Schlopy slays Super Series

By Marina Knight

Erik Schlopy is back.
After being sidelined with a nagging knee injury, the U.S. veteran blasted back onto the scene Tuesday with a Nor-Am Super Series win at Keystone, Colo.
During the season’s opening World Cup giant slalom in Austria, Schlopy missed a second run after a tentative attempt on the Rettenbach glacier, and Schlopy finished 11th in A Nor-Am on Monday.
The win comes just in the nick of time, serving as a confidence builder before America’s opening races at Beaver Creek starting tomorrow. Schlopy, now a specialist, will race the giant slalom there on Saturday, Dec. 1.
Weeks before, between Soelden and the Keystone series, Schlopy switched equipment from Nordica to Atomic, the company Schlopy has seen his best results on.
Cyprien Richard and Thomas Frey, both Frenchman, finished behind Schlopy in 2nd and 3rd place, while American Jake Zamansky finished 4th.
Kjetil Jansrud, of Norway won the first run but slipped back to 6th place after a large mistake in the second. Other Americans in the top 15 were Tim Jitloff (9th) and former college racer Warner Nickerson (13th). Stowe’s Jimmy Cochran ended up 18th.

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