After ÖSV star Huber’s belly patch: The hit parade of ski hopscotch

One thing you have to do Katharina Huber let. Since Saturday, the 29-year-old from Lower Austria has also met people who otherwise have nothing to do with skiing.

With hers Hoppala Huber didn’t make it into the rankings at the World Cup giant slalom in Semmering, but the technology specialist made a name for herself on social networks.

What happened: Katharina Huber fell out of the starting house in the first round. At first the 2022 Olympic team champion was able to stay on her feet, but the Lower Austrian scored one before the first goal Bauchfleck.

This mishap is called one of the strangest failures go down in the history of the Ski World Cup. If it’s any consolation for Katharina Huber: much more prominent ski stars have made hoppalas before her.

• Helmut Höflehner’s misstep

At the Home World Cup 1991 in Saalbach-Hinterglemm the Styrian is the top favorite in the downhill. At the start, Höflehner gets on his skis and experiences a rude awakening from his medal dream. After a few seconds, the favorite’s journey ends. “Now I’m the nation’s idiot.”

• Fritz Strobl’s belly flop

At the Super-G 2005 in Val Gardena At the start, the Carinthian hooks his left ski on his own stick and creates one Bauchfleck. The 2002 Olympic champion slides a few meters on his stomach and continues the race. Strobl comes last, almost ten seconds behind.

At the 1994 World Cup downhill in Whistler, Heidi Zeller wanted to push off particularly energetically at the start. Included the Swiss woman loses both skis and flops out of the starting gate without any crossbars.

• Julien Lizeroux’s starting somersault

The Frenchman also had a funny oops in the Meribel slalom in 2015. Lizeroux is bursting with energy and starts the race with a somersault.

• Romed Baumann’s orientation problems

On the descent in Bormio, the Tyrolean native drove past the first gate in 2023 and was eliminated.