Feature of ice: Odor convinces with top ten at World Cup in Beijing!

Feature of ice: Odor convinces with top ten at World Cup in Beijing!

In the ice skating World Cup competitions in Beijing, Gabriel Odor demonstrated his excellent skills and qualified for the world championships prematurely with an impressive tenth place in the mass start. This performance marks another highlight of his career after the 2022 Olympics when he also took tenth place. The Tyrolean intensified his attack during the race, collected valuable points in the bonus print, but had to pay tribute to a high pace, which prevents him from driving further. However, the points from the first racing district were enough for him to move into the top ten and thus take an important step towards participating in the World Cup, such as Laola1 reported .

Vanessa Herzog, who took 13th place in this competition with a time of 38.38 seconds over 500 meters, also expressed itself after the race. "After the big disappointment, it was at least a little ray of hope," she said, adding that she was only 56 hundredth seconds behind the winner Kaja Ziomek-Nogal. This close competition in the speed of ice shows how important every second is to be at the top. Despite an initial false start, Duke was able to show the same outstanding performance in the mass start of women in division B with an eighth place. Her teammate Alexander Farthofer also achieved a solid tenth place among the men. Duke is now planning a longer break to prepare for the upcoming European Championships in January in Heerenveen, such as Speed ​​skating " Austria reported .

Another remarkable service provider in this competition was the young Anna Molnar, who took seventh place in the mass start of division B and is only two points from the qualification for the single-road World Cup. The Austrian speed skating team has hereby set a strong sign and can be optimistic about the upcoming competitions.