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Christian Walder in Val d’Isere on a ski World Cup podium for the first time
At the Super-G in Val d’Isere (FRA), the men from ÖSV achieved their first podium of this season at the Ski World Cup. Christian walder it was when the swiss won Mauro caviezel Third and took the podium for the first time in his career.
In difficult conditions with snowfall and poor visibility, the first speed competition of the season was held in Val d’Isere (FRA) with a Super-G. The Austrian team came out strong and were able to celebrate the first podium of the season with third place from Christian Walder, who had a flawless race with start number eight.
The 29-year-old Carinthian, who could not prevail in yesterday’s qualifying for the descent, started with a certain anger in his stomach and thus achieved an optimal race, especially in the lower part of the route. For Fresacher it was the first place on the podium at the World Cup in his career, after narrowly missing out on the Super-G at Saalbach-Hinterglemm in February.
Christian Walder: “The joy is enormous, I don’t even know what to say. My big goal was to finally get on the podium this year and getting the first race is indescribable. The trip went well, I got better and better and especially the lower part was brilliant. “
With a deficit of 77 hundredths Vincent Kriechmayr fifth place. An error in the middle cost a decisive tenth to the Upper Austrian, who nevertheless was satisfied with his performance. Matthias mayerstruggling with the mild conditions, he narrowly missed the top 10 in eleventh place (+0.97 seconds). With a solid race in increasingly difficult conditions, he did it Max franz be in the top 15. The Carinthian was 14th, 1.06 seconds behind.
The other Austrians: Hannes reichelt (25.), Christoph Krenn (29.), Raphael haaser (30.), Niklas Koeck (31.), Daniel Danklmaier (39.), Daniel Hemetsberger (fifty.).
Vincent Kriechmayr: “In fact, I am quite happy with my performance. The delay can easily be explained by a mistake in an unfavorable location, but I am not dissatisfied with the rest of the trip. I was on the edge and it felt really good. “
Matthias Mayer: “In the mild conditions with fresh snow, it is always difficult for me to get on track. Unfortunately, I lose the necessary tenths to get to the top 5. “
Tomorrow Sunday, there is a departure in the program at 10:30 am
Those: OESV.at
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