Federico Pellegrino came in second. © APA/afp / FABRICE COFFRINI

TICKER | Pellegrino on the podium

What happened that day apart from the big decisions in alpine skiing and biathlon? All important reports, in a compact and informative form, can be found here in the winter sports live ticker.

17. February 2024

From: sportsnews

Cross-country skiing: In Minneapolis (USA), Federico Pellegrino from Aosta came in second in the sprint. He was only beaten by favorite Johannes Hösflot Kläbo. Michael Hellweger from Sarn came 2th. Jonna Sundling secured victory in the women's race. The best Italian was Caterina Ganz in 27th place. She got stuck in the quarterfinals.

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BOB: Germany celebrated a successful home appearance at the Bobsleigh World Cup in Altenberg on Saturday. Athletes from Germany were at the top of both the women's monobob and the men's two-man event. In the men's category, Adam Ammour and Costa Laurenz triumphed ahead of their compatriots Francesco Friedrich and Thorsten Margis (+0,18 seconds). The duo from South Korea Kim Jinsu and Kim Hyeonggeun took third place (+0,61 seconds). The South Tyrolean Patrick Baumgartner and his pusher Robert Mircea ended up in 9th place, 1,18 seconds behind.

In the women's monobob, the German Laura Nolte triumphed ahead of the American Elana Meyers Taylor (+0,23 seconds). Third place also went to Germany with Lisa Buckwitz (+0,26 seconds). There was no Azzurra at the start.

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TOBOGGAN JUNIOR WORLD CUP: On the final day of the Junior World Championships in artificial track luge in Lillehammer (Norway), the men's single-seater race was on the program on Saturday. Two South Tyroleans were also in the middle of it all: Leon Haselrieder (Völs am Schlern) and Lukas Peccei (Wengen im Badia). While the South Tyrolean Philipp Brunner/Manuel Weissensteiner won the silver medal in the men's doubles race on Friday, Peccei and Haselrieder came away empty-handed on Saturday. Leon Haselrieder didn't get past 14th place, while Lukas Peccei showed a solid race and ended up in sixth place. The winner of the men's singles is the German Marco Leger.

In addition, a team competition took place. A total of eight teams started, one of which was the team from Italy, which consisted of four South Tyroleans: Lukas Peccei and Alexandra Oberstolz in the singles and Philipp Brunner/Manuel Weissensteiner in the doubles. In the end, the South Tyroleans narrowly missed the podium and took fourth place with a time of 2.37,335:XNUMX minutes. The winners come from Germany, the Americans came in second place and the Austrian team completed the podium in third place.

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TOBOGGANING WORLD CUP: At the World Cup in Oberhof (Germany) there was an Austrian victory in the men's doubles and in less than optimal track conditions. Steu/Kindl prevailed with a lead of 0,073 seconds over the Germans Wendl/Arlt. In the end, the German duo Orlamünder/Gubitz took third place (0,119 seconds behind). Ivan Nagler/Fabian Malleier achieved the best result from a South Tyrolean perspective; they ended up in fifth place. While Emanuel Rieder/Simon Kainzwaldner came in eighth place, Ludwig Rieder/Lukas Gufler didn't get past 13th place.

In the women's doubles, the South Tyroleans Andreas Vötter and Marion Oberhofer ended up in second place (SportNews effect berichtet).

The final decision of the day came in the men's singles. The Austrian Jonas Müller won the World Cup race with a lead of 0,076 seconds over second place, namely the favorite Max Langenhan. Felix Loch, a German tobogganer, also took third place. He was 0,098 seconds behind the winner. For Jonas Müller, however, it was the second success of the season after Altenberg. Dominik Filehner (Meransen) came in sixth as the best South Tyrolean. The other South Tyroleans Leon Felderer (11th/Latzfons) and Alex Gufler (18th/Platt in Passeier) ended up outside the top 10.

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SKI JUMPING: Austrian Stefan Kraft won the World Cup in Sapporo (Japan) on Saturday. It was his 9th overall World Cup success this season. Just behind him (only a measly 0,4 points behind) was local hero Ryoyu Kobayashi in second place, with the German Andreas Wellinger third (6,1 points behind). Worth mentioning: There are three Austrians in fourth to sixth place (Manuel Fettner, Daniel Tschofenig and Jan Hörl). The 51-year-old Noriaki Kasai (Japan), who qualified for the second round in 28th place, ran out of steam in the second competition. He was unable to repeat his sensational jump from the first round and ended up in 30th place.

However, the two “Azzurri” who qualified for the jumping on Saturday did not end up in the top 30. While Giovanni Bresadola ended up in 37th place, South Tyrolean Alex Insam, who had recently shown strong performances, did not get past 36th place.