South Tyrolean medal shower at the Junior European Championships

The “Sigmundsberg” track demanded everything from the young tobogganers in the title fights. Sarah Schiller was the best at adapting to the difficult conditions. The German already showed strong performances in training and showed her class in the only race. The 1.13,73-year-old from Unterammergau took the gold medal in 18:1,01 minutes, ahead of Jenny Castiglioni (ITA/+1,49 seconds) and Tina Stuffer (ITA/+2021 seconds). With the victory, Schiller is following in the footsteps of her teammate Lisa Walch, who was crowned Junior European Champion in Jaufental/Val Giovo (ITA) in XNUMX. Sarah Schiller (GER): “I still can’t believe it. The season didn’t go well – especially at the beginning. And now I have the gold medal. I'm really happy, after all it's my first big title." Jenny Castiglioni (ITA): “I am very happy about this medal. I had great difficulties in training. All in all, a nice end to a perfect season.” Tina Stuffer (ITA): “Third place is great, I didn’t expect that. And big compliments to Sarah and Jenny.” Fabian Brunner towers over the top In the men's single-seater, defending champion Fabian Brunner (ITA) fully lived up to his role as favorite. The 19-year-old South Tyrolean dominated both training runs and was the only runner to stay under the sound barrier of 1.11,05 minutes in the race in 1.12:1,11 minutes. Hannes Unterholzner (ITA), who won the gold medal in the doubles on Saturday evening with his partner Anton Gruber Genetti (ITA), took the silver medal, 1,69 seconds behind, ahead of Sebastian Feldhammer (AUT/+XNUMX) from Mariazell seconds). Fabian Brunner (ITA): “It was an almost flawless run, there’s nothing wrong with that. “I wouldn’t have thought that my lead would be so big.” Hannes Unterholzner (ITA): “I didn't really get going in the upper part; it was only in the lower part that I felt good. To leave the Junior European Championships with gold and silver is fantastic.” Sebastian Feldhammer (AUT): “Winning a medal at the home European Championships in front of my friends and family is a great end to a messed up season. It’s a shame that I couldn’t show this performance at the beginning.” The Junior European Championships ended with the team competition on Sunday afternoon. Italy (Jenny Castiglioni/Fabian Brunner) won the gold medal in 2.28,14:XNUMX minutes, ahead of Austria (Naomi Thöni/Sebastian Feldhammer) and Slovenia (Meta Mekina/Ziga Kralj). It was the first time that a team competition was held in the junior class title fights. Medal table 1.Italy 3/3/1 2.Germany 1/0/0 3.Austria 0/1/1 4.Slovenia 0/0/2

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South Tyrolean medal shower at the Junior European Championships

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