Geme in Lillehammer: Flock and Maier get EM-Gold!

Geme in Lillehammer: Flock and Maier get EM-Gold!

A brilliant Friday for the Tyrolean Skeletonass: Janine Flock triumphed at the European Chamber of Lillehammer, who caught the competition in her category and secured her fourth European title. The 35-year-old Ruminer celebrated her third season success with an impressive lead of 0.46 seconds on the American Mystique RO and 0.85 seconds before the British Amelia Coltman. This also means her third overall victory in the World Cup after winning the title in 2015 and 2021. She won her last European Championship gold in IGLS in 2019, which made this victory particularly important, as tirol.orf reported.

Maier on the podium

The joy at Samuel Maier was also great. The 25-year-old Innsbrucker crowned his performance with European Championship gold, which he achieved with a wafer-thin lead of a hundredth of a second in front of the British Marcus Wyatt. The German Axel Jungk followed only 0.03 seconds behind Maier in third place. However, he missed his first World Cup victory when he placed Lin Qinwei behind the Chinese. With only 0.12 seconds behind, Maier ended up in fourth place in the World Cup classification, such as tt.com

Overall, the day was a complete success for the Tyrolean athletes who were able to assert themselves impressively in international sport. The next challenges will now be waiting for you on the Olympic railway in Lillehammer, where Flock has the opportunity to further expand your already impressive medal collection.