Switzerland dominates the World Ski Championships: triple victory in the team combination!

Switzerland dominates the World Ski Championships: triple victory in the team combination!

On Wednesday, February 12, 2025, the premiere of the new men's team combination took place in Saalbach-Hinterglemm, and the Swiss athletes made a furious appearance. At the Alpine Ski World Championships they celebrated a historic triple victory and secured first place with Franjo von Allmen and Loic Meillard. Alexis Monney and Tanguy Nef took silver, while Stefan Rogentin and Marc Rochat won bronze. This continues the dominance of the Swiss, who have already won two titles in the championships so far sportschau.de reported.

The Austrian team, however, suffered a bitter defeat. For the first time since the opening day it remained without a medal. The duo Daniel Hemetsberger and Fabio Gstrein took fifth place and only missed the podium by 37 hundredths of a second. Hemetsberger was disappointed but sporty about the Swiss performance: "We don't need to spin around like little children. They simply performed better, that's the sport." Despite the setbacks, the athletes remained optimistic about the future. Manuel Feller and Vincent Kriechmayr are already planning to continue competing together at the Olympic Games in order to regain the momentum laola1.at reported. Feller noted that the slopes had become more difficult in recent days, making her performance in slalom more difficult.

The conditions on the slopes were not ideal, which was reflected in the results. While the fastest Swiss duo found optimal tactics, the Austrian athletes had to struggle with warm temperatures and a weakening slope. These circumstances led to an exciting race in which the medals were firmly in Swiss hands, while the German team was still able to get into the top 10 after catching up in the slalom. Linus Straßer achieved a respectable rank after a solid run, but his hopes of a medal quickly disappeared when the competition beat the times sportschau.de held on.