First Giant Slalom World Cup Points

Today marked the first world cup of the 2009/2010 season in Solden, AUT. Robbie has worked hard over the last year to lower his FIS points to improve his start position in giant slalom. Starting 36th today, Robbie finished the first run with a time of 1:13:10 which placed him in 28th position. For those of you new to the World Cup process, only the top 30 get to start second run. Robbie was the third athlete to start the second run and was able to lay down the second fastest time for the second run. Kjetil Jansrud won the second run with a time 1:11:39 and Robbie had a time of 1:11:55 edging out Didier Cuche by one hundreth of a second. When the day was done Robbie finished in 16th position earning his first ever Giant Slalom World Cup points.

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