Winter sports ticker | The best of Saturday

TWO-BOB: In Altenberg (Germany) the season's dominator Johannes Lochner triumphed. At his home race, which was also classified as the European Championship, Lochner kept the Swiss Michael Vogt (+0,05 seconds) and compatriot Francesco Friedrich (+0,38 seconds) in check for his fourth World Cup victory of the season. The South Tyrolean Patrick Baumgartner landed in eighth place together with his teammate Mircea Robert (+1,41 seconds). + + + CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING: The Norwegian Johannes Klaebo won the freestyle sprint at the World Cup in Livigno. The favorite left the French Richard Jouve and the Swiss Janik Riebli behind in the final. The Azzurro Federico Pellegrino failed in the semi-finals and was ranked 7th. For Michael Hellweger from Sarner, who qualified for the quarter-finals of the best 20 in 30th place, the end came there. He ultimately ended up in 26th place. In the women's category, the Swedes celebrated a triple victory: Jonna Sundling came out ahead of Maja Dahlqvist and Emma Ribom. Federica Sanfilippo from Ridnaun was eliminated in the quarter-finals and ended up in 23rd place. + + + SKICROSS: The Swede David Mobaerg won the World Cup in Sweden ahead of the Canadian Reece Howden and the Swede Erik Mobaerg. Dominik Zuech from Lana was eliminated in the quarter-finals and took 15th place. Sandra Naeslund, a Swede, also won in the women's category. There were no South Tyrolean women there. + + + ALPINE SKI (Junior World Championships) : In St. Anton am Arlberg, the Swede Hanna Aronsson Elfman won the giant slalom. The 20-year-old prevailed after two rounds ahead of the Swiss Stefanie Grob (+1,06). Laura Colturi, who won the Super-G yesterday, completed the podium. Azzurra Annette Belfrond, who finished the first round in second place, narrowly missed the podium. The second best Italian was Giulia Valleriani with 20th place. There were no South Tyrolean women there. + + + SKI JUMPING: In Sapporo, Japan, the Austrian Stefan Kraft won the second of the three World Cup competitions. The 29-year-old took the half-time lead with a 139,0 meter jump and successfully defended it with a 5,6 point lead over Norwegian Halvor Egner Granerud. It is the Salzburg native's 27th individual World Cup victory and also his second of the season after his success in November in Ruka. By the way, it was Kraft's fourth Sapporo victory, having won twice in 2019 and once in 2020. Ryoyu Kobayashi completed the podium. The local hero surprisingly won the first competition yesterday. The best Azzurro was Alex Insam in 32nd place.

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Winter sports ticker | The best of Saturday

Winter sports are going fast again this weekend. What happens outside of the big World Cup decisions in biathlon, alpine skiing and the like can be found in our winter sports ticker.

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