Feller suffers the bitter defeat of his career at Ski World Cup!

The Ski World Cup in Saalbach was an emotional roller coaster for the Austrian slalom star Manuel Feller. In his crucial race, the slalom, he could not win a medal and ended up in ungrateful fourth place. With just 0.79 seconds behind the winner Loic Meillard from Switzerland, who secured the gold medal with a brilliant run, his dreams had moved far away from a medal at home despite intensive efforts. Feller, who went into the race as the reigning World Slalom World Cup winner, confessed after the final: "It is definitely the greatest defeat of my career," like oe24 report .

feller was overwhelmed by disappointment; The weeks of preparation and pressure have consumed it. "I tried everything, but unfortunately it wasn't enough. That is definitely the bitterest hour of my career," said the Tyrolean, who was leading in the second run, but couldn't miss the missed. This experience comes particularly painful because it was his last chance to shine at a home World Cup. On the way to the podium, Linus Strasser from Germany and Atle Lie McGrath from Norway, the silver and bronze medals won it. With this victory, the Swiss Loic Meillard celebrated its third medal of the World Cup and has made the first slalom world championship title for Switzerland perfect for 75 years, such as meinbezirk.at reports .

Fellers unfortunate week and Raschner's upswing

In addition, Dominik Raschner showed an impressive performance by improving eighth place in the second run from 23 rank. With a best time, he secured a place in the top eight and rounded off the World Cup a little more positively for the ÖSV athletes. Although Fabio Grein fell in comparison and took eleventh place, Raschner was able to convince with his strong performance and encourage himself for the next competitions. Despite the disappointment for Feller, the Ski World Cup in Saalbach was an event full of excitement and dramatic turns.