Russia lead IPC Alpine Skiing World Cup rankings

After eight races in Sestriere, Italy, and St. Moritz, Switzerland, Russia now lead the rankings at the 2013 IPC Alpine Skiing World Cup with 2,991 points.

After eight races in Sestriere, Italy, and St. Moritz, Switzerland, Russia now lead the rankings at the 2013 IPC Alpine Skiing World Cup with 2,991 points. Austria is second with 2,363 points, followed by France with 2,342.

Slovakia’s Henrieta Farkasova, current slalom and giant slalom visually impaired world champion, tops the women’s overall rankings with 660 points, as well as the women’s visually impaired points. Russia’s visually impaired racer, Alexandra Frantseva is not far behind with 620 points and France’s standing skier Marie Bochet, giant slalom standing world champion, has 600 points.

The men’s overall ranking list is also led by a visually impaired skier, Yon Santacana Maiztegui of Spain (560 points), who will be defending his giant slalom world champion title in La Molina in February. Russia’s 15-year-old standing skier Alexey Bugaev is second with 520 points, followed by former able-bodied European Cup winner Matthias Lanzinger of Austria with 510 points.

Here’s a look at the top three leaders in each category:

Men

Standing – slalom

1. Alexandr Alyabyev (Russia): 240

2. Alexey Bugaev (Russia): 230

2. Matthias Lanzinger (Austria): 230

Standing – giant slalom

1. Alexey Bugaev (Russia): 290

2. Matthias Lanzinger (Austria): 280

3. Vincent Gauthier-Manuel (France): 235

Sitting - slalom

1. Taekshi Suzuki (Japan): 380

2. Philipp Bonadimann (Austria): 275

3. Dino Sokolovic (Croatia): 196

Sitting – giant slalom

1. Christoph Kunz (Switzerland): 280

2. Roman Rabl (Austria): 292

3. Tyler Walker (USA): 190

Standing – giant slalom

1. Alexey Bugaev (Russia): 290

2. Matthias Lanzinger (Austria): 280

3. Vincent Gauthier-Manuel (France): 235

Visually impaired - slalom

1. Miroslav Haraus (Slovakia): 280

2. Ivan Frantsev (Russia): 256

3. Jakub Krako (Slovakia): 225

Visually impaired – giant slalom

1. Yon Santacana Maiztegui (Spain): 380

2. Jakub Krako (Slovakia): 206

3. Chris Williamson (Canada): 180

Women

Standing – slalom

1. Allison Jones (USA): 320

2. Marie Bochet (France): 300

3. Inga Medvedeva (Russia): 250

Standing – giant slalom

1. Andrea Rothfuss (Germany): 340

2. Marie Bochet (France): 300

3. Mariya Papulova (Russia): 220

Sitting – slalom

1. Anna Schaffelhuber (Germany): 400

2. Laurie Stephens (USA): 220

2. Claudia Loesch (Austria): 220

Sitting – giant slalom

1. Claudia Loesch (Austria): 300

2. Laurie Stephens (USA): 270

3. Alana Nichols (USA): 200

Visually impaired – slalom

1. Henrieta Farkasova (Slovakia): 260

2. Alexandra Frantseva (Russia): 280

3. Melissa Perrine (Australia): 170

Visually impaired – giant slalom

1. Henrieta Farkasova (Slovakia): 200

2. Alexandra Frantseva (Russia): 340

3. Kelly Gallagher (Great Britain): 120

The World Cup continues in Rogla, Slovenia, from 11-14 February with two more slalom and giant slalom races. It concludes with the finals in Sochi from 7-12 March. For more information and full results, please visit the IPC Alpine Skiing homepage.

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Slovakia’s Henrieta Farkasova won the women’s visually impaired giant slalom on the first day of the 2013 IPC Alpine Skiing World Cup in Sestriere, Italy.

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Spain's Yon Santacana Maiztegui with guide M Galindo Garces at the IPC Alpine Skiing World Cup in La Molina, Spain, where he won two silver medals in men's Slalom Visually Impaired and one gold in men's Giant Slalom Visuallz Impaired.