Austria's Ski World Cup: Historical medal enthusiastic for Hirner and Hörl!

Austria's Ski World Cup: Historical medal enthusiastic for Hirner and Hörl!

An exciting day at the Nordic World Ski Championship! Austria's athletes shone with outstanding performance and two medals. Initially, Lisa Hirner made a historic moment by winning the first medal for the Austrian combiners with bronze in the Gundenken competition. Jan Hörl followed her with an impressive jump on the normal hill, where he also secured the bronze medal. After the competition, the 26-year-old said: "I am Mega Happy", and added that he was proud of his achievements and is already hungry for more medals in the upcoming, as laola1.at . This precious metal also marks its first individual medal.

another bronze knight: Killian Peier

The joy was also great with Killian Peier, who secured the bronze medal with a solid jump to 129.5 meters on the Großschanze in Innsbruck. The 23-year-old Swiss had taken the lead in the first round, but ultimately had to give up the German athletes Markus Eisenbichler and Karl Geiger. With this medal, Peier crowned an impressive season, in which he often ended up in the top ten and prepared excellently for the World Cup, as watson.ch . This award is the first World Cup medal for Switzerland since 2011 when Simon Ammann finished third.

While other athletes like Stefan Kraft showed good jumps, they remained without a medal and already kept the upcoming challenges on the big hill. The World Cup leader Daniel Tschofenig experienced an unfortunate day and could have presented itself much better under better conditions. Nevertheless, the red and white-red team is optimistic and ready for the next competitions. The tension remains high, and the medal -hungry athletes are determined to cut even more successfully at the upcoming events.