Three Australian skiers competed in the Nove Mesto World Cup at the weekend.
Three Australian skiers competed in the Nove Mesto World Cup at the weekend. In the sprint races, Paul Murray and Ben Sim finished 60th and 65th out of 73 starters and Esther Bottomley was 52nd out of 60 starters.
They are good solid results from Sim and Bottomley, with FIS points of 92 and 98 respectively. Murray’s points were also not bad, at 78 points, but considering his form of recent weeks he was disappointed not to be further up the field.
Earlier in the week, Bottomley, KT Calder, Andrew Mock, Andrew Circosta and Nick Grimmer had competed in the World University Winter Games in Seefeld, Austria. In the women's sprint Bottomley achieved one of Australia's best ever results at a winter universiade, finishing 17th out of a field of 76 starters and just two hundreths of a second from making the finals. KT Calder also had a good result, five seconds further back in 36th place.
KT Calder posted another sub 100 FIS points performance in the 5km freestyle, finishing 28th out of 83 starters, only 1:01 behind the winner. Andrew Mock opened his distance account with an impressive 57th place out of 102 in the men's 10km, 2:24 behind the winner, and scoring 108 FIS points - just about equal to his best ever FIS points scored at the 2003 World Champs in Val di Fiemme. The result also qualifies him to start in one event at the 2005 World Championships coming up in February. (Story with the assistance of The XC Files)
They are good solid results from Sim and Bottomley, with FIS points of 92 and 98 respectively. Murray’s points were also not bad, at 78 points, but considering his form of recent weeks he was disappointed not to be further up the field.
Earlier in the week, Bottomley, KT Calder, Andrew Mock, Andrew Circosta and Nick Grimmer had competed in the World University Winter Games in Seefeld, Austria. In the women's sprint Bottomley achieved one of Australia's best ever results at a winter universiade, finishing 17th out of a field of 76 starters and just two hundreths of a second from making the finals. KT Calder also had a good result, five seconds further back in 36th place.
KT Calder posted another sub 100 FIS points performance in the 5km freestyle, finishing 28th out of 83 starters, only 1:01 behind the winner. Andrew Mock opened his distance account with an impressive 57th place out of 102 in the men's 10km, 2:24 behind the winner, and scoring 108 FIS points - just about equal to his best ever FIS points scored at the 2003 World Champs in Val di Fiemme. The result also qualifies him to start in one event at the 2005 World Championships coming up in February. (Story with the assistance of The XC Files)
