Omar Visintin is back: World Cup triumph in the Caucasus!

After a difficult start to the season, Omar Visintin had been steadily making his way to the top of the world over the past few weeks, and now he landed the big coup: at the World Cup in Bakuriani, the winter sports capital in Georgia's part of the Caucasus Mountains, the South Tyrolean raced through to the final and missed Surprisingly, all of the competition was behind them. On the way to the “Big Final”, Visintin had a huge dose of luck on his side. Twice he only got one board tip further in the photo finish. “I made a huge mistake in the semi-final. But I knew that if I worked it out, anything was possible here today,” says Visintin. In fact, he really outgrew himself in the subsequent final: he held back in the upper part of the course, but then he outstripped all his competitors. Visintin crossed the finish line ahead of the Swiss outsider Kalle Koblet, who reached the podium for the first time in his career, and the overall World Cup leader Alessandro Hämmerle from Austria. Visintin's Ligurian teammate Lorenzo Sommariva had to make friends with the thankless 4th place. “Now I’m overjoyed” Omar Visintin Visintin was correspondingly relieved when he went to the winner's interview after the race. “My tactic of attacking in the lower part of the track really worked. I've been waiting for this day for a long time, now I'm overjoyed," he beamed, rivaling the Georgian sun. For the 2014 overall World Cup winner, this is the 6th victory in his career, the first since his success in Big White (Canada) in January 2020. Next disappointment for Moioli While Visintin had Italy's men's snowboard team celebrating, Michela Moioli had to swallow a bitter pill for the women. The exceptional athlete from Bergamo took 24th place in Bakuriani for the second time within 4 hours. The podium places went to the British day winner Charlotte Bankes, Chloe Trespeuch from France and the American Fave Gulini. In the overall World Cup, Moioli is tied at the top with Czech Eva Samkova ahead of the big season finale on March 20th in Veysonnaz. Among the men, Visintin is in fifth place, immediately behind Sommariva. Men’s final result: Pos Name Country 1. Omar Visintin ITA/Algund 2. Kalle Koblet SUI 3. Alessandro Hammerle TUE 4. Lorenzo Sommariva ITA Result of the women's final: Pos Name Country 1. Charlotte Bankes GBR 2. Chloe Trepeuch FRA 3. Faye Gulini USA 4. Michele Moioli ITA

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Omar Visintin is back: World Cup triumph in the Caucasus!

The boardercrosser from Lagundo had to wait almost exactly a year for a podium finish. This Friday he broke the spell and catapulted himself onto the winner's podium with an outstanding performance.

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