Snowboarder Ramona Hofmeister nourished hopes for successful Olympic Games in Pyeongchang with her second victory of the season. The 21-year-old from Bischofswiesen won the final of the second parallel giant slalom at the World Cup in Rogla, Slovenia, against the Austrian Sabine Schöffmann.
Hofmeister’s triumph overshadowed the Olympic outing of former medal winners Amelie Kober and Anke Wöhrer (Bernau). The duo did not make use of their last chance to meet the national standard and failed in Slovenia in qualifying. Both of them were last injured or injured. of long-term health problems.
“The disappointment is very great, I would have loved to go to Olympia for my son,”Kober (30) told SID. After several surgeries and an ankle injury only eight weeks ago, she must be “happy to be able to keep up with her again. I tried everything, but it didn’t work out.”
Next to Hofmeister, who died on 12. After celebrating their first World Cup victory in Bad Gastein in January at the non-Olympic parallel slalom in Bad Gastein, Selina Jörg and Carolin Langenhorst qualified for the Olympic Games. Jörg finished in places nine and eight, Langenhorst finished eleventh twice. Ester Ledecka renounced after her 13th birthday. World Cup victory on Saturday on the second race.
In the men’s category, Stefan Baumeister met the national standard with his best result of the season in seventh place on Saturday. Next to him, only Patrick Bussler, who was the best German in 16th place on Sunday, was able to do this. was. The stage victories went to the Austrian world champions Andreas Prommegger and Benjamin Karl.