2016 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's downhill

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2016 Men's downhill World Cup
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The men's downhill competition in the 2016 FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup involved eleven events, including the season finale in St. Moritz, Switzerland.

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Two-time discipline champion Aksel Lund Svindal from Norway got off to a fantastic start, winning four of the first five downhills of the season . . . and even winning the downhill run on the Lauberhorn in Wengen, Switzerland for the first time in his career (in his tenth attempt). [1] Unfortunately, in the very next downhill race a week later, at the Streif downhill run in Kitzbühel (where Svindal had won a Super-G two days before), Svindal crashed and suffered an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tear in his right knee, ending his season. [2] Because of poor visibility and dangerous winds, which already had led the course to be shortened before the race even started, the Streif downhill was stopped after just 30 skiers, the minimum number for the race to be deemed official -- but it already had produced three serious crashes among the best downhillers in the world. [2] [3]

However, the surprise winner on the Streif was Peter Fill of Italy, who had started the day 245 points behind Svindal but picked up 100 for the win. [4] After four more downhills, and heading into the finals, Fill and Svindal were tied on points (436) with Italy's Dominik Paris only four points behind. [5] In the finals at St. Moritz, although both skied cautiously, Fill placed tenth, scoring 26 points, but Paris finished nineteenth and failed to score any points (as only the top 15 score at the finals), thus allowing Fill to become the first ever Italian man to win the downhill crystal globe. [6]

Standings

RankName
28 Nov 2015
Lake Louise

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4 Dec 2015
Beaver Creek

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19 Dec 2015
Val Gardena/Gröden

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29 Dec 2015
Santa Caterina

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16 Jan 2016
Wengen

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23 Jan 2016
Kitzbühel

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6 Feb 2016
Jeongseon

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20 Feb 2016
Chamonix

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12 Mar 2016
Kvitfjell

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16 Mar 2016
St. Moritz

  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  		Total
FIS Crystal Globe.svg Flag of Italy.svg Peter Fill 803250DNF291002450452626462
2 Flag of Norway.svg   Aksel Lund Svindal 10010010036100DNFDNS436
3 Flag of Italy.svg Dominik Paris 3611200501520801001000432
Flag of Norway.svg   Kjetil Jansrud 2980604221814100104550432
5  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Beat Feuz DNS248060456045100414
6 Flag of the United States.svg Steven Nyman 151629515DNF2660806080386
7 Flag of France.svg Adrien Théaux 242661003632453240290370
8 Flag of France.svg Guillermo Fayed 5060802991092650DNS323
9  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Carlo Janka 4545722326053682032312
10 Flag of Austria.svg Hannes Reichelt 135058080DNFDNF2226020296
11 Flag of the United States.svg Travis Ganong 60222014013409DNS3240250
12 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Erik Guay 262445DNS1824DNF3321560247
Flag of Austria.svg Christof Innerhofer 2236050451250101516247
Flag of Norway.svg   Aleksander Aamodt Kilde 1615DNFDNF1640100DNF24360247
15 Flag of France.svg Johan Clarey 2092415850DNF16222645235
16 Flag of Austria.svg Romed Baumann 120154514221529111422199
17 Flag of Slovenia.svg Boštjan Kline 740978802414824185
18 Flag of Austria.svg Vincent Kriechmayr 11836401336025229182
19 Flag of France.svg David Poisson 400604029161437DNS173
20 Flag of France.svg Valentin Giraud Moine 0DNS1680DNSDNF13188036171
21 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Manuel Osborne-Paradis 1022DNF016100365018153
22 Flag of the United States.svg Andrew Weibrecht 74514DNF1020141513110149
23 Flag of Austria.svg Klaus Kröll 183131260DNF1715160145
24 Flag of Austria.svg Otmar Striedinger 320113122634020DNF0138
25 Flag of Germany.svg Andreas Sander 0082620143247220133
References [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17]

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  2. 1 2 Zaccardi, Nick (23 January 2016). "Aksel Lund Svindal crashes hard, tears ACL". NBC Sports . Retrieved 17 February 2023.
  3. ↑ Willemsen, Eric (23 January 2016). "Skiing: World Cup leader Svindal blows out knee in downhill crash". Salt Lake Tribune . Retrieved 18 February 2023.
  4. ↑ Associated Press (23 January 2016). "Kitzbuehel races: Peter Fill wins abbreviated Kitzbuehel downhill race". CBC . Retrieved 18 February 2023.
  5. ↑ AFP (12 March 2016). "Paris wins downhill as Fill misses out". Yahoo! Sports . Retrieved 18 February 2023.
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  8. ↑ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Beaver Creek Men DH (USA)" (PDF). www.fis-ski.com.
  9. ↑ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Val Gardena/Gröden Men DH (ITA)" (PDF). www.fis-ski.com.
  10. ↑ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Santa Caterina Men DH (ITA)" (PDF). www.fis-ski.com.
  11. ↑ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Wengen Men DH (SUI)" (PDF). www.fis-ski.com.
  12. ↑ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Kitzbühel Men DH (AUT)" (PDF). www.fis-ski.com.
  13. ↑ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Garmisch-Partenkirchen Men DH (GER)" (PDF). www.fis-ski.com.
  14. ↑ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Jeongseon Men DH (KOR)" (PDF). www.fis-ski.com.
  15. ↑ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Chamonix Men DH (FRA)" (PDF). www.fis-ski.com.
  16. ↑ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Kvitfjell Men DH (NOR)" (PDF). www.fis-ski.com.
  17. ↑ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup St. Moritz Men DH (SUI)" (PDF). www.fis-ski.com.
  18. ↑ "CUP STANDINGS - ALPINE SKIING WORLD CUP 2016". fis-ski.com. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
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