Anna Gasser misses a medal in slopestyle – bitter disappointment!

Anna Gasser misses a medal in slopestyle – bitter disappointment!

At the Snowboard World Championships in the picturesque Swiss Engadine, Carinthia's Anna Gasser fought for a medal in slopestyle on Friday, but narrowly missed out and ended up in fifth place. Only 2.84 points separated them from the podium, while New Zealand Olympic champion Zoi Sadowski Synnott secured the title with an impressive 90.15 points, followed by Japan's Kokomo Murase and Reira Iwabuchi, who took the other medal places with 87.02 and 83.55 points. Loud oe24.at The failed medal goal was a hard setback for the 33-year-old athlete, who has been characterized by emotional challenges in her career and has regularly missed medals by a whisker.

While Gasser showed a strong performance in the first run with 80.71 points and was temporarily in third place, she was unable to improve in the decisive second run and fell shortly before the finish. "It's bitter because I'm always close in slopestyle. Unfortunately, only the medals count at the World Championships," Gasser said disappointedly in the interview the press. This was Gasser's first Slopestyle World Championships in ten years in which she failed to win a medal. In addition to her, the second Austrian participant, Hanna Karrer, also performed disappointingly and had already failed in the qualification.

Next challenge: Big Air

However, the impressive athlete still has the opportunity to prove herself in Big Air, her flagship discipline, in which she starts as the defending champion. Gasser is convinced that the top 5 from slopestyle will also be at the top in big air. Your next chance for a medal is just around the corner, while the pressure to meet your own standards increases.