6/9 September 2012 – Nino Schurter he wins the Elite world championship for the second time, beating his two national teammates Lukas Fluckiger and Mathias Fluckiger... a true Swiss domination in the queen category of the Elite.

In the first 2 laps Nino Schurter he competed with Marco Fontana and Fabian Giger, with the latter breaking away during the 3rd lap and being caught by the chasing group which included the Fluckiger brothers, Absalon, Kulhavy, Tempiere and Fumic. In front Fontana and Schurter continue to increase their lead but with 3 laps to go Marco Fontana breaks away on the downhill and will continue to lose ground even after the chasing group has closed in on him. Meanwhile Nino Schurter the solitary race continues with the Fluckiger brothers behind them trying to catch up to the race leader.

On the last lap there are 5 Swiss in the top 4 with only Fontana breaking the Swiss hegemony by moving into 4th position together with Fabian Giger. Julien Absalon passes in 6th place while Jaroslav Kulhavy is at the back, never entered the race, in 13th position.
During the last lap the positions remained unchanged with only Marco Fontana giving up sharply while Absalon ran a great last lap finishing in 4th place just a few seconds from the podium. In the end therefore a great victory for Schurter who demonstrated that the only one capable of troubling him is Kulhavy who is in great form.

Among the women, the French Breton Julie Bresset also took home the world championship after the Olympics, completing a fantastic season... and at just 23 years of age, that is, in her 1st year in the Elite category. In 2nd place the evergreen Gunn Rita Dahle while the bronze goes to the American Georgia Gould. Another bad day, after London, for Catherine Pendrel, who never entered the race.

EL-M
	SCHURTER Nino	1h44'30 "
2	FLUCKIGER Lukas	29"
3	FLUCKIGER Mathias	51"
4	ABSALON Julien	1'04"
5	GIGER Fabian	1'16"
6	FOUNTAIN Marco Aurelio	1'45"
7	FUMIC Manuel	1'58"
8	STANDER Burry	2'01"
9	TEMPIER Stéphane	2'06"
10	MANTECON GUTIERREZ Sergio	2'53"
11	NAF Ralph	3'07"
12	VAN HOUTS Rudy	3'50"
13	KULHAVY Yaroslav	4'01"
14	COLOMA NICOLAS Carlos	4'12"
15	SKARNITZL Jan	4'24"
16	SAUSER Christoph	4'42"
17	MARKT Karl	4'48"
18	KABUSH Geoff	5'01"
19	VOGEL Florian	5'05"
20	LEJARRETA ERRASTI Inaki	5'11"
21	LINDGREN Emil	5'23"
22	SPESNY Milan	6'06"
23	ZANDSTRA Derek	6'10"
24	LOO Martin	6'15"
25	LONG Tony	6'35"
26	MAROTTE Maxime	6'57"
27	MCCONNELL Daniel	7'08"
28	VAN HOOVELS Kevin	7'32"
29	YAMAMOTO Kohei	7'36"
30	TIBERI Andrea	7'57"

EL W
	BRESSET Julie	1h32'25 "
2	DAHLE FLESJA Gunn Rita	1'47"
3	GOULD Georgia	3'12"
4	SÜSS Esther	3'22"
5	KALENTIEVA Irina	3'23"
6	SPITZ Sabine	3'45
7	HURIKOVA Tereza	4'50"
8	DAVISON Leah	4'50"
9	DAWIDOWICZ Alexander	4'03"
10	KLEMENCIC Blaza	4'05"
11	ENGEN Alexandra	4'26"
12	MORATH Adelheid	4'38"
13	ZAKELJ Tanya	4'38"
14	LECHNER Eve	4'51"
15	PENDREL Catharine	4'51"
16	OSL Elisabeth	5'11"
17	SZAFRANIEC Anna	5'25"
18	BATTY Emily	5'42"
19	LEUMANN Katrin	6'43"
20	SCHMIDT Silke	6'43"

U23 M
	CINK Ondrej	1h19'40 "
2	VAN DER HEIJDEN Michiel	14"
3	BRAIDOT Daniel	st
4	GEHBAUER Alexander	1'34"
5	BRAIDOT Luke	2'12"
6	SCHUERMANS Jens	2'39"
7	KERSCHBAUMER Gerhard	2'45"
8	SCHULTE-LUENZUM Markus	2'57"
9	SCHELB Julian	3'02"
10	COMB Nicholas	3'11"

U23W
	NEFF Jolanda	1h23'57 "
2	BELOMOYNA Yana	18"
3	GORYCKA Paula	27"
4	LAST Annie	47"
5	ZUR Monika	1'54"
6	GROBERT Helen	3'10"
7	TERPSTRA Anne	3'58"
8	ANOSHINA Ekaterina	4'32"
9	CALVETTI Serena	4'40"
10	HEDIGER Michelle	4'54"

JUN M
	COOPER Anton	1h06'53
2	KORETZKY Victor	2'17"
3	CAROD Titouan	2'34"
4	SEIGLE Roman	4'06"
5	SWENSON Keegan	4'35"
6	BOUQUERET Antoine	4'54"
7	VETSCH Aeneas	4'57"
8	PANHUYZEN Kevin	5'06"
9	SCHMID Beltain	5'06"
10	FASNACHT Manuel	5'07"

JUN W
	WALDIS Andrea	1h07'29 "
2	WIEDENROTH Sofia	30"
3	PUTZ Lena	1'19"
4	CLAUZEL Perrine	3'25"
5	CRUMPTON Bethany	3'51"
6	PODGORSKA Alexandra	4'51"
7	AKHMADULLINA Guzel	5'07"
8	ANTONOVA Nadezhda	5'36"
9	MUSKETS Margot	5'54"
10	TRUDEL Frederique	6'51"

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