Today here in Hafjell we had junior seeding early in the morning before practice for men and women afterwards. It was a day of contrast with Mother Nature showing two distinctly different sides, the early morning junior time slot saw much of the mountain covered in fog before the day evolved into blue sky and sunshine.
With junior practice out of the way and no major incidents to report it was onto seeding. Seeding at world championships is not qualifying so therefore it is just an indication of riders speed as long as a rider starts their seeding run they are eligible to race in the finals.
It was the junior females that started off seeding, Australia’s own reigning junior world cup champion Tegan Molloy hit the track first, she seeded third we hope come finals she will move up a few spots and don the rainbows!
The top 5 junior men was made up of some familiar faces, these riders are well known and have been at the pointy end all season.
Junior men seeding
1. Loris Vergier
2. Taylor Vernon
3. Amaury Pierron
4. Martin Maes
5. Luca Shaw
We will have a further look at the junior seeding results and more specifically the Australians.
With seeding out of the way it left elite practice for the rest of the day, at this stage the cloud started to lift and the sun came out! Most riders took advantage of today’s reasonably long session and notched up the runs. No real big dramas, a few flats, some stand out riders and most of all some crazy riding. The track here in Hafjell (pronounced huff-yell) has a bit of everything, big jumps, corners, fast sections and technical areas, whoever wins on Sunday will be a deserving winner.