After the opening round, Henrik Kristoffersen was only 16th in the men’s slalom. In the second round, the man made an amazing ascent to the world championship. Silver historically went to Greece.
In the men’s slalom, there were some amazing decision moments in the second round in the competition that concluded the Alpine Skiing World Championships. One count after another fell to being in the fifteenth count shift by Henrik Kristoffersen after clocked time.
In the end, no one could match the Norwegian’s speed and the technical athlete took the first slalom World Cup gold of his career. It was equally unexpected that Greece took the silver AJ Guinness. The medal was the country’s first in the history of the alpine skiing World Championships.
– Yes, come on! It’s not real, Urheilu’s expert Kalle Palander updated in disbelief after securing the Greek medal.
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Italy, who was sixth after the opening round, took the bronze Alex Vinatzer. Ginnis lost to the winner by two tenths and Vinatzer almost four tenths.
– It is not real that Kristoffersen will be able to win from there. This is something completely incomprehensible! Stenmark (Ingemar) made such climbs in his time, Urheilu’s expert Kalle Palander updated the newsroom as the second round drew to a close, referring to the sports legend who took the most World Cup victories (86) in history.
After the first round, Austria led the competition Manuel Feller eventually finished seventh. At the same time, it was confirmed that Austria, the powerhouse of the sport, did not win any gold medals at the World Championships.
Kristoffersen was the fastest runner in the second round by just over two tenths.
– I wouldn’t have believed it at that point, and neither did he himself at that point. He got so hot for himself when he landed badly on the upper part of the track, Palander analyzed after the race, returning to the mood after Kristoffersen’s landing.
Compatriot of the winner, was third after the opening round Lucas Braathen was making a strong landing in his turn, but the mistakes in the rest of the course watered down the 22-year-old downhiller’s dreams of a gold medal.
– Of course, Kristoffersen’s victory required the failure of others, but yes, his cut from half way to the finish line was really hard, Palander opened.
1) Henrik Kristoffersen, Norway, 1:39.50 (47.84-51.66)
2) AJ Ginnis, Greece, 1:39.70 (47.06-52.64)
3) Alex Vinatzer, Italy, 1.39.88 (47.37-52.51)
4) Clement Noel, France, 1.39.91 (47.57-52.34)
5) Sebastian Holzmann, Germany, 1.40.12 (47.93-52.19)
6) Marco Schwarz, Austria, 1.40.15 (47.64-52.51)
Finland Jesper Pohjolainen stopped in the 2nd round (42nd of the 1st round). Eduard Hallberg dropped out in the 1st round.