Alpine Ski World Cup: Austria's ladies on medal hunt in a new team combination!

Alpine Ski World Cup: Austria's ladies on medal hunt in a new team combination!

The Alpine World Ski Championships 2025 in Saalbach-Hinterglemm promise an exciting competition, since the first team combination of women takes place today. In this new competition, teams, consisting of a downhill and a slalom runner, compete against each other. The process provides that the times of the two athletes are added, with the departure at 10:00 a.m. and the slalom at 1:15 p.m. laola1.at reported.

Austria relies on four strong teams, including the talented departure vice world champion Mirjam Puchner, who competes with Katharina Liensberger. Other duos are Conny Hütter and Katharina Huber, Stephanie Venier and Katharina Truppe as well as Christina Ager and Katharina Gallhuber. In an international comparison, other nations are also very evident how sueddeutsche.de determined. Mikaela Shiffrin, the slalom queen, also starts under mixed signs, since other stars such as Federica Brignone and Sofia Goggia will miss the competition.

New challenges and exciting tactics

The team combination will be held for the first time as part of the World Cup. This mode, which will also replace the traditional individual combination at the 2026 Olympics, offers exciting new challenges. In contrast to previous competitions, the complete descent is driven without a shortening. These points are crucial to analyze the tactics and performance of the athletes.

The athletes go into the competition with high expectations. Austria's teams are in the favorite role, but the competition from Switzerland and the USA will certainly fight for podium places. The outcome of this new format will not only influence medal allocation, but could also shape the future development of alpine competitions.