The visually impaired Salzburg native won with guide Lorenz Lampl in the skating sprint of the cross-country skiers, in this competition the 23-year-old had placed her greatest hopes before the big event. On Monday, Austria’s disabled athlete of the year gave up more than 15 km due to physical problems and passed the Biathlon.Beijing on Tuesday. Edlinger won her four-man semi-final in the sprint and clearly prevailed in front of a Ukrainian and two German athletes. The four-time overall World Cup winner and Paralympics third place over 7.5 km classic from 2018 only met Guide Lampl shortly before the Paralympics. Before that, she had been accompanied by her brother Julian for many years. Now she has achieved what is probably her greatest success to date.
After five days of competition, the red-white-red team is now down to six medals. The second gold was provided by the also visually impaired alpine skier Johannes Aigner with guide Matteo Fleischmann in the downhill, the duo followed up with bronze in the Super-G and silver in the combination. Markus Salcher took silver in the downhill and in the super-G. The interim result is two gold, three silver and one bronze.
Source: Nachrichten
