From a German point of view, the World Ski Championships in Cortina d'Ampezzo are sensational.
A German is included in the men's combination - the race in the live ticker.
In alpine skiing it suddenly runs like clockwork: the DSV * athletes have already won three medals in Cortina.
Simon Jocher is the only German to compete in the combination.
We'll be accompanying the men's race on Monday from 11.15 a.m. in the live ticker.
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Cortina d'Ampezzo - Nobody would have expected that: After four competitions at the Alpine World Ski Championships in Cortina, the German Ski Association has won three silver medals.
A German team * has not been that successful for a long time.
Alpine boss Wolfgang Maier described the silver successes of Romed Baumann in the Super-G and Kira Weidle and Andreas Sander in the descent as an “absolute sensation”.
Maria Höfl-Riesch won the last German World Cup medal eight years ago.
A strong, success-hungry team seems to be growing up in the speed disciplines.
Alpine skiing: World Cup in Cortina - Jocher the only DSV starter in the combination
The team also includes Simon Jocher, who will be the only German to start in the combination on Monday.
The 24-year-old Garmischer has stalked his way up to the top of the world in the past two years, even if it wasn't enough for the very front.
After all, he surprised in downhill training three days ago in second place - now he is trying his hand at the combination of Super-G and slalom.
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World Ski Championships in Cortina: Combined World Championships for the last time?
Jocher is one of the clear outsiders.
Frenchman Alexis Pinturault is the favorite to win the station wagon.
In Cortina * there is a novelty this year: For the first time, there is no downhill run in the combination, but a Super-G.
The competition is viewed increasingly critically because there are fewer and fewer all-rounders in the World Cup.
“The combination just doesn't make sense anymore,” says DSV alpine boss Wolfgang Maier.
"The specialization is too advanced."
An abolition of the competition is discussed again and again.
It is quite possible that a world champion in the discipline will be crowned one last time in Cortina.
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