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Italians Casse, Innerhofer lead final WCup downhill training
KITZBUEHEL, Austria – Italian skiers Mattia Casse and Christof Innerhofer led the final training for a men’s World Cup downhill by more than a second on Thursday, two days before the classic race on the Streif.
Casse timed 1 minute, 56.85 seconds on the 3.3-kilometre course, leading his teammate by 0.34. Vincent Kriechmayr came 1.03 behind in third but the Austrian missed a gate and would have been disqualified in a race.
Adrien Theaux of France, who was fastest in Tuesday’s first training, was 1.07 back in fourth, followed by Steven Nyman of the United States with a 1.16-second deficit.
Overall World Cup leader Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway finished 1.29 behind Casse.
Erik Guay of Mont-Tremblant, Que., was the top Canadian in 16th, 1.69 back.
Florian Scheiber of Austria crashed and was airlifted to the hospital with an apparent right knee injury.
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