Grass ski junior world championship 2008

The 2008 Grasski Junior World Championships took place from July 30th to August 3rd in Rieden , Switzerland . The championship began with the opening ceremony on Wednesday July 30th. The Super Combination, Super G, Giant Slalom and Slalom competitions were held from Thursday to Sunday.

piste

Name: Chummeren

Coordinates (destination): 47 ° 13 ′ 21.5 ″ North, 9 ° 2 ′ 25.5 ″ East

Technical specifications:

	slalom	Giant slalom, Super-G
Starting altitude	687.18 m above sea level M.	698.00 m above sea level M.
Target height	605.15 m above sea level M.	605.15 m above sea level M.
Height difference	082.03 m	092.85 m
Route length	347.80 m	397.80 m
Average Tilt	024.32%	024.05%
Max. Incline	034.43%	034.43%
Min. Inclination	014.94%	014.94%

Attendees

43 athletes (36 men and 7 women) from 9 nations took part in the Junior World Championship (the number of men and women in brackets):

•  Germany (7 + 1)
•  Iran (2 + 0)
•  Italy (4 + 0)
•  Japan (1 + 1)
•  Latvia (1 + 1)
•  Austria (6 + 1)
•  Switzerland (4 + 1)
•  Slovakia (1 + 0)
•  Czech Republic (10 + 2)

The most successful participants were Jan Gardavský and Petra Mlejnková from the Czech Republic and the Austrian Jacqueline Gerlach , each with two gold medals.

Medal table

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	Czech Republic	4th	2	1	7th
2	Austria	2	2	1	5
3	Switzerland	1	-	5	6th
4th	Germany	1	-	1	2
5	Italy	-	3	-	3
6th	Latvia	-	1	-	1

Results gentlemen

slalom

space	Surname	country	Time 1.	Time 2.	total
01	Mirko Hüppi	SUI	28.94 s	29.73 s	58.67 s
02	Aleš Mlíčka	CZE	29.25 s	30.04 s	59.29 s
03	Jacob rest	AUT	29.07 s	30.34 s	59.41 s
04th	Jan Gardavský	CZE	28.88 s	30.61 s	59.49 s
05	Florian Sauer	GER	29.75 s	30.63 s	1: 00.38 min
06th	Daichi Shintani	JPN	30.03 s	31.01 s	1: 01.04 min
07th	Timotej Oravec	SVK	30.00 s	31.17 s	1: 01.17 min
08th	Philipp Gschwandtner	AUT	29.91 s	31.78 s	1: 01.69 min
	Daniel Gschwandtner	AUT	30.36 s	31.33 s	1: 01.69 min
10	Marco Colombin	ITA	30.20 s	31.69 s	1: 01.89 min

Date: August 3rd, 2008
Start time: 9:30 a.m. / 12:15 p.m.
Goals 1st run: 32, goals 2nd run: 32
Weather: slightly cloudy
Temperature: 24 ° C
Scoring: 23 out of 36 runners

Giant slalom

space	Surname	country	Time 1.	Time 2.	total
01	Florian Sauer	GER	25.64 s	26.76 s	52.40 s
02	Manuel De Zan	ITA	25.95 s	26.59 s	52.54 s
03	Mirko Hüppi	SUI	25.72 s	26.87 s	52.59 s
04th	Jacob rest	AUT	25.75 s	26.87 s	52.62 s
05	Aleš Mlíčka	CZE	25.95 s	27.20 s	53.15 s
06th	Lukáš Kolouch	CZE	26.04 s	27.25 s	53.29 s
07th	Daichi Shintani	JPN	26.19 s	27.39 s	53.58 s
08th	Martin Geretschläger	AUT	26.06 s	27.60 s	53.66 s
09	Timotej Oravec	SVK	26.26 s	27.47 s	53.73 s
10	Marco Colombin	ITA	26.22 s	27.53 s	53.75 s

Date: August 2, 2008
Start time: 11:30 a.m. / 2:30 p.m.
Goals 1st run: 18, goals 2nd run: 16
Weather: Sunny
Temperature: 26 ° C
Scoring: 32 of 36 runners

Super G

space	Surname	country	time
01	Jan Gardavský	CZE	23.65 s
02	Manuel De Zan	ITA	24.42 s
03	Florian Sauer	GER	24.55 s
04th	Jakub Nekvapil	CZE	24.62 s
05	Aleš Mlíčka	CZE	24.66 s
06th	Lukáš Kolouch	CZE	24.69 s
	Philipp Gschwandtner	AUT	24.69 s
08th	Jacob rest	AUT	24.70 s
09	Timotej Oravec	SVK	24.81 s
10	Martin Geretschläger	AUT	24.89 s

Date: August 1st, 2008
Start time: 11:00 a.m.
Goals: 13
Weather: Sunny
Temperature: 24 ° C
Scoring: 35 out of 35 runners

Super combination

space	Surname	country	Time SG	Time SL	total
01	Jan Gardavský	CZE	23.63 s	28.25 s	51.88 s
02	Manuel De Zan	ITA	24.70 s	28.23 s	52.93 s
03	Mirko Hüppi	SUI	24.95 s	28.29 s	53.24 s
04th	Aleš Mlíčka	CZE	24.80 s	28.94 s	53.74 s
05	Lukáš Kolouch	CZE	24.85 s	29.00 s	53.85 s
06th	Daichi Shintani	JPN	25.18 s	28.94 s	54.12 s
07th	Philipp Gschwandtner	AUT	24.48 s	29.97 s	54.45 s
08th	Jakub Nekvapil	CZE	25.04 s	29.50 s	54.54 s
09	Michael Krückel	AUT	24.68 s	30.01 s	54.69 s
10	Daniel Gschwandtner	AUT	25.52 s	29.68 s	55.20 s

Date: July 31, 2008
Start time: Super-G: 11:00 a.m., Slalom: 3:00 p.m.
Super-G goals: 13, Slalom goals: 30
Weather: Sunny
Temperature: 31 ° C
Scoring: 23 out of 36 runners

Results women

slalom

space	Surname	country	Time 1.	Time 2.	total
1	Petra Mlejnková	CZE	32.18 s	32.67 s	1: 04.85 min
2	Jacqueline Gerlach	AUT	31.69 s	33.46 s	1: 05.15 min
3	Bianca Lenz	SUI	32.61 s	33.84 s	1: 06.45 min
4th	Kumi Saito	JPN	34.60 s	35.96 s	1: 10.56 min
5	Michaela Ducháčková	CZE	34.97 s	58.70 s	1: 33.67 min
6th	Rūta Irbe Tropa	LAT	1: 00.95 min	51.78 s	1: 52.73 min

Date: August 3, 2008
Start time: 9:30 a.m. / 12:15 p.m.
Goals 1st run: 32, goals 2nd run: 32
Weather: slightly cloudy
Temperature: 24 ° C
Scoring: 6 out of 6 runners

Giant slalom

space	Surname	country	Time 1.	Time 2.	total
1	Petra Mlejnková	CZE	27.42 s	28.13 s	55.55 s
2	Jacqueline Gerlach	AUT	27.26 s	28.30 s	55.56 s
3	Bianca Lenz	SUI	28.60 s	29.72 s	58.32 s
4th	Kumi Saito	JPN	32.76 s	31.36 s	1: 04.12 min
5	Michaela Ducháčková	CZE	29.81 s	37.47 s	1: 07.28 min
6th	Linda Göldner	GER	30.11 s	38.91 s	1: 09.02 min

Date: August 2nd, 2008
Start time: 11:30 a.m. / 2:30 p.m.
Goals 1st run: 18, goals 2nd run: 16
Weather: Sunny
Temperature: 26 ° C
Scoring: 6 out of 7 runners

Super G

space	Surname	country	time
1	Jacqueline Gerlach	AUT	26.13 s
2	Petra Mlejnková	CZE	26.91 s
3	Bianca Lenz	SUI	27.20 s
4th	Michaela Ducháčková	CZE	28.16 s
5	Rūta Irbe Tropa	LAT	28.95 s

Date: August 1st, 2008
Start time: 11:00 a.m.
Goals: 13
Weather: slightly cloudy
Temperature: 24 ° C
Scoring: 5 out of 5 runners

Super combination

space	Surname	country	Time SG	Time SL	total
1	Jacqueline Gerlach	AUT	25.98 s	31.07 s	57.05 s
2	Rūta Irbe Tropa	LAT	28.68 s	38.18 s	1: 06.86 min
3	Michaela Ducháčková	CZE	29.28 s	54.81 s	1: 24.09 min

Date: July 31, 2008
Start time: Super-G: 11:00 am, Slalom: 3:00 pm
Super-G goals: 13, Slalom goals: 30
Weather: Sunny
Temperature: 31 ° C
Scoring: 3 out of 5 runners

Web links

• Grass Ski Junior World Championship 2008 in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
• Page of the Junior World Championship at GSC Linth