Extra -class ski festival: Feller and Grein rock the Nightrace in Schladming!

Extra -class ski festival: Feller and Grein rock the Nightrace in Schladming!

Schladming, Österreich - On March 2, 2025, two exciting FIS giant gate runs for the alpine youngsters took place in Rauris, Pinzgau. A total of 44 racing runners from twelve nations competed on the renowned "Ulli-Meier racetrack". The 20-year-old Amelie Gstrein from Matrei secured the overall victory with a superior running time in the first round and a confident performance in the second round. Angelina Salzgeber from Vorarlberg came in second place, while Lara Flertberger from Salzburg reached third place. Amelie Gstrein, which is now scratching a personal best of 26 FIS points at the door to the top 200 of the women's giant slalom world rankings, will start in the upcoming races in Croatia on the Koralpe and in the Slovenian Rogla, as well as with Dolomitenstadt reported.

great success of the ÖSV stars in Schladming

A week later, on March 5, the ski stadium in Schladming experienced a truly spectacular night trace. Manuel Feller and Fabio Grein caused enthusiasm among the spectators in the slalom and celebrated the first podium for the Austrian Ski Association (ÖSV) this winter. The victory went to Norwegian Timon Haugan, who celebrated his third World Cup victory. Manuel Feller won the impressive second place with a distance of only 0.20 seconds to the winner and thus celebrated his first podium this season. Fabio Grein secured his first World Cup podium with a third place (+0.67 seconds), despite some errors in the second round.

In an exciting race, half-time leaders Linus Straßer from Germany fell back to fourth place. Johannes Strolz and Marco Schwarz, who also had to leave, caused unfortunate moments in the race. This legendary Nightrace not only remembers, but at the same time sets the stage for the upcoming home World Cup in Saalbach-Hinterglemm, like Laola1 reported