Austria's Liensberger fights: This is how she wants to prevent the ballless season!
Austria's Liensberger fights: This is how she wants to prevent the ballless season!
The last three racing days are facing the last three racing days as part of the Alpine Ski World Cup season 2024/25. However, the Austrian Ski Association (ÖSV) sees itself in a threatening situation. The ÖSV is currently threatening a ballless season, while the athletes do everything they can to improve their performance and thus in particular secure the success in slalom. Katharina Liensberger, who will actively take part in the women's slalom this Thursday, is the last hope of the ÖSV. It is currently in third place in the overall ranking, but has 51 points behind the leading Zrinka Ljutic and 10 points on Camille Rast, which is in second place. Liensberger, who won the slalom rating in 2021, will give everything to catch up with this gap and to avert the impending fiasco. Laola1 reports that ...The women's slalom will take place on Thursday at 5:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. CEST, while the men already run their races at 4:00 p.m. or 7 p.m. Henrik Kristoffersen has the best chance of winning in the men's slalom and leads with a 47 point ahead of the second-placed Loic Meillard. His challenger, Clement Noel, will only have a chance of the overall victory with a win and numerous mistakes of the competition, since he was 86 points ago. Among the Austrians, Fabio Grein shows the best performance with a 7th place, followed by Manuel Feller, who ranks in 9th place.
women and men's and men's races in focus
in the women's giant slalom, which takes place on Tuesday at 4:30 p.m. and 7:00 p.m., Federica Brignone is about catching up the gap of 20 points to Alice Robinson. Brignone has already won two crystal balls this season, in the overall World Cup and departure disciplines. Julia Scheib, who currently occupies ninth place, also has the opportunity to move up with a strong performance. As reports Laola1 ...
Marco Odermatt from Switzerland has already won several crystal balls, including for the overall ranking and for departure, Super-G and giant slalom. Kristoffersen is currently in second place in the overall ranking and defends this position against Alexander Steen Olsen and Meillard. The 2023/24 season is a low point for the ÖSV team, with only five wins, which is the weakest performance since the 1986/87 season. For comparison: In the previous two seasons, the team 8 and 7 victories secured. according to the Wikipedia page on the alpine ski world cup ...
background and history of the World Cup
The Alpine Ski World Cup is organized by the FIS (Fédération Internationale de Ski) and has a long tradition that goes back to the beginning of the 1960s. The idea of the World Cup originally comes from Serge Lang and was decided in 1966. The first World Cup race took place on January 5, 1967 in Berchtesgaden, followed by numerous other important competitions that shaped the face of sport. The races are internationally distributed today and take place mainly in Europe, but also in North America and other parts of the world. The Wikipedia page ...
The current season is exciting and the athletes face major challenges. While the competitions are gaining in importance, it remains to be seen whether Liensberger and her colleagues are able to avert the impending end of a successful era for the ÖSV
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