Ricardo Adarraga 13th in the 2010 Speed Ski FIS World Cup - FIS recognizes Adarraga’s 12th position in the World Cup final in April 2010 Verbier
FIS has accepted the appeal of Ricardo Adarraga claiming the twelfth place in the final run of Verbier World Cup race in April 2010. Adarraga had established the 12th fastest speed in the final run where he started as forerunner (he did not make the cut in the semifinal). In accordance with the rules Adarraga’s speed should have been taken into account for final results. However, the jury did not include Adarraga’s speed in the final results.
Adarraga appealed the decision of the jury to the FIS. During the FIS congress in Antalya (Turkey) in May 2010 the speed skiing committee whose chairman is Dick Taplin, following the recommendation of the workgroup of the technical delegates, decided to accept Adarraga’s appeal in all points recognizing the 12th position in the race of Verbier. With this result Adarraga qualifies 13th in the final classification of the Speed Ski FIS World Cup 2010. It is the first time a Spanish skier ranks among the top 15 in a Speed Ski FIS World Cup.
"I am happy and I thank FIS for having accepted my arguments. This season, though late, could not have finished better.", Adarraga said.
Summary of Ricardo Adarraga’s season in 2010:
- New Record of Spain with 213.56 km/h
- 4th in the Speed Master series (formerly Pro Mondial)
- 13th in the FIS World Cup
- 7th fastest skier in the world in 2010
Adarraga: "I am impressed realizing what I've achieved this season. The result I'm most proud of is the second place in the semifinals of the Speed Masters ahead of Simone Origone. It was really impressive to be ahead of my admired Simone. I am especially proud to put the name of Spain among the top 10 of the world's fastest skiers in 2010. The bar for next season is now very high. In 2011 the Speed Ski World Championships will be in Verbier, my favorite track, I am really looking forward to 2011! "
April 24, 2010
Ricardo Adarraga breaks for the fifth time the spanish speed ski record with 213.56 km/h (132.70 mph) and finishes fourth in the Pro/Speed Masters in Verbier
Ricardo Adarraga finished fourth during the Pro/Speed Masters race in Verbier establishing a new spanish record with 213.56 km/h (132.70 mph).
Simone Origone of Italy won the race with a speed of 219.28 km/h (136.25 mph), new track record of Verbier. Second was the Swiss Philippe May with 218.65 km/h (135.86 mph) followed by Czech Radek Cernak with 214.55 km /h (133.31 mph).
The Pro/Speed Masters is the most important Speed Ski competition of the year as being outside the rules of FIS, speeds exceeding 200 km/h are possible.
Ricardo Adarraga: "This time everything went well. The competition plan for the day was good. I've had three almost perfect runs. All at more than 200. Especially the semi-final has been impressive. I finished second ahead of Origone, being beaten only by May. It was quite clear for me that Simone had prepared the final blow for the last run, so finishing fourth is more than I would have expected. Also beating the Spain’s record in Verbier has a special value for me. A 210 in Verbier for its difficulty is equivalent to 230 or even 240 in Les Arcs. After the disappointment of Wednesday at the FIS World Cup, I could not have finished the season better: Fifteenth in the FIS World Cup, fourth at the Speed Masters and Spanish Speed Ski record in Verbier. "
Results: http://www.xspeedski.net/2010/Results/SpeedMaster.pdf
April 21, 2010
Ricardo Adarraga finishes 15th at the FIS Speed Ski World Cup - Simone Origone wins his sixth World Cup
Ricardo Adarraga finishes 15th at the 2010 FIS World Cup ski speed after qualifying 17th in the FIS Speed Ski World Cup final race in Verbier (Switzerland). The final speed was of Adarraga was 180.51 km/h (112.15 mph). The race was won by world record holder Simone Origone from Italy with 194 km/h (120 mph) followed by his brother Ivan with 192.87 km/h (119.87 mph). Philippe May from Switzerland was third with 192.31 km/h (119.49 mph).
After this victory Simone Origone wins his sixth FIS World Cup. Second is his brother Ivan and third Philippe May from Switzerland.
Ricardo Adarraga: "Of course I am happy for the fifteenth place in the final ranking of the FIS World Cup, but I am a bit disappointed to have badly planned the final competition. I was too confident and decided to use a pair of cold skis, under these conditions slower in the semifinal and reserve the perfect pair for the final. Unfortunately the play went wrong, since I missed the cut of 15 finishng 17th. However this gave me the option to start as forerunner in the final. According to FIS rules the result of the fastest forerunner is taken into account for the final results. Indeed I was the best forerunner. I made a speed of 187.51 km/h (116.51 mph), which theoretically would have put me in 12th place. Surprisingly, the jury did not want to apply the FIS rules and my forerun speed was not taken into account for final results, so that the speed that counts is now the 180.51 km/h (112.16 mph) in the semifinal and my final rank 17th. "
Ricardo Adarraga appealed the jury decision, but the appeal was dismissed and transferred to the FIS.
Adarraga on the jury's decision:
"We must respect the decision of the race jury. Now I have to wait for a decision of the FIS, and this can last weeks or even months. "
If the FIS would accept the appeal Adarraga would gain eight valuable points that would place him in 13th place of the final World Cup standings of the 2010 FIS World Cup.”
http://www.xspeedski.net/2010/Results/WC_Final.pdf
February 2010
FIS World Cup: Ricardo Adarraga 9th in Vars skiing at 210.6 kmh (130 mph)
Ricardo Adarraga finished 9th (ex aequo with Neil Munroe (Canada) and Radek Bohacek (Czech Republic) in the first race valid for the 2010 FIS Speed Skiing World Cup. Adarraga at the same time established Spain’s second best all-time speed with 210.649 kmh.
Adarraga: "The progression throughout the week has been very good. After qualifying ninth in the first run, I nearly lost the ticket for the final by finishing 15 in the semifinal, as only the top 15 went to the final. In the end I managed to get the ninth place. My run was not perfect. I've sacrificed too many meters trying to set the line that I wanted to ski. It took me too long to get myself in position. So the result is far better than I had initially expected. It is my best result in a competition since I started ski racing in speed skiing. "
The winner was the Italian Simone Origone, who again demonstrated his dominance with 219.646 kmh, almost 1 kmh more than the second Bastien Montes (France) with 218.712 kmh. Philippe May from Switzerland was third with 217.785 kmh.
Resultados
http://www.vars.com/kl2010/index.asp
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