Lauberhorn Classic: Key beats or Matt and Feuz

The continuous duel of the ski rider Aleksander Almost Wilde and Marco Zermatt rocks a good three weeks before the Olympic Winter Games in Beijing. The Norwegian Wilde won the first of the two departures in Wen gen on Friday and celebrated his fifth season win, his Swiss rival or Matt was second with 0.19 seconds. In third place formats Landsman Beat Feud (+0, 30). The German speed gentlemen experienced a debacle and missed the top 20.

A nice feeling, said Wilde, who had been second in the Super-G tags — behind Zermatt. The Swiss Endorse has even won six times this winter. Together, the Zermatt leading in the overall World Cup and his pursuer Kidd are the formative figures of this season. The games in China (4 to 20 February) include the absolute pot favorites on the medals.

At Sander, the worm is in it

Whether the Germans can then ride around the front places there will also show up. According to their partly strong appearances in the Super-G on Thursday, they collected this time again a stallion damper. Rome Baumann and Josef First, who convinced the tags previously as a fourth and sixth, drove to the places 27 and 33. Dominik Schweitzer, Simon Ocher and Andreas Sander occupied the ranks 24, 38 and 41. Especially at Sander, the World Cup second, Is the worm in it. His so far best departure result this winter was the eleventh place in Val Garden just before Christmas. It does not fit together, Sander said at IDF. It's very disappointing right now.

It fits nothing together. It is very disappointing at the moment.

Andreas Sander

For a stir, the special start law made the world champion Vincent Grammar received from the World Association IS. The Austrian had missed the departure training on Tuesday and Wednesday as a result of a positive Corona test from the previous week. According to Regulations, however, participation in at least one training is obligatory for the start of shooting. After getting green light through a jury decision, Grammar drove from the starting house on Friday morning. After a few meters he broke off the ride and went to normal route visit. In the race, the 30-year-old was then twelfth. On Saturday is still a second, longer departure.

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