Mathias Graf had won the day before, Andrea Limbacher finished second and Sonja Gigler third on Thursday. The Canadian men’s winner Reece Howden took over the World Cup lead ahead of Graf, the man from Vorarlberg finished ninth after a quarter-final out as the best Austrian. Victory in the women’s category again went to Swede Sandra Näslund.
In the final, Limbacher from Upper Austria and Gigler from Vorarlberg met Näslund and Fanny Smith from Switzerland, a duo that was clearly to be favoured. While the Scandinavian also rode safely to her 13th consecutive win, Smith relinquished her second place through an error of her own. Gigler came after the Swiss after a crest, both fell, Limbacher inherited second place. After a jury decision, Gigler and Smith were awarded third place ex aequo.
Graf took the momentum from the previous day’s victory into the round of 16, which he clearly won. In the quarterfinals against three Germans, after a good start, he got into a crowd and fell. The 26-year-old finished ninth after his qualifying win and is now 22 points shy of Howden. The next best is already 98 points behind Graf. Tristan Takats also finished eleventh in the race after a quarter-final out. Ryo Sugai (JPN) finished second ahead of Niklas Bachsleitner (GER).
In the women’s World Cup, Näslund leads with the maximum of 500 points, Katrin Ofner (159) from Styria, who came in 15th on Thursday, is seventh, one point ahead of Limbacher, the best Austrian. Gigler (146) is in tenth place. Former World Champion Limbacher was last in February Sunny Valley in third place on a World Cup podium. The World Cup will take place on 21./22. January in Idre in Sweden, in mid-February it’s off to the home World Cup on the Reiteralm.
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