Emotional end of career: Scheikl and Unterberger say goodbye!

Emotional end of career: Scheikl and Unterberger say goodbye!

In an emotional finale of the 2024/2025 World Cup season in the natural train tobogganing in Deutschnofen, the Austrian tobogganing stars Michael Schekl and Tina Unterberger completed their careers with proud performances on Sunday. Scheikl, the 35-year-old Styrian, took fourth place in the last race and had to surrender to the South Tyrolean Florian Clara in the overall ranking. Unterberger, 38 years old and Upper Austrian, secured second place in the final classification behind the long -time dominator Evelin Lanthaler with a third place. "It was already highly emotional today," said Unterberger, while Scheikl relieved that the overall victory in the 2020/21 season was a great success, despite the not very successful degree this year, like laola1.at reported.

Austria celebrates historical double victory

The race was not only crucial for Scheikl and Unterberger, but also for the double-seat team Maximilian Pichler and Nico Edlinger. These two tobogganors have secured the first overall victory in the double seat for Austria for 18 years. With a second place in the World Cup final on the 785 -meter -long natural toboggan run "Pföslriep", the Styrians secured the overall victory with 625 points. They suffered difficulties on the softer path through mild temperatures, but their success is the crowning glory of an outstanding season, Edlinger was pleased, while Pichler added his analysis with the words: "Second place was the maximum for us", like Suedtirolnews.it reported.

The final of the World Cup not only offered exciting races, but also an emotional farewell for many tobogganing stars. In addition to the resignation of Unterberger and Scheikl, several other legends of sport were also adopted. It was a day of records and the farewell in Deutschnofen, where the athletes not only fought for medals, but also for their sporting careers.