Review week 6

It had it all: Surprises, Disappointments and Favourite Victories

Hoefl-Riesch on her way to gold

In our preview of week 6 we started off with the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2013 in Schladming, Austria. After five out of eleven competitions it is fair to say, that the Austrian athletes have until now under-performed on home ground. So far they have won one medal through Nicole Hosp in the super combination, although fans and officials were expecting at least three by that time of the championships. Hopes are still up, as many Austrian athletes have finished in the top ten. On the other hand Tina Maze, as expected, won the Super-G which was a turbulent first race of the championships. Aksel Lund Svindal from Norway is now the king of alpine skiing, because he has won the men’s downhill on Saturday and has therefore been rewarded with ~ €30,000. Maria Hoefl-Riesch is the third athlete to mention, since she has won the super combination and came in third at today’s downhill. Each of these athletes has so far won two medals making them the most successful competitors by now.

Preview week 6 - It’s all about winter sports and soccer!?

The Queen of this Championship?

The first week of February has a lot to offer, if you are interested in sport events. The week starts off with the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2013 in Schladming, Austria and is scheduled until the 17^th of February. The first discipline, the Super-G, will already show if the favourites of this season, Tina Maze and Marcel Hirscher, can live up to the expectations. Certainly the Super-G will be easier for Maze, but who knows what Hirscher is able to do, participating in a world championship on home ground?!

Time to celebrate again?

On Thursday, the 46th Biathlon World Championships in Nove Mesto, Czech Republic, will start. To be honest, I would bet everything I have, on that Tora Berger and Martin Fourcade will have at least one medal lying on their bedside table when they go to sleep this Sunday night. From an event point of view it will be interesting to see if Nove Mesto, which hosted the first Biathlon World Cup only last season, will be able to deliver a first class sport event.