Downhill, combined and super-G.
In these disciplines, the German championships for alpine skiers were held on the Kandahar.
Simon Jocher from SC Garmisch is among the new title winners.
Garmisch-Partenkirchen -
There are always different prices at sporting events.
Sure, the obligatory bouquet of flowers is the most popular variant of the organizers.
With flowers, money fights for first place in prices.
But sometimes there is more than just something for the eye or for the wallet.
Sometimes you can win a car, sometimes an expensive watch, sometimes a vacation, sometimes other prizes.
At the Alpine German Championships, which were now being held in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, the winners received a bicycle.
Simon Jocher (SC Garmisch) achieved a victory in the DM, the combination.
However, he took a new touring backpack home with him.
Dominik Schwaiger (almost) unbeatable on the descent
“It's a shame, I would have liked to have had a bike,” Jocher admits with a smile.
Only the winners in the Super-G and the Downhill were allowed to jump on the new bike.
In these disciplines, the SCG athlete missed first place despite his favorite status'.
The 24-year-old had made one mistake on the Kandahar.
In the Super-G on the Tröglhang, on the descent right after the start.
“It pushed me too far, which made me lose speed.” Jocher could live with second place in the downhill, because the winner had a creamy day and is on the same level as the native Schongauer anyway.
We're talking about Dominik Schwaiger.
“His journey was almost unbeatable,” Jocher praised his teammate.
In the Super-G, however, the mistake cost Jocher the victory and thus the bike.
“There would have been more.” He was fourth, just 0.16 seconds behind the winner.
Third place went to the Austrian Otmar Striedinger, the Swiss Lukas Zippert came in second.
At the top of the podium was Schwaiger again, who secured bike number two with it.
Bastian Meisen follows Simon Jocher in the combination
In the combination, there was no way around Jocher.
His lead over the Super-G was enough to keep the specialists in slalom at a distance.
His fiercest opponent in the station wagon actually wanted to "drive him in the face", but Bastian Meisen - also from SC Garmisch - did not quite succeed.
Nevertheless, he was quite satisfied with his performance in the combination.
Mainly because he grabbed silver and set the second fastest time in the slalom.
Only Stefan Luitz, the newly crowned bronze medal winner with the team at the World Cup, was 0.34 seconds faster.
In the final accounts, Luitz landed in fourth place.
Meisen's start in the Super-G was less successful because he didn't see the finish line despite starting number one.
“They let the inexperienced technician down first,” jokes the 24-year-old.
His overall conclusion is nevertheless a positive one, even if he had to find out that “the speed people are still on the road a bit more often in the disciplines” and he couldn't quite keep up with their times.
Kira Weidle the measure of all things for women
In the women's competition, none of the other athletes could keep up with Kira Weidle.
The World Cup silver medalist lived up to her favorite status.
Like Schwaiger with the men, Weidle took home two bicycles.
“Kira didn’t drive the last furrow”, reports Markus Anwander, head of the Federal Alpin Base in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.
But that is also good with a DM if the younger and less experienced drivers are not immensely behind.
One of them is Nadine Kapfer from SC Garmisch.
What she narrowly missed in the downhill with fourth place, she succeeded in the combination: a place on the podium.
Kapfer secured bronze despite frozen toes.
“It wasn't that funny, because they were pretty dark,” says Anwander.
But the 21-year-old persevered, finishing fifth in an FIS race and eighth in the Super-G.
The other good news: "The toes can stay on," says the base manager.
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Kira Weidle receives a bike each for her victories in the Super-G and in the downhill.
© PETER KORNATZ
Convincing junior athletes from SC Garmisch
He was also very impressed by Luis Vogts (SCG) services.
The 19-year-old celebrated his birthday on Sunday and presented himself with the junior title in the downhill.
Vogt's club colleague Maximilian Schwarz (downhill silver at the DJM) was also convincing, "even if he still had some room for improvement," emphasizes Anwander.
"The two have shown again that they are promising talents."
The mass of young skiers is missing
The overall conclusion of the base manager is extremely positive: The Kandahar presented itself from its best side, was also praised by many athletes and the results of the Werdenfels athletes were extremely appealing. The only drawback: the small number of young skiers. “There is no mass at the back. I'm a little jealous of other nations like Italy, Austria and Switzerland. They have a lot more younger skiers. But it's no use, we just have to make the best of the few talents. "
