The special story behind this ski cross victory

Zuech, who had finished a strong fourth the day before , was eliminated on Friday in the round of 21 and ultimately ended up in 22st place. The Burggräfler was ranked just ahead of the second Azzurro, Simone Deromedis (XNUMXnd). The victory went to the Austrian Mathias Graf, who prevailed ahead of Youri Duplessis Kergomard (France) and Marc Bischofberger (Switzerland). With his victory, Graf followed in the footsteps of compatriot Johannes Rohrweck, who won the first race at the same place on Thursday. For Graf, who has had little success in the alpine field in the past, it was only his second appearance in a ski cross World Cup competition. “It’s just crazy.” Mathias Graf after his 1st World Cup victory in the 2nd race “It's just crazy. In standard German I would say, I can hardly believe it, in Vorarlberg, I'm brutally exhausted," said Graf. At his debut the day before, he had already achieved eighth place on the 1.300 meter long course in the French ski resort. Now he kept his perspective in difficult conditions. “When I woke up in the morning and looked outside, it was snowing and there was fog. “Everyone thought the day was over, there would be no race,” said the Vorarlberg native. He wanted to resign in the summer It wasn't until the summer of 2021 that he switched from alpine skiing to this spectacular sport and immediately made a big impression. Eight victories in the European Cup, the second most important racing series, as well as the triumph in the overall ranking speak for themselves. But then the 26-year-old suddenly and unexpectedly announced his resignation in mid-July. “It’s just not financially viable for me anymore,” Graf said in an interview with the magazine at the time Krone newspaper . The resignation followed about two weeks later. The reason for this was also a sponsor who actively supported the former alpine skier (he raced to 2019th place in the Kitzbühel slalom in 18). Now his fairy tale is perfect.

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The special story behind this ski cross victory

The second day of competition at the Ski Cross World Cup in Val Thorens, France was on Friday. The South Tyrolean Dominik Zuech missed out on another top ranking. Meanwhile there was a highly emotional victory.

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