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Alessandro Hämmerle came third in the second Snowboard Cross World Cup this week in Bakuriani (GEO) behind victorious Italian Omar Visintin and Swiss Kalle Koblet. The Vorarlberger has good cards to win the crystal ball in the World Cup.
Since Canadian Eliot Grondin, Vorarlberger’s toughest competitor in the battle for the SBX crystal ball, failed in the round of 16, Hämmerle extended his World Cup lead to 62 points before the end of the season on 20 May. March in Veysonnaz. If Grondin wins in Switzerland, Hämmerle would have to finish at least sixth to win the Snowboard Cross World Cup for the third time in a row.
In the final, Hämmerle came close to falling in the lead after jumping around a corner and even had to take a few meters ahead on the “wrong foot”. But Hämmerle struggled to get back to his rivals from fourth place and was able to overtake Italian Lorenzo Sommariva. Visintin and Koblet were out of reach of the Austrian. If Hämmerle had won, he would have been the winner of the Cross World Cup today.
Hämmerle is looking forward to Veysonnaz
“Before the grand final, I knew that with a win I could also get the World Cup ball, so I attacked fully from the beginning. In the scene where I almost fell, I took a hit on landing and couldn’t compensate for it, but that’s a run. But I kept fighting hard, and luckily I still managed to finish third, ”said the Austrian, analyzing his career.
“With a 62 point lead, I have created a good starting position for the World Cup final. The field in Veysonnaz suits me well. I already took the ball twice there, I hope it works a third time,” he said . Izzi “Hämmerle.
This time Pachner didn’t stand a chance after his downfall.
The second best Austrian was Julian Lüftner, who ranked 13th in his quarter-finals. For Luca Hämmerle (17th) from Vorarlberg, Lukas Pachner from Vienna and Sebastian Jud (25th each) from Burgenland, it was the end of the round of 16. The second Pachner from the day before continued driving after a crash, but the chances of moving forward had disappeared. For the Styrian David Pickl (33.) it came in the preliminary stages.
In the women’s category, Lower Austria’s Pia Zerkhold finished third in her round of 16 in 17th place. The victory went to British world champion Charlotte Bankes ahead of France’s Chloe Trespeuch and American Faye Gulini.
