On the second day of the Ski Cross World Cup in Nakiska, Canada, the German ski crossers were able to celebrate. On Saturday (01/15/2022) Florian Wilmsmann celebrated second place. In the third to last race before the Olympic Games, the 25-year-old raced on the “Mighty Peace“-Slope in the Rocky Mountains to his best result of the season. Already on Friday (January 14th, 2022) Daniela Maier and Tobias Müller finished third. Saturday’s wins went to Canada and Sweden.
Seventh World Cup podium for Wilmsmann
On the way to the seventh World Cup podium of his career, Wilmsmann had progressed as second in the round of 16 and quarterfinals. In the semi-finals he prevailed as the winner against, among others, Friday winner David Mobaerg from Sweden. In the final he got off to a good start and took second place behind Canadian Kristofor Mahler. Although Wilmsmann was no longer able to get past Mahler, he defended second place against Swiss Ryan Regez and 2018 Olympic champion Brady Leman from Canada. With second place, Wilmsmann improved to fourth place in the overall World Cup.
Women: Naeslund on seventh win in eight races
In the women’s category, top favorite Sandra Naeslund from Sweden celebrated her seventh victory in the eighth individual race of the season. Second place went to Marielle Thompson from Canada ahead of Fanny Smith from Switzerland. The only German starters, Daniela Maier and Johanna Holzmann, were eliminated in the quarter-finals. Maier ended up ninth, Holzmann 16th.
Quarterfinals: Müller is cleared
In the men’s race, Tobias Müller was unlucky one day after his third place in his quarterfinals when he was cleared in the upper part of the race. He was ultimately placed 14th. Niklas Bachsleitner, Daniel Bohnaker and Tim Hronek were eliminated in the round of 16 and finished 22nd, 26th and 28th.
Penultimate World Cup before the Olympics
The penultimate World Cup before the Olympic Games in Beijing took place in Nakiska, Canada, at the weekend. The Olympic dress rehearsal will take place next week (January 21-23, 2022) in Idre Fjäll, Sweden.
Dirk Hofmeister
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Status: 01/15/2022, 22:03