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Bravo, Marco Schwarz! The 25-year-old Carinthian gave the strong Austrian slalom team their first win of the season. “That’s really cool. The ski fits, the team whistles. We worked brutally in the summer and now we’ve reaped the rewards. That’s the top of my list,” said the Adelboden champion. Schwarz, who prevailed ahead of Zagreb victor Linus Straßer (R) and Brit Dave Ryding, clinched the slalom leader’s red jersey with his third World Cup triumph (after a side event and a combination). Namely, of his compatriot Manuel Feller, who left this time.
After a heartbreaking final, the top five were only 19 hundredths apart, Michael Matt landed right off the podium in fourth place, just like in Zagreb. The Flirscher is also steep uphill.
Schwarz had a really good feeling even before the race: “We are ready for a victory. If we can do it, it would be a dream.” The dream has now come true and it makes you want to go to the next races, in Wengen, Kitzbühel and Schladming.
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Photo gallery: Marco Schwarz is the winner of slalom in Adelboden
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In the World Cup overall race, Schwarz, as the best Austrian (currently seventh), still has a respectful 363 point deficit over leader Alexis Pinturault, who was in a league of his own in the giant slalom races of Adelboden, who were marked by serious falls, and their 32nd and 33rd victories celebrated with a lead of more than a second. “Shippable, it makes it look so easy. Alexis is an amazing skier, you can just take your hat off,” said Feller, who was 11th in the second giant slalom, behind Roland Leitinger (8th) and ahead of Schwarz (12th). . So there are advances in the Austrian problem discipline.
Ford was lucky in adversity
Both giant slalom races were overshadowed by serious falls, including criticism of the establishment of the course. A day after Sölden winner Lucas Braathen, for whom the season ended with a torn collateral ligament in his knee, American Tommy Ford violently hit his head on the hard court shortly before goal and was knocked unconscious. The worst was to be feared. After moments of anxiety, everything went well: Ford has not suffered serious head injuries, “only” the knee is damaged.
Green light for Lauberhorn races in Wengen
The World Ski Federation (FIS) confirmed yesterday that the Lauberhorn races will be held. After the canton of Bern’s health department had raised no objection to the holding of the Alpine World Cup in Wengen, the entourage will now travel to the Bernese Oberland. A cancellation was discussed Saturday night due to high crown numbers. More recently, many British tourists were on holiday in Wengen, and cases of the mutated virus were subsequently detected in the mountain village.
“Another 130 crown tests were carried out on Sunday morning, only one was positive,” said Urs Lehmann, president of Swiss Ski. The first downhill training should take place tomorrow.
