Greta Seiwald makes people sit up and take notice in her World Cup debut

Seiwald is competing in her first elite world championship this year. In her first race, the Gsies native promptly showed up and finished in the top 10. In the final ranking of the short track race, a very short and intense format, she achieved a strong 9th place. Seiwald thus confirmed her good form, as just a few weeks ago she surprisingly came in 7th place at the World Cup in Le Gets - also in the short track. The 23-year-old was also better than Eva Lechner on Thursday, but she did bravely in the unpopular short track discipline and ended up 12th. Meanwhile, a true crime thriller was taking place at the top. In the end, the Swiss Sina Frei prevailed in a close finish against the British Evie Richards, with the French Pauline Ferrand Prevot finishing one second behind in 3rd place. Kerschbaumer follows behind Among the men, Gerhard Kerschbaumer, a South Tyrolean, was represented. Once again it became clear that short track racing was not the contractor's favorite discipline. He had to be content with 18th place. The best Italian was Gioele Bertolini in ninth place. Daniele Braidot, another Azzurro, finished 10th in the top 10, while the American Christopher Blevins grabbed the gold medal. For the mountain bikers, the supreme discipline, the cross-country race, continues on Saturday. Lechner starts as the reigning vice world champion and Kerschbaumer also expects to do better than in the short track race. The women's race starts at 13 p.m., the men's race starts at 15.45:XNUMX p.m. On Thursday, two South Tyrolean juniors, Noemi Plankensteiner and Sophie Auer, were also in action. They made people sit up and take notice during their race ( SportNews berichtete ). World Cup, short track race Women Pos Name Country Time 1. Sina Free SUI 20.11 Minutes 2. Evie Richards GBR +0.00 3. Pauline Ferrand Prevot FRA +0.01 4. Linda Indiangand SUI +0.02 5. Yolanda Neff SUI +0.11 9. Greta Seiwald ITA/Gsies +0.41 12. Eve Lechner ITA/Eppan +0.49 Men Pos Name Country Time 1. Christopher Blevins USA 19.30 Minutes 2. Henry Avancini BRA +0.02 3. Maximilian Brandl GER +0.02 4. Ondrey Cink CZE +0.03 5. Alan Hatherley ZAF +0.05 18. Gerhard Kerschbaumer ITA/Verdings +0.52

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Greta Seiwald makes people sit up and take notice in her World Cup debut

Greta Seiwald is getting closer and closer to the top of the world: at the World Championships on Sulzberg (Val di Sole) she made a statement in the short track race.

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