Friday, 5 February 2021
Rene de Silvestro achieved his first super-G win at the World Para Alpine Skiing World Cup after triumphing in Saalbach.
The Italian was victorious in the men s sitting race after outpacing Jesper Pedersen of Norway by 1.13sec at the Austrian resort.
This prevented crystal globe holder Pedersen from extending his winning streak to five races.
Akira Kano of Japan finished with bronze. I m happy because the gap from the first place is really small, even if I admit that I could do something more, De Silvestro said. The track conditions are really excellent and it s a fairly technical track, which suits my characteristics.
Salcher back to winning ways with downhill gold at World Alpine Skiing World Cup Wednesday, 3 February 2021
Austrian standing skier Markus Salcher celebrated his first downhill victory in three years as he returned to the top of the podium at his home World Para Alpine Skiing World Cup in Saalbach.
The double Paralympic champion finished in 1min 11.17sec to beat Frenchman Arthur Bauchet by just 0.15 while Russian Aleksei Bugaev was 1.12 further back in third. For me it’s a tremendous success today because it’s my first downhill win in three years, said Salcher. It’s cool that I’m on top of the podium again.