Here are the times from today's qualifying at the third round of the Aussie National Series at Stromlo Forest Park. This is only qualifying, but it's interesting to note that the top 3 Juniors all qualified faster than Sam Hill. It will be interesting to see what tomorrow's times are. Good also to see that Tracey Hannah is having no problem at all with the new Morewood.
Top 5 Men Qualifying1 Troy Brosnan 2:19.60
2 Ben Cory 2:22.72
3 Todd Madsen 2:23.26
4 Timothy Eaton 2:24.52
5 Sam Hill 2:24.98
Top 5 Women Qualifying1 Tracey Hannah 2:40.63
2 Madeline Taylor 3:02.12
3 Lisa Mathison 3:05.89
4 Michelle Crisp 3:08.25
5 Claire Whiteman 3:10.11
Top 5 Jr Men Qualifying1 Dean Lucas 2:24.10
2 Joe Vejvoda 2:24.60
3 Thomas Crimmins 2:24.89
4 David McMillan 2:25.52
5 Connor Fearon 2:25.54
Complete results can be found
here
look up 2008 Sam Hill World Cup crash Italy and see how fast he used to be before his crashes in 2010.
As far as serious WC crashes, nobody can bounce back like Matti Lehikoinen. To see him still riding is amazing enough, but competing at the level he is at after so many horrific crashes (back, 2 wrists, arm, gashed leg, etc.)? Inspiring to say the least.
The question is, can anyone hold on to Gwins dust before it settles?
He's the forgotten Junior World Champion. At the first round when Brosnan, Hill, Atkinson, Cory and Graves were standing on the podium, the announcer said "There's three world champions up on the podium." Sam turns to Ben and says 'Four'.
I couldn't believe commencal drop him on the saturday night at Thredbo right before finals the next day.
2s per minute or more.
Sad but true...
- About as relevant and stupid as your question Pezza