The ÖSV team can look forward to their first gold medal in the last World Cup race today: Manuel Feller leads after the first slalom run. With sportkrone.at you can be part of the decision live (see ticker below).
Here is the live ticker: Fabio Gstrein (+0.56) and Marco Schwarz (+0.71) both showed a spirited drive and are within striking distance of the podium. Adrian Pertl (+0.83) missed the top ten, but he’s not that far behind in terms of time either.Feller fell while warming upFor Feller, the day had started anything but ideal, he had a bad fall while warming up. The technical specialist had to take painkillers and grit his teeth to be able to start. In the first run, however, Feller didn’t show anything and showed a top run. “I’m concentrating on skiing. As soon as I warm up and stand at the start, nothing should happen,” said Feller after his excellent first run on the ORF microphone and made it clear that the fall didn’t particularly bother him when warming up was fun But I made two small mistakes at the bottom, then you lose a few km/h – that’s why you’re behind. A lot is possible in the second round,” said Fabio Gstrein. Marco Schwarz “did a lot worse this year” and wants to “do my best” in the decision. Braathen spoke of an okay run, after a strong start and middle section he wasn’t that fast in the last section. “I’m not such a strong Lucas after the operation, but I’m going full throttle at the start.” Ginnis referred to his “very easy run”, which you can see from the time intervals. “I’m driving for Greece, I’m not stressed. I just have fun.” The 28-year-old was born in Greece but became a ski racer in the USA and also spent part of his childhood in Kaprun.
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