Laura Dahlmeier is looking forward to Franziska Preuss at the season finale. She appreciates the performance of her companion and heiress – sporty and human.
Eight years after Laura Dahlmeier, Franziska Preuß has again won the overall World Cup – and her predecessor was busy.
In her Instagram story, Dahlmeier posted a picture of how she followed the drama in front of the television at the final round. “Franziiiii”, wrote the seven -time world champion and two -time Olympic champion and garnished her post with numerous emojis: “Overall World Cup winner. And what a crime thriller! Incredible!”
Franziska Preuss and Laura Dahlmeier in 2015
Dahlmeier appreciates Prussia gesture
In addition, the 31-year-old, who has now worked as a TV expert for ZDF , prieder ‘fair play gesture after the finish, who had go directly to her big opponent Lou JeanMonnot falling on the last round and hugged her to comfort her.
Dahlmeier shared a post by the Frenchwoman JeanMonnot, who commented on a picture of the scene with “This is, what it’s all about” (“That is exactly what it was about”) and emphasized that this also corresponds to her understanding of healthy sporting rivality.
After its victory in the last race of the season, Pruss had won the overall World Cup with 1278 points and thus 20 more than Jean Monnot. She is the sixth German winner of the big crystal ball.
Before Preuss, Martina Glagow (today: Beck, 2002/03), Kati Wilhelm (2005/06), Andrea Henkel (2006/07), Magdalena Neuner (2007/08, 2009/10 and 2011/12) and Dahlmeier (2016/17) won the overall World Cup. All five had already wished for Preuss in a video collage for ARD Glück in advance.
Common past
Dahlmeier and Preuss retirement generation have a common past: in 2015 the two won the World Cup gold in the season in the season with Franziska Hildebrand and Vanessa Hinz.
While Dahlmeier continued to successfully hurried to success and returned in 2019 with only 25 years, Prussia, who was often plagued by health problems, liable the reputation of the unfinished.
This winter, Preuss left this flaw behind: In addition to the large crystal ball, she previously secured her first World Cup medals in single disciplines in Lenzerheide – silver in sprint and gold in the persecution.