Stefan Rogentin has the edge over Niels Hintermann in the duel for the fourth and final Swiss starting place for Saturday's Olympic Downhill in Bormio. The man from Zurich is a fair loser.
In the second training run on the Stelvio, 31-year-old Rogentin from Graubünden was a good four tenths faster than Zurich's Hintermann, who is a year younger, up to the measuring point after the San Pietro jump. After almost one and a half minutes, Rogentin was in fourth place and Hintermann in ninth place behind Mattia Casse, who was fastest in training.
The Swiss-Ski coaching team had set the fourth intermediate time as the decisive comparison point in advance. There, Rogentin, who opened the training session, was 43 hundredths of a second ahead of Hintermann.
The fact that Hintermann made up time in the last 30 seconds and finished ninth overall ahead of Rogentin (14th) - the man from Graubünden visibly slowed down after the intermediate time - no longer mattered. On Thursday afternoon, Swiss-Ski will announce that Stefan Rogentin will also receive a starting ticket after Marco Odermatt, Franjo von Allmen and Alexis Monney.
Hintermann congratulates Rogentin
Hintermann presents himself as a fair loser on SRF: "He skied faster than me." He had already heard from the coach at the start that his competitor was skiing extremely well, said the Zurich native. "I knew I had to go full throttle. I made a stupid mistake," says Hintermann and adds: "At the end of the day, that's how it is."
In the finish area, Hintermann, who made his comeback this season after recovering from cancer, congratulated Rogentin. Presenter Päddy Kälin wants to know what he said to him. "I wish you well," reveals Hintermann. And jokes that he has also given Rogentin a warning for Saturday: "He shouldn't 'abehösele'."
Italians dominate in training
Italy's Casse won the training session by 0.45 seconds ahead of his compatriot Florian Schieder. He was followed in third place by another local, Streif downhill winner Giovanni Franzoni (0.87 back). The fastest Swiss over the entire course was Alexis Monney in 6th place (1.16 back). Marco Odermatt (23rd) and Franjo von Allmen (26th), the last two downhill world champions, took it rather easy in the second training session and only skied fast in sections.
Like Marco Odermatt and Franjo von Allmen, Monney from Fribourg had been selected by the coaching crew led by Swiss head coach Tom Stauffer for the Olympic downhill on Saturday (start at 11.30 am). The fourth Swiss starter will now be Stefan Rogentin. For him, as for Odermatt, it will be his second start in an Olympic Downhill after 2022 in China, while Monney and Von Allmen will be making their Winter Games debuts.
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Standings after the top 30
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The top skiers have crossed the finish line
The top skiers have crossed the finish line. This concludes the live ticker. The Italian Mattia Casse is the fastest. He wins the training ahead of his compatriots Florian Schieder and Giovanni Franzoni. The best Swiss driver is Alexis Monney in 6th place.
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Cameron lets it rip
The Canadian seems to be the skier with the most confidence outside the top 15 - at least according to ski expert Beat Feuz after his run. And he will know.
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Monney shows flashes of class
Monney accelerates at the top and slows down in the third sector. But he shows that he is a force to be reckoned with in Bormio.
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Kriechmayr still covered
The Austrian isn't laying his cards on the table yet either. He is currently in 6th place in the classification.
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Paris at the top
Paris is also stepping on the gas at the top and is right at the front in the top two sectors. However, he loses some time in the middle section.
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Schieder currently third
Schieder is also showing a lot of commitment in Bormio and is currently in 3rd place. The podium is currently occupied by three Italians.
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Franzoni with 2nd-best time
The Italian is taking it pretty seriously and is in 2nd place. 8 tenths behind at the finish.
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Franjo von Allmen with a show performance
The man from the Bernese Oberland only goes full throttle at the top, then slows down early. He even puts on a little show at the finish jump.
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Allegre steps on the gas
The Frenchman, on the other hand, wants to show something today and only loses a little time.
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Cochran-Siegle
Yesterday's fastest in training also makes no pretensions of giving everything here.
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Odermatt takes the pace out
The man from Nidwalden is not going full throttle and is over 2 seconds behind at the finish.
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Hintermann loses duel against Rogentin
The man from Zurich loses a little time at the top, then catches up a little. But then he is 7 tenths behind. Now it's getting really difficult. Hintermann loses almost a second to Rogentin in sector 5.
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Casse misses the gate
The Italian accelerates hard and is just ahead at the halfway point of the race. But then he misses a gate and his time is not counted.
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Hemetsberger crashes
The Austrian opened yesterday's training, today he starts the race in fourth place. But Hemetsberger takes an unfortunate tumble and flies into the net. He even loses his helmet before the impact. However, he is able to get up on his own but holds his nose.
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Crawford at the back
The Canadian is a good 8 tenths behind in the middle of the race. It is becoming increasingly clear: Rogentin has certainly put in a good run.
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Alphand loses time
The Frenchman loses a lot of time compared to Rogentin. It's two seconds up to sector 5.
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Rogentin opens - will his time be enough?
In sunshine and perfect conditions, the man from the Grisons sets the first target time. After 1:30 minutes, or five sectors, the training is over for him because he fails to complete the bottom section. It remains to be seen whether it will be enough for the starting position on Saturday in the internal Swiss duel. His rival Niels Hintermann will start the race with start number 6.
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The start list for the 2nd training run
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Swiss in the lead in 1st training
The Swiss are among the front runners in the first training session for Saturday's Olympic downhill in Bormio. The best time was set by American Ryan Cochran-Siegle.
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... and welcome to the live ticker of the second downhill training session for the men's Olympic downhill. Stefan Rogentin will open the training from 11.30 am. You can follow it live here.
