Freeskier Svancer fights for the title in Tignes despite injury!

Freeskier Svancer fights for the title in Tignes despite injury!

Austrian freeskier Matej Svancer faces a crucial week in Tignes, France, where he will fight to win the big air and overall World Cup rankings. However, the 20-year-old from Salzburg suffered a painful bruise on his left heel last week and is therefore starting with a handicap. Despite this injury, Svancer remains optimistic: "This injury comes at the worst possible time, but I will try to grit my teeth. Winning a ball like this is a huge motivation," he said about the situation. In the current ranking, he has a 17-point lead before the final competitions over his closest pursuer, New Zealander Luca Harrington, who can only move past Svancer with at least two third places or one second place, as the calculations show.

Competitions and strategies

The qualifications for the competitions in Tignes are scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday, while the big air finals will take place on Thursday at 7 p.m. (live on ORF Sport +) and the slopestyle finals on Friday at 10 a.m. Svancer may also need points in slopestyle, but a final decision on whether he will compete in qualifying will be made shortly. Team mates in the Austrian Ski Association (ÖSV) squad are Lara Wolf, Julius Forer, Lukas Müllauer and Hannes Rudigier. The pressure is high and the competitive spirit is unbroken - even if the injury is anything but ideal, the hope of overall victory remains alive krone.at reported, which focuses on the current mood and challenges faced by athletes.