Mathias Graf is still on the start list for today’s home World Cup. But as the “Krone” learned, the 28-year-old from Vorarlberg, who was fourth in the qualification, will have to miss the match, as he did on Saturday, after injuring his back in training.
Blue skies, bright sunshine and plenty of fresh snow! The Reiteralm in Ennstal, Styria, presented itself as a winter wonderland on Saturday – but this was anything but cause for joy for the ski crossers. The already soft slope became even softer and slower due to the 40 centimeters of snow that had fallen since the two qualifying events on Thursday. A fatal combination that, of all people, was the undoing of Ländle figurehead and co-favorite Mathias Graf in the training run. Incident in the training run When the 28-year-old qualifying runner-up was testing the route together with his ÖSV colleagues Robert Winkler and Adam Kappacher as well as world champion Simone Deromedis (It). , he hit hard after a step-down. The result: severe pain in the back.Departure on SaturdayGraf, who is considered one of the best-trained athletes and was not nicknamed “The Ski Cross Hulk” for nothing, was still able to reach the finish, but it quickly became clear that one Starting this weekend is out of the question. The man from Dornbirn began his journey home on Saturday in severe pain. Today it will be clarified what will happen next.
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