The second day of the Borrufa Trophy 2016 clearly showed how tight the competition is amongst the 30 countries, some with two teams, that have travelled to the ski resort of Vallnord Ordino-Arcalís.
At the equator of the trophy, already eight different nationalities have climbed the highest step of the podium. Today’s winners were Ben Richards (NZL) U16M, Carmela Olmo (SPN) U16F, Tiziano Gravier (ARG) U14M and Vanina Guerillot (POR) U14F. It is worth mentioning the minimal difference (0”04) between Gravier and his immediate rivals Guillot and Hartley, who finished their two heats of the day with the exact same time.
The weather was once again very pleasant for everyone in Arcalís. According to the skiers, the snow is coping very well with the high temperatures. It is obvious that the maintenance team has done an excellent job keeping in perfect conditions the slopes for these future ski stars.
Category U16: Amongst the boys, the best skiers were the same as yesterday, but this time they swapped positions. Kiwi skier Ben Richards performed extraordinarily, being the fastest in both heats and the only skier to finish the second heat in less than 1’. This time, Belgian skier Lefevre, yesterday’s winner, was not able to best his rival’s pace. Third on the podium was a familiar face for Borrufa fans, Argentinian skier Juan Cruz Begino, more than one second away from the winner.
As for the girls, on this second day of the competition in Arcalís, the Spanish team took the slopes by storm. After the first heat, three members of this team were amongst the Top 5. When adding the times for both heats, Carmela Olmo, the fastest skier of the day, remained first while her teammates were pushed down in the ranking.
Category U14: Portuguese skier Vanina Guerillot showed no mercy and continued on with her excellent performance from the first day of the Borrufa. She was 1.5 seconds faster than French skier Dahon and 2 seconds faster than Russian skier Khartcyzova, her closest rivals.
The competition was previously described as tight, which was specifically the case of the youngest boys’ races. On the first heat, the skier from New Zealand, Blake Hartley, was the fastest with a time of 41”77. On the second heat, the best was French skier Pablo Guillot (41”46). The final victory however was for neither of them, Argentinian skier Tiziano Gravier proved to have a more regular pace overall and won by the minimal difference already mentioned pushing the winners of the individual heats onto the second step of the podium.
The combined event, Super Combinada (1 special (SL) and 1 super giant (SG)) will be the next challenge to overcome for all the teams at the Borrufa Trophy 2016. This is what is in store for tomorrow (27th January) from 10am.
 Press service.
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