Yanqing (AP) – Ski racer Linus Straßer missed a medal in the slalom at the Winter Olympics in China.
In Yanqing, the 29-year-old was 0.93 seconds behind Olympic champion Clement Noel from France and finished seventh. After the first run, Straßer was in fifth place. Silver went to Austria’s Johannes Strolz, who won gold in the combination. Sebastian Foss-Solevaag won bronze. Straßer was 0.23 seconds behind the Norwegian. Alexander Schmid from Fischen im Allgäu was 19th, Julian Rauchfuss retired after a driving error.
This means that the Alpines of the German Ski Association will continue to be without precious metals at these games. In the women’s competition, Lena Dürr in the slalom and Kira Weidle in the downhill narrowly failed in fourth place.