Despite their good performances, the German snowboarders were not able to intervene in the fight for podium places at the first World Cup of the new year.
At the parallel giant slalom in Lackenhof am Ötscher in Lower Austria, Selina Jörg (Sonthofen), Carolin Langenhorst and Ramona Hofmeister (both Bischofswiesen) dropped out in the quarter-finals and finished fifth, sixth and seventh.
The victory was won by World Champion Ester Ledecka (Czech Republic), on which Jörg had failed in the round of the last eight. Amelie Kober (Miesbach) missed the first chance to qualify for the Olympic Games in Pyeongchang at her fast comeback after a fracture of the ankle joint in mid-November (9th place). till 25. February).
The 30-year-old two-time Olympic medalist, who was 30th at the start of her first World Cup race in almost two years, could not recommend herself for the knockout round of the best 16 starters and ended up in 30th place. Anke Wöhrer (Prien), formerly a map player and Olympic runner-up of 2014, missed out on 19th place. again the standard for Olympia. Cheyenne Loch (Schliersee) was 32nd in her comeback.
The ambitious snowboarders continue to worry about the men. At the Ötscher, Patrick Bussler (Aschheim) was alone in the knockout round in the victory of Nevin Galamarini (Switzerland), but retired in the round of sixteen and finished twelfth. After all, the experienced athlete is already qualified for the Olympics.
Stefan Baumeister (Aising-Pang) and Alexander Bergmann (Bischofswiesen), who have already won the World Cup, on the other hand, failed in the qualification and continue to follow the standard for Pyeongchang.