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“The joy is enormous. It was no longer easy to drive. The last race in particular demanded everything. It’s great that it worked out that way. He knew, of course, that getting it on the blue field would be a feat. I’m very happy, ”Liensberger said in the first ORF TV interview. It is Liensberger’s first individual medal after team silver in 2019 at Aare.
Faster, but still silver at first
It was strange that she was faster than Bassino in both finals, but at first it was only silver because the maximum deficit in the first race is calculated at 0.5 seconds. “It is as it is”, Liensberger said before the correction: “I am also very happy for Marta, winning gold in the home race is of course very special”, Liensberger was a fair runner-up. Already in the round of 16 it was clear that victory on the “Rumerlo” track would go through the red field, the blue one was increasingly degrading.
Liensberger had set the fifth fastest time in qualifying with the fastest time of Swiss cyclist Wendy Holdener and by the final she had decided to “consistently and consistently outperform each race from start to finish”. Starting opponent Alex Tilley (GBR) fell behind with 0.77 seconds, Maryna Gasienica-Daniel from Poland in the quarterfinals with 0.45, Moltzan in the semifinals with 1.47.
Katharina Liensberger:
- Born: April 1, 1997 in Feldkirch
- Place of residence: Göfis
- Marital status Single
- Club: SK Rankweil
- Hobbies: hiking, tennis, kitesurfing, water skiing, playing the harp
Liensberger’s Greatest Hits:
- WM: Gold Parallelbewerb 2021 Cortina d’Ampezzo
- WM: Silver Team Competition 2019 Aare
- Olympia: silver team competition and eighth slalom 2018 Pyeongchang
- World Cup: eight times top 3 (three times slalom runner-up)
- World Junior Championships: Silver Giant Slalom 2017 and 2018
- European Cup: 2 victories
Austria’s first women’s medal since 2017
For the ÖSV it is the 298th medal in world championships. The sound barrier of the 300 medals could also fall in Cortina. For the Austrian women it was the first medal in world championships after ten competitions without winning. For the ÖSV it is the fourth medal in Cortina after the three gold medals of Vincent Kriechmayr (relegation, super-G) and Marco Schwarz (combination).
Gstrein was sixth
In the men’s competition, Faivre defeated Croatian Filip Zubcic in the final, while the bronze went to Loic Meillard from Switzerland. Fabio Gstrein was eliminated in the quarterfinals and finished sixth. The Tyrolean initially implemented his motto of “full throttle”, defeating his first opponent Mattias Rönngren of Sweden, but then had to admit defeat to eventual world champion Faivre by 0.02 seconds. “Two hundredths hurts, especially when I’m catching up so much. I still made too many mistakes, but I can continue to work with them, ”said the ÖSV rider, who was still far behind after the first race.
Brunner left
Stephanie Brunner, the third participant in the ÖSV final, faced Moltzan in her first knockout race, but couldn’t handle the maximum 0.50-second lead on replay and was knocked out. “If you lose the start, the five tenths are gone. Even so I tried everything, unfortunately it was too slow, ”said the Tyrolean.
Gritsch is still the closest to promotion
For all other Austrians, qualifying was the end of the line. Those closest to the climb were Franziska Gritsch, who missed the required first eight of her career by 1/100, and Roland Leitinger, who was 3/100 missing. “The disappointment is great. That was a maximum of one encounter, ”Leitinger said. “I am satisfied with my performance, the hundredth of luck was not on my side,” said Gritsch. And combined world champion Marco Schwarz declared: “It’s a shame, but it’s useless.” Ramona Siebenhofer and Adrian Pertl were also the only spectators for the afternoon.
Vlhova is already in qualification
From an international point of view, too, Slovak Petra Vlhova, who won in Lech / Zürs, and local third Lara Gut-Behrami from Switzerland were surprisingly already trapped in qualifying. Combined world champion Mikaela Shiffrin and Alexis Pinturault (FRA) and Henrik Kristoffersen (NOR), the top two from Lech / Zürs, were not there.
