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Biathlon, cross-country skiing and more: Results and news in brief for the winter sports weekend.
Ski jump: Norwegian Halvar Egner Granerud won his fourth consecutive World Cup victory this Saturday. He won the first of two World Cup ski competitions in Engelberg, the Four Hills Tournament dress rehearsal on December 28, 2.2 points ahead of Pole Kamil Stoch. The best Austrian in the absence of the still ailing World Cup winner Stefan Kraft was Daniel Huber with twelfth place.
Michael Hayböck, fourth in the World Cup for skiers, was only 16. Points for the ÖSV also went to Thomas Lackner (26th), Philipp Aschenwald (29th) and Gregor Schlierenzauer (30th). Of the six Austrians qualified, only Manuel Fettner did not reach the final of the top 30.
Biathlon in Hochfilzen: The Norwegian sprint winners also won the chase on Saturday at the Biathlon World Cup in Hochfilzen. Sturla Holm Laegreid won with a fault 8.5 seconds ahead of Frenchman Emilien Jacquelin. Norwegian superstar Johannes Thingnes Bö came in third place (+8.9). In the women’s category, Tiril Eckhoff won ahead of the Swedes Hanna (+22.5) and Elvira Öberg (+27.6). As the best Austrians, Simon Eder and Lisa Hauser finished ninth and twelfth respectively.
With an error-free throw performance, Eder jumped from sprint range 25 to 9 and thus to the top ten (+1: 10.0 min.). The Salzburg man achieved a perfect shooting performance despite a material flaw: “From the third lap I had to shake because a screw had come loose in the transport frame of my rifle,” Eder explained. “That made it a very unstable business.” He does not get nervous when shooting and manages to devote equal attention to each shot.
“I’m not afraid of zero and the many ‘mind games’ that I’ve been through often in my career are just fading right now,” added the veteran. With David Komatz and Julian Eberhard in 30th and 38th places, two other ÖSV athletes placed themselves in the World Cup points. Harald Lemmerer finished in 42nd place. Eberhard started the competition tenth in the sprint, but no fewer than seven penalty loops threw him far behind.
For Laegreid it was only in his second year of the World Cup his third victory overall and this season, in the World Cup, he is second behind Bö. Eder is there as the ÖSV best 30.
Hauser made three shooting errors, but recovered three places from 15th sprint. The zip line was 1: 33.1 minutes behind Eckhoff. Julia Schwaiger also scored 24 (+2: 36.7 / 1) and Dunja Zdouc as 31 (+2: 44.1 /). 3). Katharina Innerhofer was 49 (+3: 56.5 / 6).
Nordic combination: Despite Franz-Josef Rehrl’s heavy crash the day before, there was good news from the ÖSV camp on Saturday in the first of two Nordic Combined World Cup competitions in Ramsau. Lukas Greiderer and Johannes Lamparter finished third and fourth after an excellent race. Greiderer was only 1.3 seconds behind the winner Vinzenz Geiger. The German won just 0.5 seconds ahead of World Cup leader Jarl Magnus Riiber.
Ski jump: Marita Kramer was in her own class on Friday at the start of the World Cup season for women’s ski jumpers in Ramsau. The 19-year-old from Salzburg set a new women’s record in the second round of 96 meters after her advantage at halftime, and with 253.6 points she achieved her second World Cup victory, clearly ahead of Slovenian Nika Kriznar ( 245.1). Kramer thus arranged a perfect opening competition after winning qualification.
“It’s amazing! For that you train every day and set yourself new goals and challenges. It’s pretty cool. I knew my jumps were stable and that gave me confidence. We haven’t had competitions for a long time, now is the time to continue working and training, ”Kramer said.
Daniela Iraschko-Stolz (6th) and Chiara Hölzl (10th) also placed in the top ten and completed a strong result from ÖSV.
Skeleton: Janine Flock won the Skeleton World Cup in Innsbruck-Igls on Friday and celebrated her third win of the season. The Tyrolean had already been successful twice in Sigulda and also finished third in the first Innsbruck race. It was his ninth overall World Cup success. The Dutch Kimberley Bos, second classified, was 0.21 seconds behind, and the German Jacqueline Lölling, third, 0.22.
Flock set a track record in the first race and was also the fastest in the second. “I’m super happy. It’s always special to be on the podium at home.” And he has another chance this season, because the World Cup final has moved from Beijing to Igls.
In the men’s category, the World Cup leader, Latvian Martins Dukurs, beat Britain’s Matt Weston by 0.20 seconds and German Christopher Grotheer by 0.33. Austrian Samuel Maier came in sixth place (+0.49), Florian Auer came in ninth (+0.87).
Biathlon: The Norwegian biathlon women achieved a triple victory in the 7.5 kilometer sprint at Hochfilzen on Friday. Tiril Eckhof won with a failure against her teammates Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold (+ 7.6 seconds / 0) and Marte Olsbu Röiseland (24.6) / 1). As the best Austrian, Lisa Hauser landed in 15th place (1: 02.8 min./2), Dunja Zdouc came in 27th place (1: 25.4 / 0). On Thursday, the Norwegians achieved a quadruple win in the Hochfilzen sprint.
Hauser said it was tough, especially in his second round. “Maybe that was one of the reasons it didn’t work that way while standing. I also knew that I was still doing well in the race despite my two mistakes, but unfortunately that’s too much for a really good result. He Shooting range here in Hochfilzen is very complicated, “explained Hauser.
Thursday messages:
Snowboard: Benjamin Karl won the parallel giant slalom at the Snowboard World Cup in Carezza on Thursday. The 35-year-old from Lower Austria prevailed in the Austrian final against 40-year-old Andreas Prommegger from Salzburg with a 1/100 second lead. For Karl it was the 18th individual victory of the World Cup, he assumed the current overall leadership. The women’s race was won by Germany’s Ramona Hofmeister with a final victory against Swiss Ladina Jenny.
Biathlon: Julian Eberhard secured a superior result at the Biathlon World Cup in Hochfilzen on Thursday. The 34-year-old from Salzburg took 10th place in the 10km speed competition after a throwing error. However, Eberhard was about 42 seconds away from his first podium of the season. The victory went to Norwegian shooting star Sturla Holm Laegreid, who flawlessly completed the 10km in 23: 04.9 minutes against three compatriots.
ÖSV’s second best ski hunter was the impeccable David Komatz in 21st place, Simon Eder, also without a shooting error, landed in 25th place in the World Cup.
Sunday messages
Langlauf: Teresa Stadlober was satisfied with the fifth place on Sunday in the world cup of cross-country skiing in Davos in skating of more than 10 km, despite the missed opportunity of the podium. A side stitch in the second round prevented her from taking full advantage, the Salzburg woman said. In the absence of the strong Scandinavians, she was 6.3 seconds behind third-placed Hailey Swirbul (USA). The victory went to her compatriot Rosie Brennan in 24: 49.8 minutes ahead of Russia’s Julia Stupak.
Sled: The Austrian artificial track slides finished on Sunday at the artificial track World Cup in Oberhof with second place in relays and fourth place with Madeleine Egle in women’s singles. The zip line was seven thousandths of a second away from its first podium after finishing fourth at Altenberg. The team competition was almost equal. The second Egle, Jonas Müller and Thomas Steu / Lorenz Koller were only 36 thousandths behind the winner Germany.
Biathlon: Zipline Lisa Hauser claimed another top ten at the Biathlon World Cup in Hochfilzen on Sunday. From ninth sprint position, the 26-year-old finished 10th in the 10km chase with three misses (+1: 31.6). The victory went to the Norwegian Marte Olsbu Röiseland (2 penalties), the Belarusian sprint winner Dsinara Alimbekawa (0 / + 13.9) was second ahead of the French Julia Simon (3 / + 17.8). Dunja Zdouc was 30 (3 / + 2: 52.4), Katharina Innerhofer 40th (5 / + 3: 23.7).
The Austrian men’s relay ranked seventh at Hochfilzen. After performances by David Komatz and especially Simon Eder, Team ÖSV was only 0.5 seconds behind leading Germany in second place, but Felix Leitner and Julian Eberhard fell 1: 56.2 minutes behind winner Sweden. Norway (+5.7) and the Germans (+44.1) arrived in the places.
Beto: A day after finishing third in the monobob, Katrin Beierl finished fifth with Jennifer Onasanya in the Bobsleigh World Cup in Igls on Sunday. The duo were 1.17 seconds behind the victorious Laura Nolte / Deborah Levi. The two led a triple German victory over Kim Kalicki / Ann-Christin Strack (+0.30 seconds) and Mariama Jamanka / Leonie Fiebig (+0.45). In fourth place, Beierl was 0.04 seconds behind. In the World Cup he is third behind Jamanka and Kalicki after three of seven races.
Saturday messages
Snowboarding: Benjamin Karl achieved the long-awaited podium at the opening of the Raceboarders World Cup in Cortina d’Ampezzo. The four-time world champion finished third in the parallel giant slalom on Saturday night after defeating Italian Mirko Felicetti by 0.15 seconds in the small final. Karl failed in the semi-finals as in the round against Andreas Prommegger of Salzburg due to eventual winner Roland Fischnaller.
In the women’s category, Olympic champion Ester Ledecka from the Czech Republic won the championship. She had defeated the only Austrian in the knockout phase, Daniela Ulbing, in the round of 16 by 0.88 seconds.
Sled: Austria’s artificial track slides climbed to three podiums at the World Cup in Oberhof on Saturday. With third place, Jonas Müller achieved the best position of the ÖRV season in the normal men’s car so far, while Thomas Steu / Lorenz Koller and Yannick Müller / Armin Frauscher finished second and third in the two-seater. The Germans took the victories. Felix Loch could not be defeated in the fourth race of the season, Toni Eggert / Sascha Benecken won in doubles.
Biathlon: On Saturday Simon Eder came eighth in the Hochfilzen search and took first place in the top ten for Austrian biathlon men this season. The ÖSV women’s relay landed sixth in Tirol. Quentin Fillon Maillet of France and the Norwegians celebrated their victories. At the end of the first of the two Hochfilzen weekends, another two races will follow on Sunday.
Langlauf: Lisa Unterweger ranked 23rd in the World Cup skating sprint at Davos after surviving qualifying and missing out of the quarterfinals. In the absence of major nations Norway, Sweden and Finland, victories went to Rosie Brennan (USA) and Federico Pellegrino (ITA) respectively. Teresa Stadlober retired in 36th place as the men of the ÖSV around Tobias habenicht (35th) in qualifying for the knockout streaks of the top 30.
Beto: The Austrian two-man bobsleigh missed the top ten when they entered the World Cup season. Benjamin Maier / Markus Sammer finished twelfth in the World Cup at home in Innsbruck / Igls on Saturday, 1.37 seconds behind, Markus Treichl / Sebastian Mitterer finished 18th in field 21 (+1.83). The two sleds had missed the first match of the World Cup in Sigulda due to Corona. Germany celebrated a double victory thanks to Johannes Lochner / Eric Franke and Francesco Friedrich / Thorsten Margis.
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