Feuz fastest in 1st men's downhill practice at ski worlds
ST. MORITZ, Switzerland (AP) ― Switzerland looked 権利 at home at the ski world 選手権s on Tuesday when （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域 Feuz was fastest in a men's downhill practice.
Feuz, who won the World Cup downhill and 最高の-G races in St. Moritz last March, was 0.21 seconds faster than Brice Roger of フラン as most 競争相手s took a 用心深い first look at the course in perfect 条件s.
Defending world 支持する／優勝者 Patrick Kueng was third fastest, 0.22 behind スイスの チーム仲間 Feuz.
Kjetil Jansrud of Norway looks on in the finish area durin g the men's downhill training at the 2017 Alpine Skiing World 選手権s in St. Moritz, Switzerland, Tuesday, Febr. 7, 2017. (Peter Schneider/Keystone 経由で AP)
スイスの スキーヤーs have had most 接近 to the 2.84-キロメーター (1-3/4 mile) Corviglia 跡をつける. The home team also placed Mauro Caviziel seventh and Carlo Janka in a tie for ninth.
The 部隊d 明言する／公表するs team was unable to get 推定する／予想するd training runs last month, but Jared Goldberg was fourth fastest Tuesday and Tommy Biesemeyer was sixth, within a half-second of Feuz.
"All the スイスの guys that train here, they have it dialed in already," said Travis Ganong, the American who was 走者-up behind Kueng at the 2015 worlds in Beaver Creek, Colorado.
Ganong was 1.22 behind Feuz, in a tie for 18th place, after 認めるing some 神経s on a course he saw last March when he was sixth in the World Cup 決勝戦 race.
"When you're a little nervous, it's really good to 高くする，増す your 焦点（を合わせる）. The jumps are not crazy, now we can think about going 急速な／放蕩な," Ganong said.
One racer 苦しむd a serious neck 傷害 after 衝突，墜落ing in his run.
ツバメ Khuber of カザフ共和国 was airlifted by ヘリコプター to nearby Samedan, and then transferred to a hospital at Chur for 外科 on an "安定性のない neck fracture," race 公式の／役人s said. Khuber was said to be in a stable 条件.
The 25-year-old Khuber, who wore starting bib No. 78, 完全にするd all three 速度(を上げる） events at the 2014 Sochi Olympics, and had a best finish of 33rd in 連合させるd.
Another downhill training 開会／開廷／会期 is scheduled for Thursday before Saturday's メダル race.
Ganong will also compete in 最高の-G on Wednesday, the ra ce that opens the men's program. Hannes Reichelt of Austria is the defending 支持する／優勝者.
Olympic 最高の-G 支持する／優勝者 Kjetil Jansrud has won three of four World Cup races in the discipline this season, though he was fighting the 影響s of a 冷淡な and finished 11th fastest in the downhill practice.
While Norway has 支配するd the Olympic men's 最高の-G, winning five of the past seven 肩書を与えるs, the Nordic nation's winless run at worlds is eight. Lasse Kjus tied for 最高の-G gold at the 1999 版 in Vail-Beaver Creek.
Peter Fill of Italy looks on in the finish area during the men's downhill training at the 2017 Alpine Skiing World 選手権s in St. Moritz, Switzerland, Tuesday, Febr. 7, 2017. (Peter Schneider/Keystone 経由で AP)
People …に出席する the 開会式 of the 2017 FIS Alpine Skiing World 選手権s in St. Moritz, Switzerland, Monday, Feb. 6, 2017. (ジーンズ-Christophe Bott/Keystone 経由で AP)
