After a heart-stopping finale: Roland Fiwickeler wins World Championship silver

The Villnößer grabbed his 6th World Cup medal on Monday in Slovenia. His outstanding performance was almost enough to win him a second world championship title, but in an exciting final “Fisch” had to admit defeat to the Russian defending champion Dmitry Loginov (he is about half his age at 2) by a measly hundredth of a second.

In the semifinals, Filehner beat the Korean Sangkyum Kim (+0,78 seconds), while in the previous rounds he eliminated the Swiss Nevin Galmarini (+0,02) and the Austrian Alexander Payer (+0,37).

Roland Filehner proudly shows his silver medal. © fisi

By the way, a Russian, Andrey Sobolev, also took bronze. The second best South Tyrolean, Aaron March, made it to the quarterfinals. There he had to admit defeat to Loginov. Edwin Coratti and Mirko Felicetti from Trentino were eliminated in the round of 16. Gold for Selina Jörg in the women's category In the women's category, the only South Tyrolean, Nadya Ochner, finished 18th and narrowly missed qualifying for the round of 16 of the best XNUMX. Ester Ledecka canceled her start the morning before qualification at short notice due to an injury. The Czech said she will now work on being able to take part in the World Cup finals of the Alpine ski aces in Lenzerheide in two weeks.

Gold went to the German Selina Jörg, who intercepted the 17-year-old Russian Sofia Nadyrshina (+0,12 seconds) in the final meters in the final. The Austrian Julia Dujmovits took bronze. The 47-year-old teammate Claudia Riegler ended up in fourth place.

On Tuesday, at the end of the Snowboard World Championships in Rogla, a parallel slalom for men and women is on the program. Qualification begins at 10.30:14.45 a.m. The finals will take place from XNUMX:XNUMX p.m. World Cup in Rogla: Parallel RTL for men Pos Name Country 1. Dmitry Loginov RUS 2. Roland Fischller ITA/Villnöß 3. Andrey Sobolev RUS 4. Sangkyum Kim KOR 5. Nevin Galmarini SUI 7. Aaron March ITA/Natz-Schabs 10. Mirko Felicetti ITA 12. Edwin Coratti ITA/Langtaufers World Cup in Rogla: Parallel RTL for women Pos Name Country 1. Selina Jörg GER 2. Sofia Nadyrshina RUS 3. Julia Dujmovits TUE 4. Claudia Riegler TUE 5. Ramona Hofmeister GER 18. Nadia Ochner ITA/Burgstall

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After a heart-stopping finale: Roland Fiwickeler wins World Championship silver

Roland Filehner never gets tired: The 40-year-old won World Championship silver in the parallel giant slalom in Rogla. He missed the gold medal by just a blink of an eye.

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