Xènia Rodríguez also wins the Super Giant Slalom U14.
The third day of the Andorran event of the FIS Children was without a doubt the most competitive one for this year’s Borrufa. The alpine combined event (AC)had four winners from four different countries, whilst on the podiums of the Super Giant (SG) only the Andorran skier Xènia Rodríguez managed a second gold medal. The other winners of the SG were: in the U16 category Niko Kukkonen (FIN) and Kiia Larilahti (FIN) and, amongst the boys of U14, Jules Bergeret (FRA).
The weather conditions were finally kind to the Borrufa 2015. The sun shined brightly during the whole day and the wind was way weaker than on the previous days. The temperatures however remained low. The conditions were good for the skiers, althought not so much for the spectators who had to endure an intense cold.
In the U16 category, Jakup Matulka found the best pace for each of the events (SL+SG). After establishing a bit of an advantage in the SL (he was the fastest with a time of 37”10) he managed to maintain the difference in front of the Chilean Roberto Pirozzi and the Finnish Niko Kukkonen, who were faster than him in the SG.
Finnish skiers, Nelia Korpio and Kiia Larilahti, had another spectacular duel on the slopes of Vallnortd Ordino-Arcalís. Once the results for both heats were added, they were only 2 hundredths of a second apart. Korpio was the fastest on the SL (37”81), but her compatriot beat her on the SG (55”87). The third place was for the Spaniard Carla Grau, who climbed up the ranking in the SG.
The TOP 5 of the AC was completed by Andorran skiers Candelaria Moreno and Laura Arnabat, only 7 tenths of a second apart.
Amongst the younger skiers, U14, the French team obtained their first victory for 2015. Louis Rives was brilliant in the SL (40”73) and managed to make up for the time lost in the SG. The second position was for Xavier Cornella (AND) who followed in the steps of the winner and with a time of 41”48 in the SL, improved three places his position of the first heat’s ranking. Amongst the best (third) was also Jules Bergeret (FRA), who was the fastest in the SG heat (1’02”00).
Mihai Bara told us yesterday how Xènia Rodríguez (AND) had a bright future in front of her if she kept working as hard as she had done until then. Today, Xènia wanted to prove her trainer right and did so by being the only skier who obtained two victories: on the AC and on the SG
The second place of the ranking was for Kiara Derks (NED), half a second slower than the winner, whilst Julie De Leeuw was the only skier who completed the heat of the SL in less than 40”.
Due to the forecasted changes in weather conditions, as of now, the organising commitee has not yet decided which events will be raced on the last day (Thursday 29th January) of the Borrufa Trophy. After receiving their awards for the day, all the teams will attend the closing ceremony in Ordino. It will start at 17h30 and will take place in the Congress Centre of Ordino.
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