Greiner Wins Junior World Cup Opener in La Plagne

From La Plagne, FRA

(December 2, 2021) – Matthew Greiner won the Junior World Cup season opener in La Plagne, cruising to gold in France.

The American slider set the two fastest times of the race on his way to a .2 second victory over Austria’s Noah Kallan. Germany’s Timon Grancagnolo finished third, .358 out of gold.

Russia’s Eduard Aleksandrov finished fourth, over a half of a second behind Greiner, while Austria’s Florian Tanzer and Germany’s Pascal Kunze rounded out the top six.

American Hunter Harris just missed out on a top ten with an 11th place finish, while teammate Michael O’Gara finished in 13th.

Results:

Pos	Name	Nation	Bib	Start 1	Start 2	Run 1	Run 2	Total
1	Matthew Greiner	USA	2	6.221	6.237	45.183	45.173	1:30.356
2	Noah Kallan	AUT	11	6.215	6.212	45.226	45.330	1:30.556
3	Timon Grancagnolo	GER	2	6.168	6.184	45.274	45.440	1:30.714
4	Eduard Aleksandrov	RUS	17	6.179	6.194	45.348	45.516	1:30.864
5	Florian Tanzer	AUT	16	6.168	6.180	45.343	45.591	1:30.934
6	Pascal Kunze	GER	3	6.204	6.217	45.412	45.566	1:30.978
7	Kaspars Rinks	LAT	5	6.179	6.199	45.363	45.723	1:31.086
8	Alex Gufler	ITA	1	6.262	6.255	45.711	45.711	1:31.422
9	Malyn Lehmann	GER	15	6.211	6.205	45.674	45.803	1:31.477
10	Marco Leger	GER	12	6.236	6.236	45.677	45.807	1:31.484
11	Hunter Harris	USA	9	6.269	6.296	45.703	45.892	1:31.595
12	Luka Mtchedliani	GEO	7	6.246	6.254	45.982	46.089	1:32.071
13	Michael O’Gara	USA	19	6.256	6.288	46.017	46.108	1:32.125
14	Vratislav Varga	SVK	8	6.257	6.271	46.085	46.085	1:32.170
15	Jakub Karas	POL	13	6.309	6.279	46.396	46.475	1:32.871
16	Lasha Mtchedliani	GEO	6	6.266	6.258	46.765	46.300	1:33.065
17	Metod Majercak	SVK	10	6.281	6.292	46.871	47.043	1:33.914
18	Jakub Wojs	POL	18	6.294	6.321	47.086	47.141	1:34.227
19	Marek Samek	POL	20	6.273	6.331	47.450	47.546	1:34.996
20	Kamil Dziedzina	POL	14	6.396	6.343	48.599	47.638	1:36.237