After the European Cup is before the World Cup

Roland Filehner, the overall World Cup runner-up last season, can look back on a successful dress rehearsal in Ratschings. The 32-year-old from Villnöß won the second parallel slalom on Sunday and thus demonstrated his top form. Now “Fisch” wants to fully attack at the home World Cup in Carezza. “The season starts from scratch. I deleted everything I achieved last year. “Also the fact that I only lost the overall World Cup by 20 points,” says the South Tyrolean athlete of the year.

Firiegelr and his teammates have prepared intensively on the Pra di Tori slope in the Carezza ski area over the past week. “The conditions are great, the piste is in perfect condition,” says Christoph Mick, describing the Pra di Tori piste, on which the World Cup parallel giant slalom will take place on Friday, December 21st. The starting signal for this on Friday is at 9 a.m. with the qualification, the final runs are on the program at 13 p.m.

Opening ceremony at the Grand Hotel Carezza

The teams will arrive at Karerpass on Tuesday, December 18th. In addition to Fischler and Mick, the South Tyrolean snowboarders also include Aaron March, Meinhard Erlacher, Edwin Coratti, Nadya Ochner and Andrea Tribus. There are two free training sessions on the program on Wednesday, December 19th and Thursday, December 20th. The opening ceremony with a starting number raffle will also take place on Thursday at the Grandhotel Carezza (18 p.m.). Afterwards, the Snowboard World Cup Party will take place at C-Point.

“It’s always something special in front of your own fans. Will last year's victory put me under pressure or give me additional motivation? I know how to win on this slope. That gives me even more confidence. I feel good, I’m having a blast snowboarding,” said Fiwickeler. Aaron March, however, revealed: “It would be nice if I could snatch the victory away from Roland this year. I prepared very well; I worked even more intensively in the summer than last year. Now it’s time for it to finally get started.”

South Tyrol's model athletes Fiwickeler and March will face strong competition at the Karerpass. Above all by the Austrian double world champion Benjamin Karl, who won the parallel slalom in Carezza last year. “I’m really looking forward to the new season. There is another World Cup on the program in January and it would be great if I could win a medal in Canada,” said the 27-year-old on Sunday as part of the ORF program “Sport am Sonntag”. But before that, the World Cup athletes first have to open the new season - on Friday, December 21st with the parallel giant slalom in Carezza.

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After the European Cup is before the World Cup

Last weekend two European Cup parallel slaloms were held in Ratschings. The races in Wipptal were the dress rehearsal for the South Tyrolean snowboarders for the start of the World Cup in Carezza this Friday, December 21st.

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