The chances of the South Tyroleans at the World Ski Championships in Schladming

At the last title fights in Garmisch, the South Tyroleans won five medals: Christof Innerhofer won a complete set of medals (gold in the SuperG, silver in the combination and bronze in the downhill), while Manfred Mölgg won bronze in the slalom and Peter Fill in the combination. It would of course be a dream to repeat this result in Schladming. On paper, all nine South Tyrolean World Cup participants, two women and seven men, have a chance of getting on the podium.

For the women, there are only two South Tyroleans left in the World Cup squad: the experienced Denise Karbon and Manuela Mölgg. The exclusion of Lisa Agerer came as a bit of a surprise. Hanna Schnarf is injured, Lucia Recchia has ended her career, Verena Stuffer and Nicole Gius failed to qualify.

The Castelrotto woman Denise Carbon took part in her first World Cup in St. Anton in 2001. Two years later she won silver in the giant slalom in St. Moritz, followed by the bronze medal in Are in 2007. In addition, there are three fourth places, a driver who can always bring out the best in world championships. So far this year things haven't gone quite as planned - her best World Cup result was 7th place in Sölden. In Maribor, however, she showed in the second run that a top result is always possible.

Auch Manuela Mölgg was already at the start of the World Cup ten years ago. But it has never been enough for a medal. Two years ago in Garmisch she came sixth in both the slalom and the giant slalom. The woman from Enneberg has been suffering from back pain since the start of the season and has therefore never been able to train fully this year. Mölgg will compete in the slalom and the giant slalom.

The men's eyes are wide open in Schladming Christoph Innerhofer be directed. He was a superstar in Garmisch two years ago, won three medals and became world champion in SuperG. This year too, things have gone quite well so far, even though he was often in poor health. Innerhofer won the downhills in Beaver Creak and Wengen and came third in the SuperG in Kitzbühel. Gaiser is certainly one of the top favorites of this World Cup.

One of his biggest competitors in the downhill race will probably be the Ultner dominik paris be. The 23-year-old is only competing in his second World Championships in Schladming, but has already proven his incredible class this year with the World Cup victories on the extremely difficult slopes in Bormio and Kitzbühel. Paris is considered a fixed starter in the downhill and combination and will probably have to watch in the SuperG.

Already has two World Cup medals Peter Fill won. The 30-year-old from Castelrotto won silver in the SuperG in Val D'Isere in 2009 and bronze in the combination in Garmisch two years ago. Now the only thing missing is gold. Fill will compete in his sixth World Championships in Schladming, but is injured after the spectacular crash in Kitzbühel.

Like Peter Fill did too Manfred Mölgg he already has two World Cup medals hanging in his living room. In 2007 he won silver in the slalom in Are and two years ago he came third in Garmisch. The 30-year-old is in impressive form this year, coming second at the World Cup opener in Sölden, third in Adelboden and fourth no less than four times. He is a hot medal candidate in the technical disciplines.

Things are going very well again this year Werner Heel , especially in SuperG. The 30-year-old from Walten climbed onto the podium in Val Gardena and came fifth in Beaver Creak and Lake Louise. In addition, there are the two sixth places in the downhill from Bormio and Val Gardena. It is the fourth World Cup participation for Heel.

The Sarner Patrick Thaler However, this is the third time at your World Cup. In Val d'Isére four years ago he came seventh in the slalom, but in Garmisch he did not qualify. This year the 34-year-old has recommended himself again, with fifth place in Levi, sixth in Kitzbühel and tenth in Zagreb.

The South Tyroleans are the only newcomer to the World Cup Siegmar Klotz . The 25-year-old from Ultimo's form is showing a strong upward trend with tenth places in Kitzbühel and Wengen.

The 28 South Tyrolean World Cup medals:

Gold (11) 1932 Cortina d'Ampezzo: departure, Paula Wiesinger 1966 Portillo: Slalom, Carlo Senoner 1972* Sapporo: Giant Slalom, Gustav Thöni 1972* Sapporo: Combination, Gustav Thöni 1974 St. Moritz: Slalom, Gustav Thöni 1974 St. Moritz: Giant Slalom, Gustav Thöni 1976* Innsbruck: combination, Gustav Thöni 1996 Sierra Nevada: Super-G, Isolde Kostner 1997 Sestriere: Super-G, Isolde Kostner 2007 Åre: Super-G, Patrick Staudacher 2011 Garmisch: Super-G, Christof Innerhofer

Silver (10) 1972* Sapporo: Slalom, Gustav Thöni 1976* Innsbruck: Slalom, Gustav Thöni 1991* Saalbach: departure, Peter Runggaldier 2001* St. Anton: Giant Slalom, Karen Putzer 2001* St. Anton: Super-G, Isolde Kostner 2003* St. Moritz: Giant Slalom, Denise Karbon 2005 S. Caterina: Super-G, Lucia Recchia 2007 Åre: Slalom, Manfred Mölgg 2009 Val d'Isere: Super-G, Peter Fill 2011 Garmisch: Super-Kombi, Christof Innerhofer

Bronze (7) 1972* Sapporo: Slalom, Roland Thöni 1976* Innsbruck: departure, Herbert Plank 2001 St. Anton: Combination, Karen Putzer 2007 Åre: Giant Slalom, Denise Karbon 2011 Garmisch: Departure, Christof Innerhofer 2011 Garmisch: Slalom, Manfred Mölgg 2011 Garmisch: Super-Kombi, Peter Fill

*From 1939 to 1980 the Olympics were counted as the World Cup

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