The Alpine Ski World Cup in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, starts on Thursday with a three-day delay.
We accompany the Super-G for women (10.45 a.m.) and men (1 p.m.) in the live ticker.
Cortina d'Ampezzo - At this year's Alpine World Ski Championships * in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, there are some delays due to heavy snowfall and fog, and the calendar of the World Championships is becoming increasingly tight.
After the women's start had to be postponed twice *, the men tried the combination again on Wednesday.
But the weather in the Dolomites also prevented the third day of the World Cup.
The title fights in Italy should finally start on Thursday.
Ski World Cup in Cortina d'Ampezzo: “Four Musketeers” are hungry for the Super-G
As expected, the German Ski Association (DSV) * has nominated its four best athletes for the men's Super-G, so Andreas Sander and Romed Baumann will lead the team.
It is completed by Dominik Schwaiger and Simon Jocher.
Not there is Thomas Dreßen, who recently returned to the World Cup * after his hip operation.
Dreßen will concentrate on the downhill in the title fights.
"Only the hungry wolves hunt really well," said DSV Alpine Director Wolfgang Maier, in the run-up to the World Cup, about the team-internal competition of his well-staffed speed squad.
And the hunger of the quartet is likely to have become even greater in view of the weather-related waiting in recent days.
“Our four musketeers” is what Maier called the planned German starters for Thursday, when it should be cold and sunny.
Ski World Cup in Cortina d'Ampezzo: Kira Weidle starts in the Super-G
Baumann and Sander are currently in eighth and 13th place in the curvy of the two speed disciplines in the World Cup, but on a good day they are also candidates for the top five.
The two veterans are the ones who “have to carry the load,” said Maier.
But Baumann doesn't seem to mind.
Just like the turbulence of the first days of the World Cup.
He even thinks it is good “that there have been decent postponements” and not “let's try it”, said the 35-year-old in the typical beer calm.
Before the men can finally get started, the women still have their turn.
Kira Weidle, who drove with her teammates Lena Dürr and Andrea Filser on Wednesday morning for a small giant slalom training session in Toblach, just under 30 kilometers away, is the only German starter in the Super-G on Thursday - the next attempt to finally close the 2021 World Cup start.
(ck / dpa)
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