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Raphael Haaser celebrates World Championship silver.(Bild: Christof Birbaumer)

Red-white-red ski party in Saalbach: just one day after Stephi Venier's gold medal coup, the ÖSV men also took a hit in the super-G! Tyrolean Raphael Haaser grabbed the silver medal on Friday. It was his second World Championship medal after bronze in the combined in 2023.

Only Marco Odermatt, who conjured up a magnificent winning run in the snow, was faster than Raphael Haaser. At the finish, the ÖSV skier was one second behind the superstar from Switzerland, who made the competition look downright old. Odermatt thus also won a World Championship gold medal in his third discipline after his victories in the downhill and giant slalom in 2023. Bronze went to Norway's Adrian Smiseth Sejersted (+1.15 seconds).

Raphael Haaser celebrates World Championship silver.(Bild: Christof Birbaumer)

Raphael Haaser(Bild: Sepp Pail)

Marco Odermatt(Bild: Christof Birbaumer)

Vincent Kriechmayr(Bild: Sepp Pail)

Marco Odermatt(Bild: Sepp Pail)

Stefan Babinsky(Bild: Sepp Pail)

Adrian Smiseth Sejersted(Bild: Sepp Pail)

Great atmosphere in Saalbach(Bild: Sepp Pail)

ORF cameraman Joachim Puchner(Bild: Sepp Pail)

A rollercoaster of emotions
Haaser experienced a rollercoaster of emotions in Saalbach: the day before, his older sister Ricarda had seriously injured her knee in the Super-G. Her torn cruciate ligament has since been surgically treated in Hochrum, ending her season prematurely.

Here are the final results:

Five hundredths short of Kriechmayr
Vincent Kriechmayr (+1.20), who has been suffering from an inner ligament injury in his right knee since his fall in Wengen, and Stefan Babinsky (+1.30) narrowly missed out on the medal positions.

"... then I'll just have to push on in the downhill"
 "Fourth is ungrateful. It just wasn't a good run. Odi was incredible. Then I'll just have to push in the downhill," said "Vinc", already announcing an attack in the supreme discipline. Lukas Feurstein (+2.02), who missed out on the top 10, lost more time.

Here is the medal table:

Canadian has to miss out
Canada's Cameron Alexander was not at the start, who has been struggling with knee pain since his crash in the second downhill training on Thursday. On Sunday (11.30 a.m./live in the sportkrone.at ticker), the supreme discipline for the men is on the program.