Mith a remarkable finish, ski racer Alexander Schmid raced to another top ten result in the giant slalom classic in Alta Badia. The Allgäu was seventh on Sunday because he made up eleven places in the second round. When Alexis Pinturault won in a total time of 2: 27.19 minutes, the currently best German technician was only 0.90 seconds slower than the French; The 26-year-old was only six and a half tenths of a second missing from the podium. Stefan Luitz was twelfth, 1.12 seconds behind Pinturault. The French won ahead of the surprise man Atle Lie McGrath from Norway (+0.07) and the Swiss Justin Murisier (+0.24).
“You just have to let the pig out,” said Schmid after the second round on the difficult Gran Risa slope. He had made some splendid turns on the steep slope, and due to a mistake shortly before the finish, he even awarded an even better ranking. “That got on my nerves during the trip, I had to fight,” he said on ARD. “But it turned out well again.”
Schmid had given the German Ski Association (DSV) its first and so far only alpine podium place of this season by third place in the parallel event in Lech / Zürs. He’s getting better and better in the giant slalom: After finishing 15th in Sölden and 11th and 9th in Santa Caterina, he is stalking his way to the top of the world. And he dares to do even more. “If I leave out the mistakes and get two really strong runs, then anything is possible,” he said in Alta Badia.
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