Skiing: the team competition in the final stage of the World Cup in Lenzerheide

Two years ago, Switzerland won the team competition in the final of the World Cup in Andorra. At home in Lenzerheide, our ski partners have been eliminated from the start against Sweden! Finish in the quarterfinals. About five minutes after the starting signal.

In contrast to the team’s victory in 2019, Switzerland will compete without top stars Wendy Holdener, Daniel Yule and Ramon Zenhäusern. For Holdener, the season ended prematurely after her positive Corona test (it wouldn’t have started otherwise), Yule and Zenhäusern, like Michelle Gisin, are concentrating on the weekend’s slalom and / or giant slalom.

Jasmina Suter (25) starts the quarterfinals against Sara Hector. The Swede wins the first duel. Although Justin Murisier (29) turned the tables against Mattias Rönngren and Camille Rast (21) against Moa Boström Müssener, Switzerland lost. Semyel Bissig (23) is eliminated in a duel with Kristoffer Jakobsen shortly before the end. With a score of 2: 2, Switzerland loses over time.

Norway wins against Germany in the final. Austria beats Sweden in the small final. As the nation in third place, our eastern neighbors score 240 points for the nation’s ranking. As the fifth-ranked team, Switzerland scored 180 points.

That doesn’t play a big role in the overall ranking of nations. Switzerland is ahead with more than 1000 points (1002). In the men’s national ranking, however, Austria was only 168 points behind before the competition. Now the difference is still 138 points before the giant slalom and the slalom of the weekend.

Speaking of the nation’s struggle with Austria. Walter Reusser, Swiss Alpine Skiing Director, is shown in an interview with SRF from the relaxed side: “It pisses you off that we are going to be number 1 again. Of course we are proud. Then they can also turn on a bit that we can’t do slopes. “(Str)