Benjamin Karl fights third place in the parallel giant slalom!

Benjamin Karl fights third place in the parallel giant slalom!

In an exciting competition in Carezza, the Austrian Olympic champion Benjamin Karl demonstrated his impressive form at the parallel giant slalom. The 39-year-old alpine snowboarder secured third place after defeating the Italian Edwin Coratti in the small final. Previously, he had to give up the Bulgarian Radoslaw Jankow in the semi -final. The Bulgarian athlete finally won his fourth World Cup victory by triumphant against Slovenen Tim Mastnak in the final. Other Austrian participants, including Andreas Prommegger and Fabian Obmann, are eliminated against South Koreans. In the women's ranking, Claudia Riegler and Sabine Payer had to fit in the round of the last 16 early and took the final places 12 and 13, as the Krone reported.

The Austrians seem to be in top shape at the Snowboard World Cup in Bakuriani: Andreas Prommegger, 42 years old and oldest snowboard world champion in history, won the gold medal in the parallel slalom by prevailing in the final against his compatriot Arvid Auner. Sabine Schöffmann followed with a bronze medal after an exciting duel against the German Ramona Hofmeister. These successes are not without setbacks: Alexander Payer, who had bronze in the parallel giant slalom, injured himself in the qualification and is examined in Graz after he injured his knee in a fall on the strongly stressed slope. "The slope is in a rather desolate state," said Payer. The difficulties in the course of the competition had to accept the athletes during the qualification, which had to be interrupted several times due to slopes, so The press .

Despite the injury -related setback, the Austrian team shows strength and determination in this World Cup. The crowning glory of successful days for ÖSV -ass, such as Karl and Prommegger, gives hope for more exciting competitions.