Vukievic and Krenn cannot be stopped in Val Gardena

The first speed race on the Piz Sella above Wolkenstein was won by 24-year-old Serbian law student Marko Vukievic in 1:26.76 minutes ahead of the German Manuel Schmid (+0.19) and the Swiss Urs Kryenbuehel (+0.35). “I was very focused on every goal,” said the winner and Olympian in Sochi 2014. “I tried to put meter by meter of pressure on the skis in order to gain the decisive lead by the time I reached the finish.” The young Serbian driver was also pleased with the good FIS points he was able to score in Val Gardena.

The 22-year-old Lower Austrian Christoph Krenn won the second downhill in 1:26.14 minutes. The winner of the first race, Marko Vukievic from Serbia (+0.23), came second ahead of yesterday's Super-G winner, Sebastian Arzt from Bad Gastein (AUT/+0.24). “It was simply brilliant,” said the second winner of the day. “The first race was difficult to assess. Even though I only came 13th, I didn't change much in the second race, just that I was faster."

Both winners were full of praise for the excellent slope conditions. 140 athletes from 20 nations took part in the two downhill races. The competitions were also a great success for the organizers of the Saslong Classic Club. “Thanks to the active support and great commitment of the lift company, we can organize speed races for the youngsters right at the start of the season,” says organizing committee boss Rainer Senoner. “Hopefully we will see one or two athletes soon at the World Cup on the Saslong.” The best South Tyrolean in the two downhill runs was Florian Schieder (Castelrotto), who achieved 29th and 25th place respectively.

Kastlunger strong in Pfelders: victory and third place

Tobias Kastlunger from St. Vigil in Enneberg left his mark on the FIS giant slaloms for juniors. In the first race he only had to admit defeat to the two “Azzurri” Antonio Fantino and Lorenzo Moschini. He was 1,46 seconds behind winner Fantino.

In the second race, however, he came out ahead of Daniele Sette from Switzerland and Lukas Dick from Germany.

FIS Raiffeisen Challenge in Val Gardena, run 1:

1. Marco Vukievic (SRB) 1:26.76 2. Manuel Schmid (GER) +0.19 3. Urs Kryenbuehl (SUI) +0.35 4. Gianluca Barandun (SUI) +0.36 5. Maximilian Maas (GER) +0.49 6. Sebastian Arzt (AUT) +0.52 7. Slaven Dujakovic (AUT) +0.64 8. Ondrej Berndt (CZE) +0.77 9. Christof Brandner (GER) +0.78 10. Stefan Babinsky (AUT) +0.84

Departure 2

1. Christoph Krenn (AUT) 1:26.14 2. Marko Vukievic (SRB) +0.23 3. Sebastian Arzt (AUT) +0.24 4. Niklas Köck (AUT) +0.90 5. Slaven Dujakovic (AUT) +1.02 6. Tristan Takats (AUT) +1.18 7. Gianluca Barandun (SUI) +1.30 8. Davide Cazzaniga (ITA) +1.48 9. Urs Kryenbuehl (SUI) +1.56 10. Manuel Schmid (GER) +1.58

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Vukievic and Krenn cannot be stopped in Val Gardena

After yesterday's Super-G, the Raiffeisen FIS Challenge Val Gardena program included two downhill races today.

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