Wolf crowns her comeback with World Cup silver – a dream comes true!

Wolf crowns her comeback with World Cup silver – a dream comes true!

In an impressive comeback, Austrian freeski athlete Mathilde Wolf caused a sensation at the Slopestyle World Championships. Shortly before her 25th birthday, she won the silver medal, underlining her sporting comeback after a year off. "I'm so overwhelmed that I achieved this. I'm so happy and proud of myself," she said emotionally on ORF. Wolf performed excellently in both runs, scoring 72.81 points in the first run and surpassing himself in the second run with 73.33 points, which was the best score of the day. Only the Swiss Mathilde Gremaud was more successful with 85.65 points, but for Wolf it meant the first precious metal at a world championship. How Small newspaper reported, she celebrated a remarkable return to the international stage after immediately resigning in October 2023.

In contrast, German athlete Yemisi Ogunleye has dramatically increased her best performance in the shot put this year. At the 2024 World Indoor Championships in Glasgow, she won the silver medal with a throw of 20.19 meters, a personal record that catapulted her into the top ranks of the world shot put. After two serious knee operations in her youth, she was on the verge of giving up the sport until she switched to the twist kick technique in 2020. This decision proved to be groundbreaking for her career. In 2023, she placed tenth at her first World Championships. According to information from Munzinger Ogunleye had a difficult childhood where she faced discrimination because of her father's skin color. However, sport gave her strength and the opportunity to overcome these experiences.