The 22-year-old paddled to his first medal in a major event in the adult class on Saturday, having finished fourth last year and just missed out on the Olympic medal. This time he was 16 hundredths ahead of fourth-placed Britain’s Joseph Clarke after a two-second goal error. Gold went to Olympic champion Jiri Prskavec. The Czech won 1.32 seconds ahead of Italy’s Giovanni de Gennaro, who also shot clean. Oschmautz was 3.10 seconds behind the winner. His compatriot Mario Leitner ended up in ninth place.
In the women’s competition, the Austrians went away empty handed when Eliska Mintalova (SVK) and Stefanie Horn (ITA) triumphed ex aequo. Defending champion and former world champion Corinna Kuhnle took seventh place. Viktoria Wolffhardt was eliminated in the semifinals in 16th place, she is still in action in the Canadian on Sunday.
Source: Nachrichten
