Austria's snowboard elite disappoints at the World Cup in Poland!

Austria's snowboard elite disappoints at the World Cup in Poland!

In a thrilling World Cup giant slalom in Krynica-Zdroj, Poland, Austrian parallel snowboarders achieved disappointing results on Saturday, February 24, 2024. Only Sabine Payer made it to the round of 16 for women, where she was eliminated by the Swiss Julie Zogg and thus finished in 12th place. Benjamin Karl was the only male athlete from the ÖSV to reach the quarterfinals, but he lost to the South Korean Lee Sang-ho and reached 7th place. His teammates Dominik Burgstaller, Andreas Prommegger and Arvid Auner finished the race in 10th, 12th and 15th place, while the victories went to German Ramona Hofmeister and Italian Roland Filehner. On Sunday, the decision about the ball allocation for the parallel World Cup will be important again for Payer, as she is now behind her competition.

Hofmeister triumphs!

The 27-year-old Ramona Hofmeister, on the other hand, celebrated a thrilling comeback and secured her fifth World Cup victory this winter. With a superior performance in the final, in which she clearly prevailed against Zogg, Hofmeister took a significant step towards her fifth crystal ball. Her main rival, Japanese world champion Tsubaki Miki, had already failed in qualifying, putting Hofmeister in a strong position. In the round of 16, Hofmeister only had a narrow lead of 0.05 seconds against Austria's Sabine Schöffmann, but in the quarterfinals she showed her dominance by defeating her teammate Melanie Hochreiter. In another hotly contested men's race, Andreas Prommegger came out on top, winning by a razor-thin margin of six hundredths of a second over Roland Fischnelller.

These competitions not only tested the athletes' skills, but also had a significant impact on the overall standings of the Parallel World Cup. With a mixed result, the Austrians will have to rethink their strategy, especially considering the upcoming World Championships in the Engadine. While Hofmeister looks forward to the crystal ball, Payer has to fight for her position laola1.at reported. Also sportschau.de reported on Hofmeister's remarkable return and the challenges the athletes had to face.