Disappointment for Austria: Ski World Cup starts after quarter-finals!

Disappointment for Austria: Ski World Cup starts after quarter-finals!

A raven black day for the ÖSV at the Ski World Cup! Austria's Alpine team suffered an early retirement in the parallel team competition after it failed in the quarter-finals against Sweden. Despite a promising start by Julia Scheib, who initially started her run against Estelle Alphand, she made a decisive mistake. Stephanie Brunner also delivered a strong performance against Sara Hector, but also left and left the Austrians with a gap of 2: 1. Dominik Raschner tried to win his run against Kristoffer Jakobsen, but the required total time of 23.76 seconds was an almost impossible goal. ÖSV Alpin boss Herbert Mandl commented on the athletes' mistakes, but was optimistic about the possibilities in the further course of the World Cup when he said: "That does not weaken the potential of people now," said Laola1 reports .

Swedish handball players fight against injuries

Meanwhile, Sweden's handball players miss their key players at the World Cup. The team is under pressure with the failure of Felix Claar, Oscar Bergendahl and Max Darj, all of whom are first -class Bundesliga players. Coach Michael Apelgren tries to creatively close the gaps, but the performance remains inconsistent. The narrow draw against Portugal (37:37) has endangered the progress in the main round group 3. The experienced playmaker Jim Gottfridsson, who so far shines as the most important player with the most assists, must also suffer from the pressure of his team's changeable performance. Many technical errors are piling up, and this has alarmed Apelgren: "If there are more, you will be 'punished hard' against the top teams. For Sweden, it is now absolutely crucial to score in the coming games against Brazil and Norway to keep the chance of more, such as sueddeutsche.de report .