First ski wins for Veronika and Johannes Aigner

Austria’s paraski aces presented themselves in top form at the start of the new World Cup season. At the start in St. Moritz, Veronika and Johannes Aigner each celebrated a victory in the giant slalom. Barbara Aigner completes a strong ÖSV result with third place.

Among the visually impaired women, Veronika Aigner (with guide and sister Elisabeth) set the fastest time in both runs and distanced the second-placed Italian Chiara Mazzel by 1.90 seconds. Third was sister Barbara Aigner with guide Klara Sykora (+5.05).

Superior victory for Johannes Aigner

Johannes Aigner dominated the field of visually impaired men with guide Matteo Fleischmann. In the end, the Lower Austrian had a lead of 6.33 seconds over Frenchman Hyacinthe Deleplace. Pole Michal Golas (+6.70) came in third.

Nico Pajantschitsch, the best Austrian, took seventh place in the standing men. He is 6.48 seconds behind the winner Arthur Bauchet from France. Markus Salcher was eleventh (+9.13), Thomas Grochar was eliminated in the first round.

In St. Moritz there are still three slalom competitions on the program from Friday to Sunday.

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