Ski World Cup 2025: Austria's team is hunting for medals in Saalbach!

Ski World Cup 2025: Austria's team is hunting for medals in Saalbach!

The tension is rising! Austria's speed aces face their last chance in the team combination at the World Ski Championships in Saalbach-Hinterglemm, which starts on Wednesday at 10 a.m. Vincent Kriechmayr, Manuel Feller, Daniel Hemetsberger and Fabio Gstrein as well as the other teams who enter the race with high expectations and a pinch of humor are fighting for the coveted medals. Feller in particular emphasized: “I'm going in with complete seriousness because it's extremely important that I do my job well,” reports oe24.at.

Successful Hahnenkamm descent in Kitzbühel

Yesterday, James Crawford from Canada caused a sensation by sensationally setting the best time of 1:53.64 minutes on the Hahnenkamm downhill run in Kitzbühel, thereby securing his first victory in the Ski World Cup. The 27-year-old, who already won gold in the Super-G at the World Cup, finished ahead of the Swiss Alexis Monney and his compatriot Cameron Alexander. Particularly noteworthy: In the absence of Vincent Kriechmayr, the Austrian drivers still performed strongly, Daniel Hemetsberger narrowly missed the podium in fourth place, while Stefan Babinsky took an excellent eighth place, informed ski1.at.

The conditions on the descent were perfect and the race was impressive with only four retirements. But it's not just the athletes who are in top form; The audience is also enthusiastic. “This will be a cool event,” said Hemetsberger, expressing his anticipation of the challenges ahead.