World Cup Val Gardena: Heel on the podium at Svindal lesson - AUDIO

Heel rode strongly in the upper part of the route before minor mistakes below Ciaslat and near Nucia cost him second place. This was taken by his teammate Matteo Marsaglia, who was 0,05 seconds faster than the man from Walten. Both were beaming at the Italian team's first double podium in a Super-G in three years and eight months in the finish area of the Saslong.

“I am very happy with the outcome of the race. It is a great satisfaction for me that I made it back to the podium, especially here in the home race,” said the 30-year-old from Passeir, who won the Super-G on the Saslong in 2008. For Heel it was the eighth World Cup podium in his career, the first in almost three years: On January 23, 2010, the Waltener came third in the downhill in Kitzbühel - this was followed by a 35-month dry spell (or 42 World Cup races). ended with the liberation on the Saslong.

Svindal is in a league of his own Aksel Lund Svindal had the Saslong best under control. The Norwegian, who made it onto the podium in all five speed races so far this season with his victory in Val Gardena, prevailed in 1.36,95:1,07 minutes, leaving Marsaglia behind by 19 seconds. It was the Scandinavian's XNUMXth World Cup victory. This means he has overtaken Lasse Kjus in the ranking of Norwegian record winners and is now only two wins behind Kjetil André Aamodt.

Svindal is the first racer since Hermann Maier in 2003/04 to finish on the podium in all three Super-Gs of the season. Maier climbed onto the podium in all seven Super-Gs. And it is the first time that Svindal has won more than one Super-G in a season.

“I also won here three years ago, but things were tighter back then. “Today I had a lot of self-confidence and – when I crossed the finish line – I was pretty sure that I would win the race,” said the Norwegian, who is brimming with self-confidence after his recent successes and also took part in the descent on Saturday A bit of a say in the victory.

Strong South Tyroleans But back to the South Tyrolean racers: World champion Christof Innerhofer made it into the top ten in tenth place, 1,83 seconds behind. For the Gaiser, this result should count almost as much as a victory, because the previous best result in the Ladin Valley was a 20th place in the Super-G five years ago. “I was already sitting with my butt in the snow at the top, but luckily I was able to avoid falling. Unfortunately I was four meters away from the goal and lost a lot of time, around seven tenths of a second. But I can keep up with the best and it’s nice that things went well for me at home too,” said Gaiser.

Dominik Paris also achieved a strong result, finishing 48th with start number 13. You can also expect a lot from the young Ultner on Saturday's descent. “We have a strong team and it seems that the path we are taking is the right one. I hope that I too will be able to stand on the podium and celebrate soon. I'm happy with my ride today. It’s important to slowly work my way up the rankings,” said Paris.

Peter Fill, who started the race a little under the weather, appears in the results list in 19th place, while Siegmar Klotz also got good World Cup points in 22nd place. “I was already sweating during the visit and hope I don't have a fever. That's why 19th place is more than okay. Now I'll rest and concentrate my strength for tomorrow's descent," said Fill. A very strong result overall for the South Tyrolean athletes, who have only lagged behind the competition on the Salsong in recent years - with a few exceptions.

And on Saturday the departure is still scheduled: Maybe then there will be a fairy tale for another South Tyrolean...

FIS World Cup in Val Gardena (ITA), Men's Super-G: 1.Aksel Lund SvindalNOR1:36,95 2.Matteo MarsagliaITA1:38,02 3.Werner HeelITA/Walten1:38,07 4.Kjetil JansrudNOR1:38,13 5.Adrien TheauxFRA1:38,23 6.Matthias MayerAUT1:38,43 7.Klaus KröllAUT1:38,48 8.Johan ClareyFRA1:38,65 9.Joachim PuchnerAUT1:38,67 10.Christof InnerhoferITA/Gais1:38,78

13.Dominik ParisITA/Ulten1:38,88 19.Peter FillITA/Kastelruth1:38,97 22.Siegmar KlotzITA/Lana1:39,23 38. Silvano Varettoni ITA 1:40,20 61. Paolo Pangrazzi ITA 1:41,89

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