ÖSV Skibergsteiger miss the podium at the home world cup in Schladming!

ÖSV Skibergsteiger miss the podium at the home world cup in Schladming!

In the exciting vertical competition of the ISMF World Cup on Friday in Schladming, both Sarah Dreier and Paul Verbnjak for the ÖSV team missed the hoped-for podium and became fourth. Sarah Dreier, who was victorious on the Planai in the past two years, needed 23:35 minutes and ended up 58 seconds behind the Swede Tove Alexandersson, who won the competition. The male athletes also failed to get to the podium: Paul Verbnjak was only 1.9 seconds for third place. He expressed that fourth place "booked on him", especially according to his last achievements at the World Championships in Morgins, where he also took fourth place, as reported.

The conditions on the demanding route of 2.2 kilometers, which had to overcome 615 meters of altitude, were challenging for all athletes: rain in the lower and snowfall in the upper section made performance difficult. Threesome, who celebrated the double victory in the previous year before the Johanna Hiemer, which was not started due to illness, felt disappointed with the podium despite the high gap, but was able to praise their efforts. The Swiss Remi Bonnet, who took again with a time of 19:10 minutes, also dominated the first place and thus his 23rd World Cup victory, such as Arf.at clarified.

the look ahead

The next challenge for the athletes is already pending: the Olympic Sprint competition will take place in Schladming on Saturday. The qualification runs begin at 4:50 p.m., followed by the final bypass from 5:50 p.m. Dreier and verbnjak were optimistic despite their disappointment. Dreier said she would work hard to return to the podium at the season finale in Norway. Verbnjak also hoped that his moment would come and described the race as "great race" despite the fourth place.