Roland Filehner becomes a legend

In his long career, Roland Filehner took part in five Olympic Games, won 5 World Cup medals, competed in 212 World Cup races and won 18 of them. Last weekend he won the giant slalom World Cup for the first time and grabbed his third small crystal ball. The first big crystal of his career and the simultaneous crowning of an absolute snowboard legend should follow in just a few hours. No other athlete has shaped this sport in the past two decades as much as the 39-year-old father from St. Peter in Villnöß, who has now made his home in Vilpian. Fischlerler is Italy's best snowboarder of all time. “Fisch” achieved 50th place on Sunday The veteran didn't have to demonstrate this status in the first of two parallel giant slaloms in the snow-covered Blue Mountain in order to secure a big stake in the overall World Cup. Reaching the semi-finals and later fourth place were enough for him to secure the lead. Filehner now has a 2990 point lead over Andreas Prommegger, whom he defeated in the quarterfinals in Blue Mountain. The Austrian would now have to win all three outstanding competitions and Fischnelller would never have to make it into the top 50 for there to be a change at the top. In short: If the South Tyrolean stays healthy, his first big crystal ball can no longer be taken away from him. It is quite possible that he will leave everything dry in the second parallel giant slalom in Canada on Sunday. In the end, the fact that Firiegelr failed in the semi-finals because of his teammate Mirko Felicetti was just as painful as his defeat in the fight for third place against Andrey Sobolev. Felicetti celebrates his debut victory While Fischlerer was able to shine at the finish, Felicetti also had reason to be happy a little later. The 27-year-old from the Fassa Valley won in a highly exciting final ex aequo with the experienced Austrian Benjamin Karl and, after many second and third places, achieved the longed-for first World Cup victory of his career. For the other Azzurri, however, there was nothing to gain: Edwin Coratti and Daniele Bagozza took places 15 and 16 after their exit in the round of 23. Aaron March (27rd) failed in the qualification, as did Nadya Ochner in the women's group. The latter ended up in XNUMXth place. The victory here went to Ramona Hofmeister, who secured the discipline ranking and – like Filehner – is on the verge of winning the overall World Cup. Men's parallel giant slalom in Blue Mountain (CAN): Pos Name Country 1. Mirko Felicetti ITA 1. Benjamin Carl TUE 3. Andrey Sobolev RUS 4. Roland Fischller Funes/ITA ... 15. Edwin Coratti Langtaufers/ITA 16. Daniele Bagozza Ortisei/ITA 23. Aaron March Schabs/ITA 29. Maurizio Bormolini ITA Women's parallel giant slalom in Blue Mountain (CAN): Pos Name Country 1. Ramona Theresia Hofmeister GER 2. Selina Jörg GER 3. Daniela Ulbing TUE 4. Sabine Schoffmann TUE 5. Claudia Riegler TUE ... 29. Nadia Ochner Burgstall/ITA

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Roland Filehner becomes a legend

In September, Roland Filehner will be 40 years old; he made his World Cup debut at the age of 17. Over the past 23 years he has racked up a flood of victories and medals in the Snowboard World Cup, but one thing has sometimes eluded him: winning the big crystal ball. But that will change shortly.

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