, 1970.

World Cup decisions

General:

  • As in the years before, only the three best results per discipline counted, so a maximum of 75 points could be achieved per discipline and the theoretical maximum points for the overall ranking was 225.
  • Three discipline evaluations (downhill and slalom men and giant slalom women) were decided with equal points.

Men:
The overall World Cup was hard fought this time. Karl Schranz could have won the World Cup a few weeks earlier: He was leading after the races in Jackson Hole (February 22nd), in which, with 7th place in the slalom, his overall ranking was not excessive, but also not unimportant with four additional ones Could increase points, with 146 points ahead of Patrick Russel and Gustav Thöni (140 each). But he was even third after the first run, and even if he had finished fourth, that would have made him unassailable. Almost the same picture emerged in Heavenly Valley: Bleiner led ahead of Schranz, Russel and Penz - this intermediate result would have been enough.

  • Before the last two races in Voss, Schranz was in the lead with 148 points (these two additional points resulted from rank 6 in the slalom in Heavenly) ahead of Russel with 145 points and Thöni with 140 points. Schranz could still score points in the two remaining races, Russel could have gained a maximum of 5 points (by winning the giant slalom), and Thöni also only got 5 points by winning the slalom, as he had won one win and two second in this discipline by then Had places. At this point, Thöni was already without a chance of overall victory and at best could have drawn level with Russell. In the giant slalom Schranz was third and Russel fourth, neither of them was able to increase their points account. Thus Schranz was World Cup winner on March 13th by only three points. Russell's victory in the final slalom was his fourth slalom victory of the season and thus a cancellation result.
  • Karl Schranz benefited from the fact that the giant slalom he won was part of the World Cup, because otherwise he would have scored ten points less.

Women:

  • After the races in Jackson Hole, Michèle Jacot led Macchi (145) at 170 - and Jacot was ultimately the first French woman to win the overall World Cup; thereafter - despite several strong team performances - so far (date after the 2018/19 season) none of the French ski association's runners managed to achieve an overall victory. Jacot's results at the World Cup did not affect her overall victory.

Injuries

France's Isabelle Mir was affected by an "injury of indefinite degree" on a descent in Alpe d'Huez ; she was taken to a hospital for observation.

Resignations

Dumeng Giovanoli , combined world champion Bill Kidd and his team mate Jimmy Heuga as well as Gerhard Nenning or world champion Annerösli Zryd , furthermore Giustina Demetz and Heidi Zimmermann ended their careers. At the age of 18 and 20, Judy Nagel and Kiki Cutter also said goodbye to the Alpine Ski World Cup. Only 21 was Marie-France Jean-Georges , who also resigned.

Race outside the World Cup

  • In Australia, there were giant slaloms at the international ski championships in Falls Creek (Victoria) on August 6, with Michel Bozon winning ahead of Alain Penz and Franz Digruber and Gertrud Gabl ahead of Rosie Fortna and Penny McCoy; on August 8th, Andreas Sprecher won the slalom ahead of Henri Duvillard and Rich Chaffee and Florence Steurer ahead of Gertrud Gabl and Karen Korfanta (USA).
  • In the slaloms in Thredbo (Australia) on August 12 and 13, 1969, Henri Duvillard won ahead of Gustav Thöni and Jakob Tischhauser and Gertrud Gabl ahead of Penny McCoy and the recovered Annie Famose. Tischhauser (ahead of Jean-Pierre Augert and Penz) and Gabl (ahead of Steurer and McCoy) also won the giant slalom and thus the «Thredbo Cup».
  • The Hahnenkamm combination was won by Russel ahead of Thöni and Giovanoli.
  • The combination of the Silberkrug races in Badgastein went to Ingrid Lafforgue ahead of Francoise Macchi and Betsy Clifford.
  • Michéle Rubli won the 42nd SSV Alpine Championships, which started on March 5th in Gstaad with the women's giant slalom ; The men also started the giant slalom on the same day, but only with the first run. Jakob Tischhauser was ahead of Dumeng Giovanoli and Walter Tresch, and 3rd place in the final ranking, which Heini Heimmi took. Both downhill runs were staged on March 7th, with Rubli (ahead of Monique Vaudroz and Edith Sprecher) and Bernhard Russi ahead of Jean-Daniel Dätwyler and Andreas Sprecher again. The slaloms, in difficult conditions on March 8, brought successes for Hedi Schillig in front of Vreni Inäbit and Françine Moret and Edmund Bruggmann in front of Giovanoli and Tresch, the combinations those of Rubli in front of Sprecher and Inäbit and Giovanoli in front of Russi and Tresch.

The German titles in Bolsterlang largely went to Rosi Mittermaier (giant slalom, slalom, combined) and Christian Neureuther (giant slalom, combined). The runs were won by Alfred Hagn in front of Willy Lesch and Schalber and Margret Hafen in front of Mittermaier and Rosi Speiser. The men's slalom went to Hansjörg Schlager ahead of Neureuther and Max Rieger. Those placed in the men's “giant” and combination were Rieger and Schlager, those in the women's “giant” Christa Hintermaier and Martha Vogl; Hintermaier and Speiser took pride of place in the slalom and combined.

The French federation hosted its championships in Briançonnais. The rankings were: Downhill: Jean-Luc Pinel in front of Henri Duvillard and Bernard Grosfilley and Isabelle Mir in front of Annie Famose and Michèle Jacot. Giant slalom: Duvillard in front of Jean-Noël Augert and Georges Mauduit or Françoise Macchi in front of Mir and Jacot. Slalom: JN Augert ahead of Fabrice Thomas and Pierre Poutell-Nobel. Combined title to JN Augert and Jacot.

The Italians drove in San Martino di Castrozza. Elena Matous, 14 years old, won slalom, downhill and combined, the giant slalom went to Lidia Pelissier ahead of Maria Roberta Schranz and Evi Pitscheider. Gustav Thöni was surprisingly beaten in the giant slalom by Sergio Filippe, 3rd place went to Giuseppe Compagnoni. Downhill champion was Stefano Anzi ahead of Thöni and Gerhard Mussner.

The Austrians were active in Schladming, where the women started with the giant slalom and slalom on March 4th and 5th. In the “Giant” Annemarie Pröll was champion with 2.07 seconds ahead of Julia Spettel and Bernadette Rauter, the Salzburg woman also won the slalom, u. between Gertraud Gabl and Wiltrud Drexel. The men's downhill run on March 6th went to Josef Loidl ahead of Rudolf Sailer and Franz Digruber. On March 7th, the women's decisions with downhill and combined were concluded. Drexel was successful in the downhill ahead of Pröll and Rauter, the combined title went to Pröll ahead of Drexel and Gabl. Thomas Hauser was champion in the giant slalom ahead of Josef Loidl and David Zwilling. Men's slalom (win Harald Rofner ahead of Hubert Berchtold and Zwilling) and combination (win Loidl ahead of Zwilling and Rofner) concluded on March 8th.

Web links

World Cup men
World Cup women

Individual evidence

  1. a b Schranz to the doctor with foot pain . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna December 10, 1969, p. 14 , Mitte ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  2. Karl Schranz prevented a debacle . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna January 18, 1970, p. 12 , above ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  3. Matt, Gabl and Drexel lead . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna July 9, 1969, p. 10 , columns 1 and 2, middle ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  4. “5 Swiss downhill skiers in the first group” in “Sport Zürich” No. 78 of July 9, 1969, page 6
  5. Turn the tables at the Lienz race . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna December 16, 1969, p. 12 , above ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  6. ^ "National teams for the 1969/70 season" in "Sport Zürich" No. 78 of July 9, 1969, page 6, from column 2, middle
  7. “3 months in top form?” In “Sport Zürich” No. 149 of December 22, 1969, page 11
  8. ^ Arrived in Linz instead of Lienz . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna December 17, 1969, p. 12 , middle left ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  9. Berni Rauter broke the spell . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna January 4th 1970, p. 12 , above ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  10. "Duvillard always ahead on a shortened route" In "Sport Zürich" No. 4 of January 12, 1970, page 5
  11. Now everyone is talking about Malcolm Milne . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna January 10, 1970, p. 12 , above ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  12. ^ Foehn blew Austria's hopes away . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna 11 January 1970, p. 12 , above ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  13. ^ "Noise among the Italians." In "Sport Zurich" No. 4 of January 12, 1970, page 4
  14. Slalom debacle due to mistake? Race winner Zwilling fell . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna January 13, 1970, p. 12 , Mitte ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  15. ^ "Russel won slalom - Giovanoli 2nd, Hemmi 5th" In "Sport Zürich" No. 4 from January 12, 1970, page 3
  16. ^ "The Hahnenkamm descent does not take place" In "Sport Zürich" No. 6 of January 16, 1970, page 1
  17. Giant slalom instead of downhill skiing . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna January 16, 1970, p. 14 , bottom left ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  18. Schranz: That would have been murderous! In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 1, 1970, p. 12 , above ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  19. And again and again Karl Schranz . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 3, 1970, p. 12 , upper center left ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  20. ↑ Those were title fights of sensations . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 17, 1970, p. 12 , middle, last paragraph in article ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  21. Drexel and Pröll at the end in form . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna March 13, 1970, p. 14 , above ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  22. Confusion at the end of the World Cup . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna March 17, 1970, p. 13 , above ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized version).
  23. Let grass grow over the title . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 24, 1970, p. 12 , box at the bottom right ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  24. Confusion at the end of the World Cup . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna March 17, 1970, p. 13 , above ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized version).
  25. ^ "Rossat-Mignod fatally crashed" in "Volkszeitung Kärnten" from June 4, 1969, p. 7; Sp. 5, middle.
  26. This Schranz can become world champion . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna January 24, 1970, p. 12 , above ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  27. Schranz: “Didn't want to risk anything” . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 24, 1970, p. 12 , upper center right ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  28. "World Cup: everything is still open." In "Sport Zurich" No. 28 of March 9, 1970, page 8
  29. Bleiner wins, but triumph for Schranz . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna March 14, 1970, p. 10 , above ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  30. Isabelle Mir in the hospital . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna July 15, 1969, p. 11 , column 1, below ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  31. ^ «Gabl victory in summer too»; “Tiroler Tageszeitung”, No. 180 of August 7, 1969, page 8; Column 4, above
  32. ^ Gabl victorious in Australia . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna August 7, 1969, p. 10 , top right ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  33. ^ «Florence Steurer won in Australia - Gabl came second»; “Tiroler Tageszeitung”, No. 182 of August 9, 1969, page 16; Center; Column 4, above
  34. Steurer beat Gabl . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna August 9, 1969, p. 12 , column 1, lower center ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  35. ^ «Gabl victory again in Australia»; “Tiroler Tageszeitung”, No. 185 of August 13, 1969, page 8; Column 2, middle - penultimate post
  36. ^ "Gertrud Gabl RTL and combination winner"; “Tiroler Tageszeitung”, No. 186 of August 14, 1969; P. 10, col. 4, middle.
  37. Gabl and Tischhauser won in Thredbo . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna August 14, 1969, p. 12 , column 5, below ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  38. "Match Russel - Thöni stands 2: 2". In »Sport Zürich« No. 7 from January 19, 1970, page 5
  39. ^ "Departure Badgastein: Mirabelle in front of Flo & Co." In "Sport Zürich" No. 7 from January 19, 1970, page 4
  40. "M. Rubli giant slalom champion ”. In »Sport Zürich« No. 27 of March 6, 1970, page 3
  41. “Bernhard Russi only 6/100 before J.-D. Datwyler ”. In "Sport Zurich" No. 28 of March 9, 1970, page 3ff
  42. ^ "Championships abroad." In "Sport Zürich" No. 28 of March 9, 1970, page 8
  43. Pröll outclassed competition . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna March 5, 1970, p. 12 , bottom left ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  44. Also slalom at Pröll . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna March 6, 1970, p. 13 , top right ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  45. Departure: Loidl beats Sailer . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna March 7, 1970, p. 10 , Mitte ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  46. Sixteen-year-old beat the ski elite . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna March 8, 1970, p. 12 , bottom left ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  47. Last title to Rofner, Loidl . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna March 10, 1970, p. 10 , left ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).