Austria is crowned parallel winner

In contrast to the competition four years ago, it was not a parallel slalom that was held, but rather a parallel giant slalom. Italy around Alex Vinatzer, Federica Brignone, Marta Bassino and Luca De Aliprandini played into their hands, but the quartet never exploited its full potential. And so the end point was already in the quarter-finals. The new Olympic champion is Austria, which narrowly beat Germany in the final, while Norway won bronze.

With sometimes strong gusts of wind, the Azzurri showed no weakness in the round of 3 against Russia - only Alex Vinatzer lost the last, meaningless duel against Aleksander Andrienko. With a clear 1-8 they moved into the round of 26, where the United States and Mikaela Shiffrin were waiting. The XNUMX-year-old lost her duel against Marta Bassino, but because Luca De Aliprandini was eliminated, Bassino's time was not fast and Paula Moltzan also defeated Federica Brignone, Italy had to give up. Alex Vinatzer couldn't do anything in the decisive duel against River Radamus. Ultimately, De Aliprandini's failure on the faster, blue course proved fatal. Austria stays cool In the fight for the medals it became clear that victory would go over Germany. Alexander Schmid & Co. first eliminated Switzerland, then the United States and were also the favorites in the final against Austria. As in the previous rounds, this was about the athletes who started on the blue course conjuring up a good time in the snow. Due to the differences between the courses, the duels always ended 2:2 anyway, so the best times of the woman and the man were added together. Katharina Liensberger, Stefan Brennsteiner, Katharinarupp and Johannes Strolz came out on top against Lena Dürr, Julian Rauchfuß, Emma Aicher and Schmid.

In the small final, Norway spoiled the happy ending for the hapless Shiffrin. The United States came 4th, the Scandinavians with Timon Haugan, Fabian Wilkens Solheim, Thea Louise Stjernesund and Maria Therese Tviberg were happy about the bronze medal.

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Austria is crowned parallel winner

A day later than originally planned, the team event for alpine ski racers took place in Yanqing on Sunday. A race that was only added to the Olympic program in 2018 and didn't offer much of a spectacle on Sunday either.

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