Skir racer Raphael Haaser experiences his personal World Cup fairy tale in Saalbach. He suffered some setbacks in advance and at the beginning of the World Cup.
The sport likes to write the most beautiful stories. The story of the Raphael Haaser at the Ski World Cup in Saalbach-Hinterglemm is almost ready for Hollywood.
Double coup after Cruciate ligament
Raphael Haaser even wins gold in the giant slalom after silver in the Super -G – so briefly the sporty news. But there is a lot more.
Haaser suffered a cruciate ligament injury at the beginning of the season and was missing six weeks. With his comeback in the Super-G on the streak in Kitzbühl, he came back impressively and indicated with second place, which was now followed in Saalbach.
In the World Cup super-G he drove to silver, in the giant slalom he crowned himself world champion. “Incredible, I don’t know what to say”Haaser had no words after his triumph, which was the first in his career ever. Before that, he hadn’t won a World Cup race.
Andre Siems, Sportschau, 14.02.2025 2:39 p.m.
Father René Haaser: “The whole work from an early age is rewarded today”
Before the eyes of his father, Haaser surprisingly celebrated the greatest success of his career. “There is no better feeling. The whole work from an early on is rewarded today and that is only cool“Rene Haaser beamed in the Eurosport interview.
He could “Don’t be proud of my two children. Both drive in the World Cup. I’m just proud and the Raphael got to the point today“.
Sister Ricarda is seriously injured
In addition to Raphael, Ricarda Haaser is also active in the Ski World Cup. For the four-year-old sister, however, the World Championships in Saalbach-Hinterglimm took an abrupt and tragic end. The 31-year-old fell in the Super-G and contracted a cruciate ligament and meniscus tear. A day later, her brother became vice world champion in the same discipline.
Before the race, his sister wrote him a message, “That I should step on the gas and see that I can bring it like in Kitzbühel. Then I succeeded quite well to push the aside aside“, reported Haaser, the Ricardas diagnosis”already taken away“Had, in ORF.
First World Cup giant slalom title for Austria for eight years
In the giant slalom he went one step further and secured the first World Cup title. For the ski nation Austria, it was the first victory in the giant slalom at a World Cup in eight years. At that time Marcel Hirscher had triumphed in St. Moritz.
Haaser’s star opened in the 2025 competitions. The 27-year-old will probably remember this week in the Salzburg region.