Benjamin Moser celebrates: career best performance in the cross-country sprint in Ruka!

The cross-country sprint world cup in Ruka brought a brilliant result for Austria, especially for Tyrolean Benjamin Moser. The 27-year-old achieved his best result in his career to date on Saturday and secured 8th place. He showed an impressive performance by finishing second in qualifying and winning the quarter-finals. However, he had to admit defeat in the semifinals and missed the final by 1.36 seconds behind heat winner Marcus Grate from Sweden. Despite this hurdle, Moser expressed satisfaction and spoke enthusiastically about his “dream” start to the season, as he revealed in an interview with ORF. He emphasized that the prologue was “really mega” and only the Norwegian star Johannes Hösflot Kläbo was faster than him.

In addition to Moser's strong performance, the Austrian cross-country skiing team, consisting of just a few athletes, had a total of three top ten placements in the World Cup opener in Finland. In addition to Benjamin Moser, Teresa Stadlober (8th place) and Mika Vermeulen (9th place) also finished in the top ranks in the 10-kilometer race in the classic technique. Such successes show that the small team has big ambitions. Moser, who thanked his service team for the “rocket”, has clear goals for the rest of the season: “To make it to the final once”. This appearance in Ruka and the successes associated with it increase the expectations for the next competitions, and the Austrian cross-country skiers are eager to show what they are made of again COURIER reported.