Austria's skiers fight for medal in a gripping team race!

Austria's skiers fight for medal in a gripping team race!

At the Ski World Championship in Saalbach-Hinterglemm, the Austrian women show an impressive performance in the team combination! Mirjam Puchner, who competes together with Katharina Liensberger, has created an excellent starting position with a strong departure. After her journey, she is in third place, only 0.28 seconds behind the leading Lauren Macuga from the USA, while the German skiers also fight for precious metal. Emma Aicher was able to achieve second place in the departure and thus ensures a promising starting point for her team, while Lena Dürr wants to give the best in slalom, like t-online.de reports .

But it will be exciting, because only two teams have exceeded the best time. Aicher is only 0.23 seconds behind Macuga and leads the German team to a promising train. Behind them, the “Austria 1” team fights for the connection and has every chance of getting a medal, while the “Germany 1” team with Emma Aicher and Lena Dürr makes the race exciting. Kira Weible-Winkelmann from the German team also ends up in a strong fifth place, but has to be careful in slalom, as the distance is also very tight here. According to laola1.at Striking distance.

gripping competitions promise high tension

With the team combination, a new discipline will be held at this World Cup, which will also appear at the 2026 Olympics. The times of the departure and the subsequent slalom are added up, which increases the tension again. In the upcoming competitions that follow the men on Wednesday, Romed Baumann will be on the slopes in the last World Cup competition, while Linus Straßer takes over the slalom round. This premiere promises exciting duels and nerve -wracking decisions in the coming days!