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Alev Competes In Final Event In Beijing
February 19, 2022 | Skiing, Olympians
ZHANGJIAKOU, CHINA – Former Colorado Buffalo Alvar Alev made his last start of the XXIV Winter Olympic Games here Saturday, finishing 36th in the Cross Country Men's 50km Mass Start Free.
Alev's time for the event was 1:16:28.4. He finished 4:55.7 out of first place.
Wearing bib 47, Alev gained 11 spots through the race. In the first kilometer, he quickly made up four spots to get to 43rd. He then went up another four spots to 39th in the 2.6-5.9KÂ interval. After dropping from 36th to 39th in the 16.8-20.1KÂ interval, Alev made the spots back up to retain 36th in the 20.1-21.3K interval. Alev's highest position in the event was 35th after 23.9-27.2KÂ interval.
Alev had not previously competed in a Cross Country Men's 50km Mass Start Free at the world level.
Alev was on the CU ski team during the 2018-19 seasons, achieving three All-American honors and two All-RMISA selections. He won the team's Lucie Hanusova Award during his first season. He was a finalist for CU Male Career Athletic Achievement for the 2019 CUSPYs despite only competing for two seasons with the Buffs.
Petra Hyncicova, Cass Gray, and Magdalena Luczak will be the last #OlympicBuffs competing in Beijing. Hyncicova's last event will be Cross Country Women's 30km Mass Start Free. She will be in bib 49 for the event, which will start tonight at 11:30 p.m. MT (2:30 p.m. Feb. 20 in China). Gray and Luczak will be competing in the Alpine Skiing Mixed Team Parallel Canada and Poland, respectively. Gray will be in bib 91 and Luczak bib 133. The event was rescheduled from Saturday to 6 p.m. MT (9 a.m. Feb. 20 in China).
MIXED TEAM PARALLEL 101:Â Part of the Olympics for just the second time, the mixed team parallel pits teams of four - two men and two women per team - against each other in a series of side-by-side slalom races. Â Each of the four members of a team races against another team and the winner of the side-by-side race earns a point. Â If it's tied 2-2, the team with the lowest combined time advances. The teams are bracketed much like March Madness and with 15 countries competing, top-seeded Austria has a bye. Â After the round of 16 and quarterfinals, the two winners of the semifinals compete for gold and silver while the two losers of the semifinals compete for bronze. Â Teams only use four skiers per round but are allowed up to six athletes and may rotate in each round.Â
Alev's time for the event was 1:16:28.4. He finished 4:55.7 out of first place.
Wearing bib 47, Alev gained 11 spots through the race. In the first kilometer, he quickly made up four spots to get to 43rd. He then went up another four spots to 39th in the 2.6-5.9KÂ interval. After dropping from 36th to 39th in the 16.8-20.1KÂ interval, Alev made the spots back up to retain 36th in the 20.1-21.3K interval. Alev's highest position in the event was 35th after 23.9-27.2KÂ interval.
Alev had not previously competed in a Cross Country Men's 50km Mass Start Free at the world level.
Alev was on the CU ski team during the 2018-19 seasons, achieving three All-American honors and two All-RMISA selections. He won the team's Lucie Hanusova Award during his first season. He was a finalist for CU Male Career Athletic Achievement for the 2019 CUSPYs despite only competing for two seasons with the Buffs.
Petra Hyncicova, Cass Gray, and Magdalena Luczak will be the last #OlympicBuffs competing in Beijing. Hyncicova's last event will be Cross Country Women's 30km Mass Start Free. She will be in bib 49 for the event, which will start tonight at 11:30 p.m. MT (2:30 p.m. Feb. 20 in China). Gray and Luczak will be competing in the Alpine Skiing Mixed Team Parallel Canada and Poland, respectively. Gray will be in bib 91 and Luczak bib 133. The event was rescheduled from Saturday to 6 p.m. MT (9 a.m. Feb. 20 in China).
MIXED TEAM PARALLEL 101:Â Part of the Olympics for just the second time, the mixed team parallel pits teams of four - two men and two women per team - against each other in a series of side-by-side slalom races. Â Each of the four members of a team races against another team and the winner of the side-by-side race earns a point. Â If it's tied 2-2, the team with the lowest combined time advances. The teams are bracketed much like March Madness and with 15 countries competing, top-seeded Austria has a bye. Â After the round of 16 and quarterfinals, the two winners of the semifinals compete for gold and silver while the two losers of the semifinals compete for bronze. Â Teams only use four skiers per round but are allowed up to six athletes and may rotate in each round.Â
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