Austrian team takes it all in Bad Gastein

Over on the women’s side things were equally exciting, with many tight heats and some unexpected results taking place all evening long. In the end it was Daniela Ulbing, who secured her second victory of the season, as well as her second victory on the venue in Bad Gastein. Ulbing, who won here back in 2017 continues to impress this season, and the competition on Tuesday were the prime example of her excellent form lately.

Ulbing started the day by setting the fastest time already in qualifications, and then steadily climbed her way through the finals brackets, by besting some really tought competition in the likes of Michelle Dekker (NED), Miki Tsubaki (JPN), and her teammate Julia Dujmovits before reaching the big final.

There, in the big final Ulbing faced Ramona Theresia Hofmeister, but right in the first gate she caught an edge and went sideways, losing speed and leading position. Luckily for the Austrian rider, also Hofmeister came across huge problems almost at the exact times and basically stoped at the second gate. Out of the final duo it was Ulbing, who managed to recover faster, leaving Hofmeister far behind and cruising down to the finish line. And, while Hofmeister did her best to catch her rival, the time gap this time was too big to stop Ulbing from winning the competition.

With her victory on Tuesday, also Ulbing moved up in the World Cup PSL ranking straight into first place, that she is now sharing with Julie Zogg (SUI), with both athletes having 145 points after two competitions in the season so far.

Second place on the day for Hofmeister was her third top-3 finish, but surprisingly the reining PGS and parallel overall champion has yet to win a competition in 2021/22.

Natalia Soboleva won the small final matchup against Julia Dujmovits for her first World Cup podium since 2020.

The parallel slalom extravaganza in Bad Gastein continues on Wednesday with the first mixed team competition of the season set to go down at 13:00 CET.

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