The DSV quartet was excreted in the quarter-finals of the team parallel race at the start of the SKI World Cup. Switzerland, Italy, Sweden and the USA made it to the semi -finals.
From the dream of a German team parallel medal: At the first race of the 2025 Ski World Cup in Saalbach-Hinterglemm, for the German team consisting of Lena Dürr, Linus Straßer, Fabiana Dorigo and Fabian Gratz on Tuesday (04.02.2025) Quarter -finals end.
“This is not frustrating, that was a great performance by the whole team, in the end we left against Switzerland that just did better. The little things make the difference”said Straßer after the race.
Dürr still felt a little guilty: her time against Switzerland was “incredibly bad”: “Unfortunately, that was nothing of me now. But that’s how it is.”
Time decides in favor of Switzerland
The DSV drivers failed due to the strong Swiss. Lena Dürr and Fabian Gratz were still able to win their duels against Delphine Darbellay and Luca Aerni, Fabiana Dorigo left a point against Wendy Holdener and Linus Straßer had to surrender to Thomas Tumler. After the four co-duels it had been 2-2, but the Germans were 0.27 seconds in the addition of the runs of the fastest woman and the fastest man.
In addition to Switzerland, Italy, the USA and Sweden also qualified for the round of the last four. Like the Germans, the Austrians had to delete the sails in the quarter -finals.
Johan Eliasch opened World Cup
The first race was embedded in the opening ceremony: musical actors performed a ski song, the FIS President Johan Eliasch opened the Alpine World Championships with a speech and in a film the spectators accompanied two children through a journey through Austrian culture and history . The team parallel race was intended as a mood maker, as the first show under floodlight.
In terms of sport, however, the parallel races have had to struggle with image problems for a long time. The FIS actually wanted to delete the discipline from the program. This year, too, this was expressed in the lack of the top people: Marco Odermatt, Mikaela Shiffrin, Henrik Kristoffersen, Lara Gut-Behrami-they were all missing in the team parallel race.
What does the schedule look like?
| day | Competition | In the sports show |
|---|---|---|
Thursday, February 6th | 11.30 p.m.: Super-G women | TV and livestream |
Friday, February 7th | 11.30 p.m.: Super-G men | TV and livestream |
Saturday, February 8th, | 11.30 a.m.: Departure women | TV and livestream |
Sunday, February 9th | 11.30 p.m.: Departure men | TV and livestream |
Tuesday, February 11th | 10 a.m./1:15 p.m. Team combination women (departure/slalom) | Live ticker |
Wednesday, February 12th | 10 a.m./1:15 p.m.: Team combination men (departure/slalom) | Live ticker |
Thursday, February 13th | 9.45 a.m./1:15 p.m.: Giant slalom women | Live ticker |
Friday, February 14th | 9.45 a.m./1:15 p.m.: Giant slalom men | Live ticker |
Saturday, February 15th | 9.45 a.m./1:15 p.m.: Slalom women | Live ticker |
Sunday, February 16 | 9.45 a.m. /13.15 p.m.: Slalom men / graduation ceremony | Live ticker |