Gstrein finishes fifth
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Henrik Kristoffersen secured victory in the classic slalom in Schladming, making him the new record winner of the classic. With his fifth victory in the night race, he is now the sole record holder ahead of Benjamin Raich (four victories). On Wednesday, the Norwegian won ahead of his compatriot Atle Lie McGrath and Clement Noel from France. The best ÖSV athlete was Fabio Gstrein in fifth place.
Henrik Kristoffersen has won the Schladming slalom for the fifth time, making him the record winner. The Norwegian prevailed ahead of his compatriot Atle Lie McGrath (+0.34) and Clement Noel from France (+0.54). For Kristoffersen, it was his first victory of the season after three third places. Fabio Gstrein was the best Austrian in the Olympic dress rehearsal, finishing in fifth place after improving by five places in the second run.
Of the skiers who were well placed in the first run, Loic Meillard (SUI/3rd), Paco Rassat (FRA/4th), Eduard Hallberg (FIN/6th), and Armand Marchand (BEL/7th) were eliminated.
Gstrein coped very well with the extremely twisty and sometimes wide course set by Michael Pircher, the coach of Lucas Pinheiro Braathen (from 5th to 4th), and achieved his best result of the season. "I gave it my best shot. It doesn't feel good, it's really wild from top to bottom, but that's part of it. I fought my way halfway down," he said in an ORF TV interview. It was the second-best ÖSV result of the season.
Feller in tenth place
Kitzbühel winner Manuel Feller finished in tenth place despite being in pain, while Joshua Sturm stormed from 28th to 12th place to achieve his best career result in this discipline. "The second run was really good until two gates before the finish, but right now I'm still a bit frustrated about the mistake I made. That's half a second. I had a lot of good turns, which I'll take with me," said Sturm. He said that the course setting had thrown everything into disarray again.
Johannes Strolz (14th at the halfway point) was eliminated in the second run, as were Adrian Pertl (27th) and Dominik Raschner (20th). Marco Schwarz (32nd) and Michael Matt (33rd), who were nominated for the slalom at the Winter Olympics in Bormio, missed the final. Simon Rueland did not finish the first run.
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