Benjamin Karl: Close to victory, but Bormolini escapes!

The exciting world of snowboarding has once again seen an impressive performance from Benjamin Karl. The 39-year-old Austrian, now living in Lienz, recently competed in the slalom in Mylin, China, and secured a strong second place. He only narrowly had to admit defeat to the Italian Maurizio Bormolini, who beat him by five hundredths of a point in the grand finale. Karl, the 2022 Beijing Olympic champion, commented on his performance: “The slope is not very difficult, but the easier the slope, the harder it is to break away and make the difference.” However, he felt extremely fast and optimistic in the previous GPS races, which made the early elimination even more frustrating, like noen.at reported.

This outstanding performance follows his historic triumph at the Beijing 2022 Olympics, where Benjamin Karl won the gold medal in the parallel giant slalom. In this exciting competition he beat the Slovenian Tim Mastnak, who took silver, while the Russian Victor Wild won the bronze medal. It was a long road for Karl, who had previously won a silver medal in Vancouver 2010 and another bronze medal in PyeongChang 2018 in his career. Despite the challenge of the Olympics, where every race attempt is crucial, Karl declared after his Olympic victory: “It is a project of a lifetime and today it has come to fruition.” These successes are not only personal milestones, but also strengthen Austria's presence in international winter sports clarosports.com determines.