The Ski World Cup in Saalbach-Hinterglemm ended without Austrian Slalom star lessons. At the victory of the Swiss Loic Meillard, Manuel Feller became ungrateful fourth (+0.79 seconds) on Sunday. The final attack by the Tyrolean medal candidate was not enough for precious metal. Silver went to the Norwegian Atle Lie McGrath (+0.26), bronze to the German Linus Straßer (+0.52). The Frenchman Clement Noel, who was leading half -time, threaded.
Dominik Raschner (8th) made 15 places in front of 23,000 ski fans in front of 23,000 ski fans at the final slalom spectacle. Fabio Grein became eleventh. Marco Schwarz experienced a short appearance. The Carinthian slipped in the first round at the eighth gate on the inner ski and from the course.
Fellers “biggest defeat”
“It is definitely the biggest defeat of my career,” Feller was not able to find anything positive after fourth place. “I won’t get younger anymore, I will definitely not have any home World Cup.” He missed a second World Cup medal after Slalom silver 2017. The first run was to blame, in which he had only landed in sixth place.
Austria ended the 48th alpine World Cup as number two in the medal mirror behind Switzerland (5/5/3). Seven medals – twice gold, three times silver and twice bronze – are on average of the recent past.
Noel missed it ten years after Jean-Baptiste Grange in Vail-Beaver Creek to bring slalom gold back into the “Grande Nation”. Instead, Team combi world champion Meillard won the first slalom World Cup medal for the Swiss men since Silvan Zurbriggen 2003. He has been the first Swiss slalom world champion since Georges Schneider in 1950 in Aspen. “In a World Cup three races and three medals, that’s just awesome. I can really enjoy this moment. I am not against it if we have a race here every year,” said Meillard.
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Image: Pa pictures/ Wolfgang Grebien
Source: Nachrichten
