Benjamin Karl takes third place in the parallel giant slalom!

Benjamin Karl takes third place in the parallel giant slalom!

In an exciting competition in Carezza, Austrian Olympic champion Benjamin Karl demonstrated his impressive form in the parallel giant slalom. The 39-year-old alpine snowboarder secured third place after defeating Italian Edwin Coratti in the small final. Previously he had to admit defeat to the Bulgarian Radoslaw Yankov in the semi-finals. The Bulgarian athlete finally claimed his fourth World Cup victory by triumphing in the final against Slovenia's Tim Mastnak. Other Austrian participants, including Andreas Prommegger and Fabian Obmann, were eliminated by the South Koreans. In the women's ranking, Claudia Riegler and Sabine Payer had to pass early in the round of 16 and finished in 12th and 13th place crown reported.

The Austrians seem to be in top form at the Snowboard World Championships in Bakuriani: Andreas Prommegger, 42 years old and the oldest snowboard world champion in history, won the gold medal in the parallel slalom by beating his compatriot Arvid Auner in the final. Sabine Schöffmann followed with a bronze medal after an exciting duel against the German Ramona Hofmeister. These successes do not come without setbacks: Alexander Payer, who won bronze in the parallel giant slalom, was injured during qualification and is being examined in Graz after injuring his knee in a fall on the heavily used slope. “The slope is in a rather desolate condition,” explained Payer. The athletes had to accept the difficulties of the competition during the qualification, which had to be interrupted several times due to problems with the slopes The press.

Despite the injury-related setback, the Austrian team is showing strength and determination in this World Cup. The crowning of successful days for the ÖSV aces, like Karl and Prommegger, gives hope for more exciting competitions.