World Championship silver for distance athletes

On Friday evening, the distance athletes took part in the 14th World Curling Championships in Ritten for the first time. The team competition was all about precious metal, while the 30 participants also fought for a ticket to the individual final of the best 12. Sonja Mulser (EV Moritzing/128,38 meters), Sophia Albenberger (AESV Terlan/127,77) and Judith Ganterer (SV Lana/126,94) showed a formidable performance and took second place with 383,09 meters. Paula Gebhard (SV Lana/98,54) was also part of the successful Italian team. The gold medal was won by Austria, who scored 392,41. Bronze went to Germany with a total of 378,29 meters. Mulser, Albenberger and Ganterer also advanced to the individual final, which will take place on Saturday. Lisa-Marie Stampfl from Austria provided the best individual performance, improving to 134,62 meters in the last attempt. The Italian men's selection had already secured the bronze medal in the team rankings of the A group on Thursday evening, after securing promotion the day before thanks to the World Cup title in the B group. Thomas Pichler (ASC Schenna/93,12), Damian Denicolò (ASV St. Lorenzen/87,49) and Hannes Unterberger (AEV Stegen/86,20) together reached 266,81 meters. Norbert Lang (ASV Teis/81,95) was also in action. The world championship title went to Germany with 335,53 meters, silver to Austria (323,21). Pichler and Denicolò from South Tyrol made it into the 12-man individual final, and the best performance went to Markus Schätzl from Germany (118,86). The “Azzurri” are also on course for a medal in team play After the outstanding first half of the season on Wednesday with five wins from five matches, South Tyrol's stock athletes were unable to quite match these performances in the second half of the season on Friday. The “Azzurre” narrowly lost out against Slovenia (10:11) and were also in a losing position in the third game of the day against the Czech Republic (12:16). Clear victories were achieved against Austria (14:10) and Brazil (31:5), while the last match against Germany ended in an 11:11 draw. However, reaching the semi-finals was never in danger for Sophia Enderle (SV Lana), Marion Huber (AEV Stegen), Franziska Knoll (SV Lana), Sonja Mulser (EV Moritzing) and Karin Rainer (EV Moritzing/Ritten Sport), because the The Italian women's team finished the regular season in second place (15 points) behind Germany (16) and will play Qualification 1 against this team on Sunday. Slovenia (10) and Austria (9) face each other in the elimination. On the men's side, the “Azzurri” celebrated seven wins in a row before losing the last two games of the day against Belarus (12:16) and finally against Austria (11:15). Nevertheless, Karl Abfalterer (ESC Luttach), René Aichner (ASV Teis), Martin Kerschbaumer (ASC Seiser Alpe), Matthias Morandell (SV Kaltern) and Stefan Roalter (EV Eppan) won the semi-final ticket in a confident manner and ended up with 28 points Third place. In the elimination round, the South Tyrolean stock athletes will face Switzerland on Sunday. Qualification 1, however, is contested by Austria and Germany. 14th World Curling Championships in Ritten – results Distance competition men's A group, team classification 1. Germany 335,53 meters (Markus Schätzl 118,86 – Peter Rottmoser 110,90 – Michael Späth 105,77 – Alexander Anzinger 92,66) 2. Austria 323,21 (Markus Weichinger 108,88 – Philipp Baumgartner 108,54 – Markus Bischof 105,79 – Manuel Wildhölzl 104,61) 3. Italy 266,81 (Thomas Pichler 93,12 – Damian Denicolò 87,49 – Hannes Unterberger 86,20 – Norbert Lang 81,95) Distance competition men's A group, individual qualification 1. Markus Schätzl GER 118,86 2. Peter Rottmoser GER 110,90 3. Markus Weichinger AUT 108,88 4. Philipp Baumgartner AUT 108,54 5. Markus Bishop AUT 105,79 6. Michael Späth GER 105,77 7. Manuel Wildhölzl AUT 104,61 8. Thomas Pichler ITA 93,12 9. Alexander Anzinger GER 92,66 10. Perry Stöghöfer AUS 90,35 11. Damian Denicolo ITA 87,49 12. Tobias Bischoff ITA 86,37 Women's distance competition, team classification 1. Austria 392,41 (Lisa-Marie Stampfl 134,62 – Melanie Kleinberger 129,65 – Petra Winkler 128,14 – Evelyn Perhab 126,56) 2. Italy 383,09 (Sonja Mulser 128,38 – Sophia Albenberger 127,77 – Judith Ganterer 126,94 – Paula Gebhard 98,54) 3. Germany 378,29 (Anna-Lena Leitner 131,96 – Sabrina Englbrecht 128,17 – Birgit Wagner 118,16 – Elisabeth Reiter 86,34) Women's distance competition, individual qualification 1. Lisa-Marie Stampfl AUT 134,62 2. Anna-Lena Leitner GER 131,96 3. Melanie Kleinberger AUT 129,65 4. Sonja Mulser ITA 128,38 5. Sabrina Englbrecht GER 128,17 6. Petra Winkler AUT 128,14 7. Sophia Albenberger ITA 127,77 8. Judith Ganterer ITA 126,95 9. Evelyn Perhab AUT 126,56 10. Birgit Wagner GER 118,16 11. Jennifer Mayrl CAN 106,00 12. Andrea Spiess SUI 105,37

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