News from winter sports – Fiva, Lenherr and Smith on the Superskicross podium in Andermatt – Sport


Skicross: 3 Swiss cheer in Andermatt at Superskicross

In the Superskicross in Andermatt, which featured a special format with spontaneous choice of course while driving, Alex Fiva finished 2nd and Jonas Lenherr 3rd. Only Canadian Reece Howden was faster than the two Swiss. Ryan Regez, the Olympic champion from 2022, had already failed in the quarter-finals, like Olympic silver winner (2018) Marc Bischofberger, for Joos Berry it was over in the semi-finals (7th place). Despite the special format, there were no surprises among the women: Fanny Smith finished second behind season dominator Sandra Näslund (13 wins in 14 races). Marielle Thompson was third. The ski cross season is over with this race, which does not count towards the World Cup ranking.

Freeride: Chabloz takes overall victory

Maxime Chabloz secured overall victory in his first season on the Freeride World Tour. The 20-year-old from Nidwalden won the final competition in Verbier and was able to celebrate his great success. All in all, the brother of alpine skier Yannick Chabloz took three victories on the Tour this winter.

Figure skating: Uno new world champion

Accompanied by music from the legendary Bolero, figure skater Shoma Uno secured the world championship title for the first time. The Olympic bronze medalist from Japan prevailed in the absence of the injured defending champion and Olympic champion Nathan Chen from the USA ahead of his compatriot Yuma Kagiyama and Vincent Zhou from the USA. After Lukas Britschgi’s Corona failure, there were no figure skaters from Switzerland in Montpellier.

Ski jumping: Switzerland is last in team jumping

The Swiss quartet with Killian Peier, Simon Ammann, Andreas Schuler and Gregor Deschwanden placed 8th and last in the team competition in Planica, Slovenia, with 1198.1 points. The favored host (1601.1) won ahead of Norway (1576.9) and Austria (1544.2). The last competition of the season will take place on Sunday with an individual flight of the top 30 in the World Cup (with Peier and Deschwanden).

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