Austria's medal hope: women's power at the World Ski Championships in Saalbach!

Austria's medal hope: women's power at the World Ski Championships in Saalbach!

At the upcoming premiere of the new team combination in the Ski World Cup, the Austrians are causing a stir: downhill vice world champion Mirjam Puchner and former slalom world champion Katharina Liensberger form the top duo for the competitions on Tuesday in Saalbach-Hinterglemm. This exciting event starts at 10:00 a.m. with the downhill run, followed by the slalom at 1:15 p.m., as announced by the Austrian Ski Association.

In this new competition format, only national teams of two compete, with both women and men taking part - but no mixed teams. During the event, the times of the downhill skiers and slalom skiers are added together. The descent is carried out first, after which the fastest 30 start in the slalom in reverse order, similar to the technical world cup. The system was already tested at the 2023 Junior World Championships in St. Anton and received a great response Small newspaper reported.

More teams for the competition

This exciting format also brings with it some surprises. In addition to Puchner and Liensberger, Cornelia Hütter will start with Katharina Huber, the Super-G world champion Stephanie Venier with Katharina Troupe and Christina Ager with Katharina Gallhuber. There is a lot to expect from this fresh formation SN.at supplemented.