“Azzurri” embarrass themselves - Carbon Reserve - Gold to Austria

Italy was the clear favorite in the round of 16 against the Czech Republic, despite the withdrawal of many stars. However, Chiara Costazza, Davide Simoncelli and Roberto Nani lost their direct duels against the Czechs. Only Elena Curtoni was able to hold her own and score the only point for the “Azzurri”. Denise Karbon and Matteo Marsaglia were also part of the team, but had to be content with the reserve role.

The team competition was held in the knockout system in the form of a parallel giant slalom. A round consisted of four heats, with two women and two men competing against each other alternately. There was one point for each duel won. If there was a tie on points, the better times counted for promotion to the next round. In the team competition, World Championship medals were awarded for the fourth time. In Garmisch 2011, Italy took 4th place behind France, Austria and Sweden, in 2009 in Val D'Isere the competition was canceled due to bad weather, in 2007 in Are Austria won ahead of Sweden and Switzerland, while Italy came eighth and in 2005 in Bormio Germany won ahead of Austria and France. (Italy in 8th place).

Austria wins its first gold medal at the home World Cup The victory went to top favorite Austria. The ÖSV team included the outstanding Marcel Hirscher, Philipp Schörghofer, Marcel Mathis, Michaela Kirchgasser, Nicole Hosp and Carmen Thalmann. Austria beat Slovenia 3-1 in the quarter-finals and then dispatched Germany 4-0 in the semi-finals and Sweden in the Fiankle. It was the first gold medal for the hosts. Germany won the small final for third place with just a hundredth of a second ahead of Canada.

Results Team Event World Cup Schladming (Tuesday, February 12, 2013)

round of XNUMX

Italy - Czech Republic 1:3 Chiara Costazza - Katerina Paulathova0:1 Davide Simoncelli - Ondrej Berndt 0:2 Elena Curtoni - Martina Dubovska 1:2 Roberto Nane - Filip Trejbal 1:3

Quarterfinals

Austria - Slovenia 3:1 Carmen Thalmann - Ana Drev 0:1 Marcel Hirscher - Zan Kranjec (out) 1:1 Michaela Kirchgasser - Ana Bucik 2:1 Philipp Schörghofer - Misel Zerak 3:1

Germany* - France 2:2 (*better times) Lena Dürr - Anemone Marmottan 0:1 Felix Neureuther - Thomas Mermillod Blondin (out) 1:1 Maria Höfl-Riesch - Tessa Worley 1:2 Fritz Dopfer - Steve Missillier 2:2

USA - Sweden 1:3 Laurenne Ross - Maria Pietilä-Holmner 0:1 David Chodounsky - Mattias Hargin 1:1 Stacey Cook - Frida Hansdotter 1:2 Tim Jitloff - Andre Myhrer 1:3

Canada * - Czech Republic 2:2 (*better times) Erin Mielzynski - Katerina Paulathova 1:0 Philip Brown - Ondrej Berndt (out) 2:0 Marie-Michele Gagnon - Martin Dubovska 2:1 Michael Janyk - Filip Trejbal 2:2

semifinals

Austria - Germany 4:0 Nicole Hosp - Lena Dürr (out) 1:0 Marcel Hirscher - Fritz Dopfer 2:0 Michaela Kirchgasser - Maria Höfl-Riesch (out) 3:0 Philipp Schörghofer - Felix Neureuther 4:0

Sweden - Canada 3:1 Frida Hansdotter - Brittany Phelan 1:0 Mattias Hargin - Michael Janyk 1:1 Maria Pietilä-Holmner - Erin Mielzynski 2:1 Andre Myhrer - Philip Brown 3:1

Small final (duel for bronze)

Germany * - Canada 2:2 (*better times) Lena Dürr - Brittany Phelan 1:0 Felix Neureuther - Michael Janyk 1:1 Maria Höfl-Riesch - Erin Mielzynski 1:2 Fritz Dopfer - Philip Brown 2:2

Grand Final (Duel for Gold) Austria - Sweden 4:0 Nicole Hosp - Maria Pietilä-Holmner (out) 1:0 Marcel Hirscher - Mattias Hargin 2:0 Michaela Kirchgasser - Frida Hansdotter 3:0 Philipp Schörghofer - Andre Myhrer (out) 4:0

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