| Greta Small has completed the 2021 FIS Alpine Skiing World Championships in Cortina d'Amprezzo, Italy, with a personal best performance in the alpine combined event. The two time NSWIS Olympian finished in 15th place, bettering her previous best finish of 18th in the same event in 2015 at Vail/Beaver Creek. Earlier in the week Small finished the downhill in 28th place and was 37th in the super-g. "Good times in Cortina at my Fourth World Championships" Small posted after the race. "After a year of uncertainty, coming back from injury and only a couple weeks of race preparation in the past two years, it was a joy and accomplishment to be at the start gate. "Stoked with my best ever Worlds result of 15th in the combined. "Thank you to all my supporters racing down Olympia Delle Tofane was fun." Also in action at the World Championships was Snow Australia racer Hugh McAdam, who had to take part in the qualifier events in giant slalom and slalom. McAdam qualified in fifth place in the giant slalom, but unfortunately did not finish in the first run of the main event. In the slalom qualifier, McAdam did not finish in the first run, missing out on qualifying for a start in the World Championship race. IMAGE: Spectacular sunny conditions for Greta Small at the World Championships in Cortina, Italy © Greta Small Instagram |  |
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 Two time Olympian Greta Small has competed in the FIS Alpine World Championship speed events in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, with weather impacting the first week of the event. .
After a 3 day weather delay, conditions finally improved and the women's super-g was the opening event at the World Championships, with the NSWIS skier finishing in 37th, 5.49 seconds back from the event winner Lara Gut-Behrami of Switzerland. In the downhill Small was the 28th skier across the line, 3.41 second behind Corinne Suter who made it a Swiss double in the women's speed events. Small has one event left in Cortina, the alpine combined event on tonight. The format for the alpine combined event is a super-g event up first, with athletes then competing in the slalom, with the times from both events added to determine the winner. Snow Australia racer Hugh McAdam will be making his World Championship debut in the giant slalom and slalom events. McAdam will need to compete in the qualifying event in each discipline, with the top-25 advancing to the medal events. The schedule for McAdam in Cortina is Giant slalom qualification event - Thursday, February 18 Giant slalom medal event - Friday, February. 19 Slalom qualifying event - Saturday, February 20 Slalom medal event - Sunday, February 21 IMAGE: After the first three days were impacted by bad weather, it was great to see the return of sunny skies in Cortina © FIS Alpine  Snow Australia has announced two athletes who will represent the Australian team at the upcoming 2021 FIS Alpine World Championships including two-time NSWIS Olympian Greta Small and World Championships debutant Hugh McAdam.
Twenty-year old Hugh McAdam will join top Australian Alpine skier Greta Small in Cortina (Italy), where the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships start next Monday and run until the 21 February. Small recently made yet another World Cup comeback from a torn ACL injury, the third major knee injury in her career, and will compete in the Downhill, Super G and Alpine Combined in her fourth FIS World Championships. McAdam will have to make his way into the Giant Slalom and Slalom World Championships races through the qualifying events, scheduled on the 18 February and 20 February respectively. McAdam needs to finish in the top-25 in those races to advance and start in the medal events. AUSTRALIAN ATHLETES COMPETITION SCHEDULE 2021 FIS Ski World Championships - Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy Monday, Feb 8 - Greta Small, Alpine Combined - Women Tuesday, Feb. 9 - Greta Small, Super-G - Women Saturday, Feb. 13 - Greta Small, Downhill - Women Thursday, Feb. 18 - Hugh McAdam, Giant Slalom Qualification Event - Men Friday, Feb. 19 - Hugh McAdam, Giant Slalom - Men* Saturday, Feb. 20 - Hugh McAdam, Slalom Qualification Event - Men Sunday, Feb. 21 - Hugh McAdam, Slalom - Men* *if qualified IMAGE: Greta Small carving up the slopes last season at Club Med resort in Valmorel © Chris Hocking/OWIA Article courtesy of Snow Australia |
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