Mangan and Maple Lead US Success at Corralco SAC Pace Occasions
Tremendous-G Opens the Sequence
The South American Cup pace finals have been staged in Corralco, deep in Chile’s Araucanía area, the place over 90 racers from 22 nations got here to contest the final races of the continental circuit. On completely ready tracks by Ski Corralco and Snow Animal, the U.S. continued its summer season of success with podiums in each the ladies’s and males’s occasions.
The sequence started Monday, Sept. 29, with two Tremendous-G races for each women and men.
Within the opening girls’s race, Finland’s Rosa Pohjolainen delivered a convincing win. Iceland’s Hofi Dora Fridgeirisdottir adopted in second, whereas Chile’s Matilde Schwencke took third. The People have been near the rostrum, with Jackie Wiles and Allison Mollin each inside 0.16 seconds of the highest three. Tricia Mangan additionally cracked the highest 10 in eighth. Britain’s Gigi Gorringe added to the combination with sixth, and Sarah Schleper—racing for Mexico at age 46—completed twelfth.
Ladies’s Tremendous-G one:
Rosa Pohjolainen (FIN) – 1:19.95
Hofi Dora Fridgeirisdottir (ISL) – 1:20.46 (+0.51)
Matilde Schwencke (CHI) – 1:21.01 (+1.06)
The second girls’s Tremendous-G was even tighter. Tricia Mangan claimed victory by a single hundredth over Fridgeirisdottir, whereas Mollin joined her on the rostrum in third. Wiles added a seventh-place end, with Britain’s Nicole Wordley and Gorringe in eleventh and twelfth.
Ladies’s Tremendous-G two:
Tricia Mangan (USA) – 1:20.65
Hofi Dora Fridgeirisdottir (ISL) – 1:20.66 (+0.01)
Allison Mollin (USA) – 1:20.97 (+0.32)
After her win, Mangan described each the racing depth and the standard of the coaching in Corralco:
“Leaping into races was very enjoyable and a great way to get proper again into the depth at first of camp. Corralco has been superior to date and we’ve had a number of the greatest super-G and downhill summer season coaching I’ve ever had! Our coaches are doing an incredible job working with the mountain workers to prep the tracks as greatest as doable!”
Von Appen and Maple Share the Males’s Highlight
On the lads’s aspect, Chile’s Henrik von Appen gave the house crowd purpose to cheer by profitable the primary Tremendous-G. Slovenia’s Nejc Naralocnik was second, whereas unbiased U.S. World Cup racer Wiley Maple took third. Bradshaw Underhill backed him up in fifth, and Britain’s Max Laughland and Owen Vinter positioned sixth and seventh.
Males’s Tremendous-G one:
Henrik von Appen (CHI) – 1:17.66
Nejc Naralocnik (SLO) – 1:18.01 (+0.33)
Wiley Maple (USA) – 1:18.22 (+0.54)
Maple struck again within the second race, edging Estonia’s Juhan Luik by 0.11 seconds. Von Appen added one other podium in third, whereas Underhill held sixth and Vinter repeated in seventh.
After his victory, Maple mirrored on his six weeks in Chile:
“Nice six weeks in Chile—apart from the dependable unreliability of the place. Epic 4 weeks spent with the younger USST EC group. And a profitable strike mission to Corralco to enhance my SG factors earlier than the World Cup season.”
Males’s Tremendous-G two:
Wiley Maple (USA) – 1:17.78
Juhan Luik (EST) – 1:17.89 (+0.11)
Henrik von Appen (CHI) – 1:18.00 (+0.22)
Downhill Battles in Shifting Circumstances
Tuesday, Sept. 30, introduced poor climate, forcing organizers to run simply one of many 4 deliberate downhills. Pohjolainen continued her robust type, profitable forward of Fridgeirisdottir. Mollin claimed third for the U.S., whereas Britain’s Gorringe and Wordley positioned sixth and seventh.
Ladies’s Downhill one:
Rosa Pohjolainen (FIN) – 1:07.86
Hofi Dora Fridgeirisdottir (ISL) – 1:08.67 (+0.81)
Allison Mollin (USA) – 1:08.74 (+0.88)
The ultimate day, Oct. 1, allowed three extra races to shut out the season. Within the girls’s downhill, Pohjolainen narrowly held off Mollin by 0.11 seconds, with Fridgeirisdottir third. Schleper completed tenth however missed out on the factors she wanted to qualify for Cortina.
Ladies’s Downhill two:
Rosa Pohjolainen (FIN) – 1:07.04
Allison Mollin (USA) – 1:07.15 (+0.11)
Hofi Dora Fridgeirisdottir (ISL) – 1:07.56 (+0.52)
Von Appen delivered one other win within the first males’s downhill, simply 0.08 seconds quicker than Ukraine’s Taras Filiak. Slovenia’s Martin Cater was third, and Britain’s Vinter positioned eighth, solely 0.56 off the tempo.
Males’s Downhill one:
Henrik von Appen (CHI) – 1:04.90
Taras Filiak (UKR) – 1:04.98 (+0.08)
Martin Cater (SLO) – 1:05.07 (+0.17)
Cater closed the sequence with a victory within the second males’s downhill. Von Appen completed second, and Filiak earned one other podium. Vinter capped his week with a fourth-place end, lacking a career-first Continental Cup podium by simply 0.01 seconds.
Males’s Downhill two:
Martin Cater (SLO) – 1:04.93
Henrik von Appen (CHI) – 1:05.38 (+0.45)
Taras Filiak (UKR) – 1:05.43 (+0.50)
Titles Determined
Consistency paid off for Fridgeirisdottir, who earned the general girls’s title—her first main worldwide crown—20 factors forward of Argentina’s Francesca Baruzzi Farriol. Britain’s Gigi Gorringe edged Pohjolainen for third by a single level. Three People, Liv Moritz, Logan Grosdidier, and Mollin, additionally completed inside the highest 10.
Fridgeirisdottir additionally gained the ladies’s downhill title, simply forward of Haley Cutler, who had swept the La Parva races earlier. Pohjolainen tied Cutler for second, whereas Mollin completed sixth. Nice Britain’s Gorringe and Wordley ranked eighth and ninth.
In Tremendous-G, Fridgeirisdottir accomplished the triple crown, ending 60 factors away from Pohjolainen. Gorringe positioned third, whereas the U.S. had three within the high eight—Mangan, Mollin, and Wiles.
On the lads’s aspect, Sweden’s Fabian Ax Swartz captured the general South American Cup crown. Chilean veteran Henrik von Appen secured the downhill title, whereas Slovenia’s Nejc Naralocnik gained the Tremendous-G standings forward of von Appen. The very best American total was Bradshaw Underhill in eleventh, with unbiased World Cup racer Wiley Maple in twelfth.
Von Appen dominated the downhill sequence with 218 factors, forward of Martin Cater and Jan Zabystran. Owen Vinter (GBR) positioned seventh, one forward of (USA) Sam Morse. Naralocnik took the Tremendous-G title by 20 factors over von Appen, with Maple in third place.
For the ultimate part, as a substitute of “Trying Forward,” right here’s a sharper subtitle that ties into the Olympic theme:
Olympic Hopes Sharpen in Corralco
The week in Corralco concluded with an awards ceremony on the 1,600 Restaurant, a part of the Visa Chile Winter Sequence Ford pageant that introduced snow sports activities collectively throughout South America. With 20 South American Cup occasions staged throughout six resorts this season, the circuit as soon as once more proved its worth for athletes from 22 nations to decrease factors and sharpen type.
For the People, podiums and high quality coaching in Chile offered a significant step into the World Cup opener — and for Olympic hopefuls from across the globe, an early probability to check themselves in opposition to a global subject.
