Garmisch-Partenkirchen (dpa) – ski racer Linus Straßer missed the hoped-for podium finish in the first of the two slalom world cups in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.
The Munich was sixth in the German home race. He was 1.01 seconds behind Norway’s Henrik Kristoffersen. Second was the Swiss Loic Meillard (+0.14) ahead of the Austrian Manuel Feller (+0.51). Meillard’s compatriot Tanguy Nef surprisingly went into the second round as the leader, but then dropped out. Thanks to Kristoffersen’s success, there are already seven different winners after seven slaloms in this World Cup season.
The six other German starters – including Alexander Schmid and Julian Rauchfuss, who won Olympic silver in the mixed team event with Straßer a week ago – did not make it into the second run. On Sunday there is a second slalom on the Gudiberg.