At the World Cup final, the Munich Linus Straßer barely misses a collision with a slope worker.
Skir racer Linus Straßer has almost lost sight of the hoped-for podium placement in the last season race after a nearing collision.
The 32-year-old escaped in the slalom at the World Cup final of Sun Valley/USA just a collision with a slope worker who crossed his line in the first round after almost 30 speeds and is seventh at the “half”.
“Oh, be careful! Boah!”, The former world-class slalom driver Fritz Dopfer called at Eurosport in the scene, who brought Straßer for a better placement. After a strong start, a coarser mistake made him shortly after the incident, and he lost a lot of time below. At the finish, Straßer looked incredulously.
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“He can stay there if he feels disabled,” said Dopfer about the possibility of a new start for Straßer, “but he also knows that the slope doesn’t get any better.”
Straßer’s deficit to the leading Norwegian Timon Haugan is already 1.47 seconds, and the Munich separates the Munich 1.33 seconds. This threatens the German Ski Association (DSV) in the men, which are battered by injuries, illnesses and resignations, the first season without World Cup podium since 2003/04. Straßer had rushed to the bronze medal at the World Cup.
Olympic champion Clement Noel from France (+0.10 seconds) is in second place behind Haugan. Third before the final (8:00 p.m.) on the “Greyhawk” slope is Haugan’s teammate Henrik Kristoffersen (+0.14).
The decision in the fight for the small crystal ball is made between Kristoffersen (612 points), the currently eight -placed Swiss world champion Loic Meillard (565) and Noel (526).