Sensation in Saalbach: Haaser crowns comeback with World Cup gold in the giant slalom!

Sensation in Saalbach: Haaser crowns comeback with World Cup gold in the giant slalom!

Saalbach-Hinterglemm, Österreich - Austria celebrated an incredible triumph at the home world championship in the ski riene slalom in Saalbach-Hinterglemm when Raphael Haaser sensationally won the gold medal. The Tyrolean prevailed on Friday against the Swiss Thomas Tumler and Loïc Meillard and won the coveted award. As The Tyrolean reported, Haaser had to do with a fifth place after the first round before starting his chase in the second round with the fourth best time. He literally crashed into the top position, while the other favorites, including defending champion Marco Odermatt, left the medal lane behind and fell back to fourth place.

Before 19,500 enthusiastic fans, Haaser converted his comeback into a golden moment after a knee injury after having never reached the top level of the podium in a World Cup race. "It's incredible, I don't know what to say," said the 27-year-old about his greatest success, as well as Puls24 . Despite his princely performance, the disappointment remained with his compatriots, Marco Schwarz took fifth place and Patrick Feurstein was only 16th

World Championship fever in Saalbach-Hinterglemm

The Ski World Cup in Austria presents itself as an event reveric competition with a total of six medals for the Austrian Ski Association. And the triumph from Haaser was only a week after the first gold of the World Cup, which Stephanie Venier had won in the Super-G. Haaser, who recently returned after an injury, once again showed that he could not be stopped by setbacks. "I said to myself that I have nothing to lose," he said. This fighting spirit paid off, while other athletes, like the Norwegian Timon Haugan, fell backlessly in the final and missed the medal stairs.

The Ski World Cup in Saalbach is not only a big event for the athletes, the spectators and fans also experience the exciting challenges of the world's best skiers. Haaser's gold not only brings radiance for the domestic audience, but also shows the incessant will of the athletes to fight for top positions. "It is still a great Super World Cup," added Odermatt Additively after he couldn't defend his title.