TARVISIO, ITALY (February 24, 2009) – Whistler’s Victoria Whitney (BC Ski Team) tore up the Tarvisio downhill track in one minute, 13.29 seconds, just over half a second behind the winner, Isabelle Stiepel of Germany.
Georgia Simmerling of West Vancouver and the Canadian Development Team finished 18th in 1:14.14.
Both athletes are in Europe racing and training in preparation for the upcoming World Junior Championships beginning March 1st in Garmisch Partenkirchen, Germany. For now they will train in Kirchberg, where they just received a meter of new snow. The entire World Junior team will move to Garmiche on Friday.
1 29 STIEPEL Isabelle 1990 GER 1:12.97
2 21 MARSAGLIA Francesca 1990 ITA 1:13.21
3 14 BAILET Margot 1990 FRA 1:13.22
4 34 BORSOTTI Camilla 1988 ITA 1:13.26
5 36 WHITNEY Victoria 1990 CAN 1:13.29
6 31 ALTACHER Margret 1986 AUT 1:13.32
7 6 MOSER Stefanie 1988 AUT 1:13.38
8 32 ROBNIK Petra 1984 SLO 1:13.45
9 9 WEYRICH Clothilde 1985 FRA 1:13.46
10 5 KOEHN Anne-Sophie 1990 SUI 1:13.47
11 7 TROJER Karoline 1984 ITA 1:13.52
12 10 VOGLREITER Mariella 1989 AUT 1:13.59
13 38 GEROUDET Jeromine 1990 FRA 1:13.64
14 2 ABDERHALDEN Marianne 1986 SUI 1:13.72
15 40 PUENCHERA Jessica 1982 SUI 1:13.87
16 23 FUHRER Kathrin 1988 SUI 1:14.05
17 24 FANCHINI Sabrina 1988 ITA 1:14.11
18 8 SIMMERLING Georgia 1989 CAN 1:14.14