Austria cheers: Venier fetches gold at Ski World Cup in Saalbach!

Austria cheers: Venier fetches gold at Ski World Cup in Saalbach!

A historical day for the Austrian ski circus! At the home World Cup in Saalbach-Hinterglemm, Tyrolean Stephanie Venier sprinted in the women's Super G for the gold medal and gave Austria the first world championship title of the event. In a gripping finale, she referred the Italian ski icon Federica Brignone to second place for only ten hundredths of a second. Third place was the Norwegian Kajsa Vickhoff Lie and Lauren Macuga from the USA, both of whom came to the finish line at the same time. For the other Austrian starters, things went less gratifying, because Cornelia Hütter ran in 10th place than second best in Austria, while Ariane Rädler took 20th place and did not finish Ricarda Haaser, such as 5min.at reported .

The favorites move on

In the middle of the competition, the presence of the Swiss ski star Marco Odermatt, which is considered one of the great favorites for the World Cup. After a strong comeback that confirms his last victories in the giant slalom, he does not show any signs of weakness and leads the discipline ratings in departure, Super-G and giant slalom. For this talented driver, a medal in France will be welcome at the upcoming races, especially after he will be in direct competition with other world-class athletes such as Austria's Vincent Kriechmayr, who has just returned from a serious injury, such as the Kleine Zeitung reported in detail.

also Lucas Pinheiro Braathen from Brazil, which causes a stir with a captivating comeback, could play a surprising role. After a year of absence from the Ski World Cup, Braathen is now celebrating success for his new home country and could possibly win the first victory for Brazil in the history of the World Championships. The talent and uniqueness of these athletes underline the exciting dynamics that the Ski World Cup in Saalbach-Hinterglemm.