Drake Takes First Podium of
the 09/10 Season
The result is a personal best for the Kingston-Upon-Thames based
skier and is a sign of his growing potential.
British Alpine Ski Team coach, Mike Pilarski, commented “Ed
took the lead after his run, beating the 2009 Europa Cup Super G
Champion in the process.
He skied well today - his run was clean and technically good.
There were a couple of key gates on the course which he
handled well and that helped him over the flat sections”.
Pilarski continued “The result is especially good when you consider
he has been suffering with a bug all week and missed a lot of
training in the lead up to today’s race.
It puts him in a good position for the second race tomorrow”.
Drake commented “The
first race of the season is always tough, it's the first opportunity
to race against your peers and to really find out how the summer
training has gone. Third in the first race of the season feels
fantastic! Bring on the second race tomorrow."
Three other British
athletes were in action in Reiteralm:
Dougie Crawford (22,
The second Europa Cup Super G of the season continued on10 November
where Drake was looking for another strong result but sadly illness
caught up with him. Jan
Kochalski (23, Torphins) also started both races with Noel Baxter
resting ahead of the opening World Cup Slalom event of the season
which took place 14/15 November in
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