Norwegian Festival in the slalom in Alta Badia, Feller in 7th place

Austria’s slalom team couldn’t give themselves a present before Christmas. That was already clear after the first run of the World Cup Slalom in Alta Badia and was also confirmed in the second run.

The Norwegian won Timon Haugan with a dream ride in the second round. The 27-year-old was the fastest in the first run. With that fetched The pile (on the Hirscher Van Deer ski, by the way) his second World Cup victory after the success in Saalbach. The Swiss Loic Meillard Second place was already 1.13 seconds behind. Atle Lie McGrath Rounded off the strong Norwegian result in third place. Henrik Kristoffersen came fourth.

Feller “wants more”

Feller was already the best Austrian in the first round with 10th place, in the second run he continued despite his back problems and came 7th in the final ranking after a good run. “I was very hesitant about letting the skis go. The result is acceptable for how the week went. But of course I want more.”

Michael Matt After finishing 11th in the first run, he fell back and ultimately finished 16th. Dominik Raschner, Fabio Gstrein and Adrian Pertl dropped out

Marco Schwarz almost slipped in the first round and was 4.05 seconds slower than the leader Haugan with start number 19. The Carinthian missed the second round. “I don’t need to sugarcoat anything. I’m still missing the training days. But I’ll accept the situation and come back.”

The piste conditions didn’t suit him: “The way it rumbles there is brutal and difficult in my situation. If you’re fit, it hurts going down, but in my situation it’s painful.”