Linus Straßer completed his fourth victory in the World Cup. In Kitzbühel he celebrated the greatest success of his career.
Ski racer Linus Straßer became the fourth German to win the World Cup slalom in Kitzbühel. The 31-year-old from Munich prevailed on his “local mountain” in Austria’s ski mecca ahead of the Swede Kristoffer Jakobsen (+0.14 seconds) and the two-time Kitz winner Daniel Yule from Switzerland (+0.20).
Before Straßer, only Felix Neureuther (2010 and 2014), Armin Bittner (1989) and Neureuther’s father Christian (1979) had won on the famous “Ganslernhang” from DSV’s perspective. For Straßer it was the fourth victory in the World Cup, the third in a slalom after Zagreb 2021 and Schladming 2022.
“From the same mould”
Straßer was “extremely proud” and shed a few tears at the finish. “The goal was, I definitely want to take a chamois home with me. Victory – that has to happen, or you have to let it happen. I feel like I’m skiing better than ever before.” The reward: a 100,000 euro bonus for Straßer, who learned to ski in Kitzbühel. However, he has always struggled with the “Schweinsberg”, as he once called the “Ganslern”.
“His second run was all of a piece from top to bottom. That’s how you drive Kitzbühel,” said ARD expert Felix Neureuther. Sebastian Holzmann and Anton Tremmel took places 22 and 23.