Italy fought for the first gold medal in Saalbach with a thrill!

Italy fought for the first gold medal in Saalbach with a thrill!

At the Ski World Championship in Saalbach-Hinterglemm, Austria remains behind the expectations on the hunt for medals. The Dominik Raschner team had to delete the sail in the team competition. Despite an exciting competition against Sweden, in which the ÖSV team had equated 2-2 after four runs, they did not make it further due to the faster overall time of the Scandinavians. The start of the competition for Raschner and his colleagues was shaped by changing successes: Julia Scheib could not win her round, while Brennsteiner and Raschner both won their passages, but the deficit could not be made up for. The bitterest moment was a clear gap against Estelle Alphand, where, despite the initial leadership, she finally lost five tenths of a second, as the

In another competition, Dominik Raschner crossed the finish line in slalom with a new intermediate best time, but it was not enough for the 30-year-old for a medal. The gold medal went to Loic Meillard from Switzerland, who secured his third precious metal of these championships. Meillard was already successful in the team combination and in the giant slalom, and confirmed his outstanding level, while Raschner expressed positively about his performance: "This is brutally beautiful", reported the krone.at . This means that the Austrian ski team has to wait for the first medal win at this World Cup and now looks at the next competitions with the hope of improvement.