Dress rehearsal for the Olympic qualification was a success! Walser’s model wrestler Markus Ragginger made it to the final at the World Cup in Sofia (Bul) and won silver. Meanwhile, Salzburg’s second Olympic candidate, Simon Marchl, managed to place on his return.
That’s something to be proud of. In the Greco-Roman up to 97 kilos, Markus Ragginger from AC Wals roared past two Chinese and also confidently beat local hero Ivanov in the semi-finals of the Dan Kolov World Cup. It was only in the final that the points were narrowly decided in favor of Iran’s shooting star Akbari. Freestyle experts wrote to The performance of the freestyle experts and athletes from the Salzburg Olympic team were also impressive. Benedikt Huber took fifth place up to 70 kilos. And army athlete Simon Marchl, who recently had to take a break for four months due to an inner knee ligament injury, came in seventh place with a weight of 74 kilos. The next point on the calendar will be the European qualification in Baku at the beginning of April.
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