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Papert and Berger win IWC 2003

Ines Papert and Harald Berger win the third stage of the ice World Cup 2003 in Saas Fee and the fourth Ice World Cup 2003

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January 2003

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Ice World Cup 2003 Saas-Fee

Menno Boermans

Saas-Fe 24/01/2003

True to predicitions, Harald Berger and Ines Papert have won the Ice World Cup 2003, after winning the third and final stage in Switzerland's Saas Fee last weekend.

Ines Papert thereby repeats her 2001 success, and adds this victory to her 2002 World Championship second place. Her impeccable score in 2003 (first in Pitztal, first in Valle di Daone and first in Saas-Fee - where she was the only athlete to top out in the Final) shows how complete her domination of the IWC really is.

Last year's World Cup winner Ksenia Sdobnikova placed second in Switzerland to take second place overall, while Petra MÃ¼ller placed third, Kirsten Buchmann fourth (but third overall) and Abby Watkins fifth.

Harry Berger's road to victory was slighlty more complicated, and to defend his 2002 title he had to battle it out to the very last against a highly determined Alexei Tomilov, winner of the second stage in Daone. Both topped out in Saturday's Final, but Berger's faster time ensured him victory. Tomilov therefore had to "make do" with his second place, both in Saas Fee and in the IWC 2003, ahead of defending World Champion Evgeny Kryvosheytsev (fourth overall, beaten to third place by the Russian Dimitry Bychkov, winner in Pitztal and joint winner of the 2002 Cup together with Berger).

The Ice World Cup Speed competition was won by the Russians Nikolai Chved and Maria Shabalina, who no doubt will be on top form for the World Championship in Kirov from 7-10 March.

Results Men, third stage Saas-Fee

1	Harald Berger	AUT	Top	13' 28''
2	Alexei Tomilov	RUS	Top	14' 11''
3	Evgeny Kryvosheytsev	UKR	3,13
4	Mathias Schiestl	AUT	3,13
5	Klemen Premrl	SLO	2,10
6	Dimitry Bychkov	RUS	2,05
7	Igor Fayzullin	RUS	2,04
8	Alexandre Matveev	RUS	2,02

Results Women, third stage Saas-Fee

1	Ines Papert	GER	Top
2	Ksenia Sdobnikova	RUS	11+
3	Petra MÃ¼ller	CH	11
4	Kirsten Buchmann	GER	10,1
5	Abby Watkins	CAN	9,1
6	StÃ©phanie Maureau	FRA	7,1
7	Nadejda Iakimova	RUS	5,1
8	Alexandra Eyer	CH	5+