Ski Racing: Jansrud Breezes to Win
By U.S. Ski & Snowboard
November, 29 2014
LAKE LOUISE, Alberta — The sky parted and the thermometer dropped for the World Cup downhill opener in Lake Louise, Canada, on Saturday. After three days of non-stop snow, the men got a chance to race under blue skies, but the course continued to show signs of the recent snowfall.
The day’s winner, Kjetil Jansrud of Norway, said he didn’t believe he was skiing very fast coming into the race week in Alberta. While training at Copper Mountain earlier in the month, members of the American team —Steven Nyman in particular — had a significant edge on the Viking in training runs.
“Copper was really cold conditions too, and I was getting beat by Nyman with seconds,” Jansrud said after the race. “You never know. There’s always a difference between training and racing.”
Jansrud finished with a time of 1 minute, 50.20 seconds, which put him 0.14 seconds ahead of Vancouver native Manny Osborne-Paradis and France’s Guillermo Fayed, who tied for second.