ÖSV men in the downward whirlpool: Tumler shines, Brennsteiner saves honor!

ÖSV men in the downward whirlpool: Tumler shines, Brennsteiner saves honor!

In the exciting men's giant slalom of the ski alpine men in Val d’Isère, which took place today, the 35-year-old Swiss Thomas Tumler secured his first World Cup victory. Tumler, who had already started the race with a strong half-time lead, was able to hold his performance to the end and triumphed with a wafer-thin lead of only 12 hundredths of a second on the Norwegian Lucas Braathen, who also achieved the first Brazilian podium in the history of the ski World Cup. The Slovenian Zan Kranjec took third place, which finished behind Tumler with a time of +0.58 seconds. This reports laola1.at . However, the race did not go as desired for the Austrian ski team. As the best Austrian, Stefan Brennsteiner was only able to take the tenth place and thus saved the team's honor, while Raphael Haaser improved to the 20th place in the second round. Unfortunately, the other ÖSV athletes, including Vincent Kriechmayer, who had already left in the first round, and Lukas and Patrick Feuerstein and Stefan Babinsky, all in the back ranks, out of the race at an early stage. Manuel Feller, who also had a lot of hope for the race, was not mentioned in the ticker, but the expectations of a better placement are huge, as krone.at .

competition and challenges

In the middle of these dramatic competitions, the overall World Cup winner Marco Odermatt gave a little cause for concern. After a disappointing first round in 8th place, he had to get out in the final, which now means his third RTL failure in a row. For the kid among the disciplines - the giant slalom - the eyes are already on the upcoming competitions, since the competition is further worried.