Despite stick hoppala

ÖSV lady scores points after a four-year “dry spell”

Magdalena Egger, Michelle Niederwieser and Tina Ager (from left) celebrated third place in Beaver Creek on the Raubvogel slope with Ariane Rädler.(Bild: GEPA pictures)

The big red-white-red hype on the Beaver Creek weekend revolved around the two podium racers Ariane Rädler and Conny Hütter. Both played their part in a young ÖSV athlete finally scoring points again after a break of over four years, for the very first time in a speed discipline. And this despite the fact that she had a mishap shortly before the start.

At 1.35 pm yesterday - half an hour earlier than planned - Ariane Rädler was not the only one with a satisfied smile when she got off the United Airlines Boeing 787-9 at Munich Airport that had brought Austria's ski girls back safely from Denver. Her 23-year-old Vorarlberg compatriot Magdalena Egger was also happy after finishing 23rd in the super-G to score her first ever World Cup points in a speed race - her first since November 21, 2020, when she finished 19th in the slalom in Levi.

Magdalena Egger proved in Beaver Creek that she has great potential in the speed sector.(Bild: GEPA pictures)

"A really cool day," beamed the racer from Lech, who lost 1.96 seconds to winner Sofia Goggia (Italy) and finished as the sixth-best Austrian. "I heard at the start that Ari was third. That gave me even more motivation."

The Head pilot experienced a scary moment before the race. "I dropped a ski pole off the lift on the way to the start," says "Mäggy", "I would never have had time to get it. However, I was lucky that someone at the finish brought me Conny Hütter's poles, which I then skied with."