Freeskier Svancer fights for the title in Tignes despite injury!

Freeskier Svancer fights for the title in Tignes despite injury!

Tignes, Frankreich - The Austrian Freeskier Matej Svancer is in Turn's Turn's French week ago, where he fights for winning the big-air and overall ranking in the World Cup. However, the 20-year-old from Salzburg has suffered a painful bruise of the left heel last week and is therefore starting with the start. Despite this injury, Svancer remains optimistic: "This injury comes at a very unfavorable time, but I will try to bite your teeth. Winning such a ball is a huge motivation," he said about the situation. In the current ranking, he has a 17-point lead over his worst pursuer before the final competitions, the New Zealand Luca Harrington, who can only push himself past Svancer with at least two third places or a 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 finali will take place on Thursday at 7:00 p.m. (live on ORF Sport +) and the slopestyle final on Friday at 10 a.m. Svancer could also need points in the slopestyle, but a final decision on being competed in the qualification is made at short notice. Teammates in the line -up of the Austrian Ski Association (ÖSV) 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 the overall victory remains alive, as well as krone.at reported, which focuses on the current mood and the challenges of the athletes.