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Edition 73 |16 January 2007 |
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Welcome to the 73rd edition of the Ski & Snowboard Australia
E-News.
Despite the difficult snow conditions in many parts of the World
our athletes continue to enjoy success at all levels of
competition, and in some cases achieve record breaking results.
Jacqui Cooper took her career tally of World Cup victories to 18
after she won two Aerials World Cups over the past fortnight. Dale
Begg-Smith was also victorious in a Moguls World Cup event in Mont
Gabriel, Canada.
Many events have been postponed and cancelled which unfortunately
dramatically affects the training and competition schedules for
athletes and programs at all levels of the sport.
Further to the discipline and program updates, this edition of the
E-News will also provide athletes with some very important
information regarding changes to the World Anti-Doping Agency
(WADA) Prohibited List in 2007. If you are an athlete or a parent
of an athlete please make sure you are aware of the WADA prohibited
list, your responsibilities and the testing process.
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Freestyle News
Cooper still world number one
Jacqui Cooper has bounced back from a training crash to finish one
spot off the podium in the second of two World Cups in Deer Valley,
Utah.
A day after establishing a new world record points score, Cooper
missed the landing on her triple twisting triple somersault in the
qualifying round, scoring just 81.81 points from the judges.
She finished the opening round of jumps in sixth place, more than 18
points adrift of leading qualifier, Torino Olympic champion Evelyne
Leu of Switzerland.
Courtesy OWI/Sportcom
Read More
Cooper stands alone after another record win
Jacqui Cooper stands alone as the greatest winner in women's World
Cup aerial skiing history after taking the 18th victory of her
career with a world record points score in Deer Valley, Utah.
Nearly five years after the accident that put her out of the Salt
Lake Winter Games, 34-year-old Cooper scored a massive 219.81 points
on the 2002 Olympic site, 6.45 points more than the record mark she
set last year in the 2006 Torino Games.
Courtesy OWI/Sportcom
Read More
Begg-Smith starts his season with gold
Dale Begg-Smith has made the perfect start to his World Cup mogul
skiing title defence, winning gold in the opening event of the
season in Mont Gabriel, Canada.
The Torino Olympic champion scored 25.74 points for a narrow victory
over French skier Guilbaut Colas on 25.59 points and home-town hero
Alexandre Bilodeau of Canada on 25.55 points.
The result gave the 21-year-old Australian the seventh World Cup
victory of his career, and his ninth podium placing from the past 11
events.
Courtesy OWI/Sportcom
Read More
2007 Freestyle World Championships Postponed
Due to the unseasonably warm weather currently being felt in Europe
the 2007 Freestyle World Championships have had to be postponed. The
event originally scheduled to be held on 22nd-27th January, 2007 at
Madonna di Campiglio, Italy will now be held on 5th-11th of March,
2007.
To view the official FIS release please
click here
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Snowboard News
World Championship Report
It has been a strong showing by the Australians over the last 2 days
here in Arosa for the 2007 World Championships SBX. Damon Hayler and
Alex Pullin had a great day of qualifying by making the final cut of
32 men. The short course meant just over a second separated the
leading time to the cut and both guys put down some very impressive
times.
Read More
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Alpine News
FIS Alpine Children’s Race Entries
If you have not already submitted your child’s interest in the FIS
Alpine children’s events please do so now. You can email your
interest to
raceentry@skiandsnowboard.org.au. Before submitting your
interest please read the following information sheet outlining entry
requirements and processes. We have also made available the FIS
Alpine Children’s calendar for your information.
FIS Alpine Children Races Entry Arrangements
FIS Alpine Children’s Event Calendar
Women’s Alpine Program Report
Australia's National Alpine Development Women's program has had
a very busy start to the 2006/07 winter; taking full advantage of
the excellent snow conditions in the north-west of Canada.
After arriving toward the end of November, following the successful
completion of their Yr 12 exams, NSWIS scholarship athletes Tomi
Crewes and Katya Crema proceeded to get their 'snow-feet' back,
after what was a significant break over the past schooling year.
Read More
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Cross Country News
World Championships and Junior World Championships
This year the Nordic World Championships will be held in Sapporo,
Japan from February 22 to March 4. Australia will be sending a squad
of five athletes to the Championships. We wish the following
athletes all the best in the lead up to and during the
Championships.
Paul Murray
Esther Bottomley
Ben Sim
KT Calder
Clare-Louise Brumley
Tarvisio, Italy will be hosting the Junior World Championships which
begin on January 29 and close on February 4. We currently have seven
athletes qualified:
Neil van der Ploeg
Aimee Watson
Chloe McConville
Alex Almoukov
Ewan Watson
Callum Watson
Simon Flower
Ben Sim and Mark van der Pleog will be competing at the World Under
23 Championships also being held in Tarvisio, Italy and a further
seven National Team Athletes will compete at the Winter Universiade
in Torino, Italy.
For all the latest results please visit the SSA website,
www.skiandsnowboard.org.au
Anti-Doping
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has released the 2007 Prohibited
List (the 2007 List) which came into effect on January 1, 2007.
Below we have provided a link to the summary of key modifications to
the 2007 List and the latest version of the World Anti-Doping Code.
2007 Prohibited List Changes
World Anti-Doping Code
SSA and ASADA advise all athletes to review the status of all
medications and substances each year in accordance with the updated
Prohibited List. ASADA provides the following resources for athletes
to check the status of Australian Pharmaceutical products:
ASADA Website: www.asada.gov.au
An on-line medications list is accessible from Athletes Zone on the
front page of the ASADA website.
Anti-Doping Hotline: 1800 020 506
Providing sport specific information, advice on Therapeutic Use
Exemptions and Abbreviated Therapeutic Use Exemptions Note: The
Anti-Doping Hotline hours will be extended from mid January 2007.
The Anti-Doping Hotline will be available 7 days a week from 8am to
8pm Australian Eastern Standard Time.
Anti-Doping Handbook (10th edition):
Available January 2007 – includes medications list, purchase your
copy by calling the Anti-Doping Hotline.
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