Austria's ski hunters disappoint at Sprint: only 50th place for Andexers!

Austria's ski hunters disappoint at Sprint: only 50th place for Andexers!

in the top-class competition in Annecy/Le Grand-Bornand On Friday, the Austrian ski hunters were unable to collect points in the World Cup. The young athlete Anna Andexer showed the best performance, who was the only one from her team to make the leap into the 10 km tracking on Saturday (2:45 p.m.) and took 50th place. The victory went to Frenchwoman Justine Braisaz-Bouchet with a time of 21: 19.2 minutes and only one false shot, while Franziska Preuss from Germany finished second behind her as the second. The established ÖSV athletes Lisa Hauser and Anna Gandler unexpectedly could not place in the upper area and were even outside the top 70, as krone.at reported.

German team shines in Lillehammer

In contrast, the German team celebrated outstanding successes at the World Cup in the ski jumping in Lillehammer. After winning the mixed competition on Friday, Katharina Schmid and Selina Freitag also caused a sensation. Schmid secured second place with 247.6 points, while Friday was 244.6 points third and only had to give up the Slovenian ski jumping icon Nika Prevc, who took first place with over 20 points. All six jumpers of the German Ski Association scored and showed a strong performance, which tempted the new national coach on the comment that he would not have dared to dream of such a prelude, so Sportschau.de .

Selina Freitag set a strong sign with a jump to 135.5 meters, although it could not land ideal due to strong wind conditions. Katharina Schmid then exceeded her with a much better rating and a jump of 123 meters. In the second round, Friday landed at 129.5 meters, while Schmid was again superior with an identical width. With this strong overall appearance, you can look forward to the upcoming competitions, while the Austrian athletes urgently have to hope for an increase in performance after this disappointing day.