US’s Isaiah Nelson grabs gold at junior worlds SG
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Karina Schwartznau
After pushing out bib three on Saturday’s junior world championship super-G in Panorama, British Columbia, Isaiah Nelson held the fastest time for 82 more races to walk away with his inaugural junior world medal — a gold.
Nelson had a successful downhill race on Friday, grabbing seventh place despite skiing on the safer side in rough conditions. After not taking enough risk with his line, Nelson was hopeful to build on his momentum in the days ahead. Nelson’s best junior world finish thus far was in the downhill, after leading the U.S. men in the super-G last year in ninth. Now, Nelson is a junior world champion.
After his second-place finish in downhill, 20-year-old Franjo Von Allmen of Switzerland grabbed the silver once again, 0.13 seconds behind Nelson. The result marked two second-place finishes for the first-time junior world participant.
The defending junior world super-G champion Giovanni Franzoni of Italy finished in third. Franzonia won the downhill on Friday and was 0.41 seconds out.
Gerrit Von Soest of Alpine Canada had his best junior world finish in sixth. Nelson’s U.S. teammate Copper Puckett snagged his first top-10 in ninth after a miraculous recovery when soaring off a jump on his tails.
The men will compete in alpine combined on Sunday. Saturday’s super-G run will count towards the super-G portion of the alpine combined.
This is a developing story. Stay tuned for more.
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