Lara Wolf surprises with World Cup silver in slopestyle-history-prone success!

Lara Wolf surprises with World Cup silver in slopestyle-history-prone success!

A festive moment for Austria's winter sports: Ski freestyler Lara Wolf wrote history at the World Championships in the Swiss Engadine. With an outstanding performance in the slopestyle, the 24-year-old Tyrolean won the silver medal, surprisingly, and thus not only secured the first medal for Austria in these title fights, but also the first World Cup edel metal for women in Freeski-Sport in general. Wolf, who shone with 73.33 points, only had to give up the Swiss favorite Mathilde Gremaud, who presented 85.65 points in an impressive first run. The Canadian Megan Oldham completed the podium with 70.63 points, such as Sn.at reported.

Lara Wolf, who beamed just two days before her 25th birthday, was happy about her success and drew a confident conclusion: "I am so overwhelmed that I did it. I want to say thank you. I am happy with my skiing, that makes it all easier," explained the freshly baked vice world champion in ORF, after she was surprisingly in the resignation in January 2025 returned to the competition. In her comeback on the Kreischberg, she immediately achieved third place in the World Cup, which underlined her return to the top class. In the Engadine she cleverly used the lack of the injured Slopestyle winner Tess Ledeux and shone with two sparkling clean runs that paved the way to success, also reported laola1.at .

This silver medal is not only a personal triumph for Wolf, but also a sign for her coach Martin Premstaller, who is proud of his student. "Standing in the final today is such a success. And now with a medal, also silver, vice world champion - that just sounds extremely beautiful," he said at the sight of Wolf's outstanding performance. The Tyrolean is already planning her next steps, preparing for the big air competition, whose qualifications will be due shortly. Your confident look at the upcoming challenges shows that the history of Lara Wolf is just beginning and Austria can look forward to further success in Freeski.