The start of this year’s World Cup winter promises to be extremely exciting. The FIS Freeski World Cup Stubai kicks off the slopestyle season during an Olympic winter. For many athletes it\u2019s also an opportunity to secure a ticket to Beijing 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The event\u2019s success over the last few years and the popularity of Snowpark Stubai Zoo among the athletes once again guarantees a first-class international starting field. Starting October 25, some of the world’s best athletes are already romping about on the glacier in order to ensure that they\u2019re optimally prepared for this important opening stop. The Stubai Prime Park Sessions, which will take place starting from the 20th of October, offer the perfect conditions for finishing touches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n At their \u201chome game,\u201d the best male and female freeskiers from Austria will be competing for the last tickets to the Olympic Games in Beijing next February, in addition to important World Cup points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Austrian men\u2019s team, including Lukas M\u00fcllauer<\/strong> from Salzburg, Samuel Baumgartner<\/strong> from Upper Austria, Julius Forer<\/strong> from Vorarlberg, the Styrian Luis Resch<\/strong>, and the Tyroleans Hannes Rudigier<\/strong> and David Wolf<\/strong>, naturally want to show off their top form at their home World Cup. Rounding out the Austrian men’s squad are the two young talents Daniel Bacher<\/strong> and Matej Svancer<\/strong>, who narrowly failed to make it to the final with 16th place at his first World Cup appearance last year on the Stubai Glacier. For Bacher, the local hero born and bred in Stubaital, it\u2019s especially significant to participate in a World Cup in what\u2019s essentially his living room. Having ranked 20th at his World Cup debut there a year ago, he\u2019s already proven that he has a lot in him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n The women\u2019s competition also offers lots of excitement from an Austrian point of view, as the two Tyroleans Lara Wolf<\/strong> (Paznauntal) and local heroine Laura Wallner<\/strong> won’t miss the chance to reach into their bag of tricks and fly the flag for their home country. Both made it into the top 20 at their home World Cup last year, a showing they\u2019ll be looking exceed this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n International elite at the starting blocks<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Of course, the big names in the scene won’t miss out on the world cup kick-off in Tyrol during an Olympic winter, as there are still a few Olympic tickets up for grabs. Those who made it on the Stubai podium in 2020 \u2013 last year’s winner Andri Ragettli<\/strong> from Switzerland (World Champion Slopestyle 2021 and 2-time X-Games winner), the two Norwegians Christian Nummedal<\/strong> (Big-Air World Cup Overall winner 2018) and Ferdinand Dahl<\/strong> (Silver 2021 and Bronze 2019 X-Games in Slopestyle) \u2013 are already registered, along with the Norwegian’s teammate Birk Ruud<\/strong> (Big-Air World Cup Overall winner 2020).<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n Also featuring on the provisional starting lineup is 2018\u2019s winner Henrik Harlaut<\/strong> (8-time X-Games winner) from Sweden, and his compatriots Jesper Tjader<\/strong> (World Cup Slopestyle Overall winner 2014) and Oliwer Magnusson<\/strong> (World Champion Big Air 2021). This top rider lineup guarantees an exciting fight for the podium. However, the overseas competition is also interesting, as first entries from top riders from the USA have also been submitted; this includes Alex Hall<\/strong>, 3-time X-Games winner, Nick Goepper<\/strong>, Olympic runner-up 2018, 4-time X-Games winner, and Colby Stevenson<\/strong>, X-Games winner Slopestyle 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The same applies to the women\u2019s competition: in 2020, it was France’s Tess Ledeux<\/strong> (multiple World Champion and X-Games winner) who grabbed a hold of victory in an extremely exciting competition. She\u2019ll be starting at Stubai Glacier, along with the then runner-up, Johanne Killi<\/strong> (X-Games winner Slopestyle 2017) from Norway. Additionally, the young exceptional talents Ailing Eileen Gu<\/strong> from China (third-place Stubai 2020, dominated 2021 World Championships and X-Games) and Kelly Sildaru<\/strong> (5-time X-Games winner, World Champion Halfpipe 2019, Stubai World Cup winner 2018) from Estonia will prove their skills again on the Stubai Glacier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There could be another extremely close fight for jury points this year thanks to the nomination of additional top athletes; among others, the German Alia Delia Eichinger<\/strong>, as well as the American Caroline Claire<\/strong> who placed third in 2017, will start. They\u2019ll have to deal with an especially strong women\u2019s showing from Switzerland, as Mathilde Gremaud<\/strong> (Olympic runner-up 2018 and 3-time X-Games winner), as well as her compatriots Giulia Tanno<\/strong> (Big-Air World Cup Overall winner 2020) and Olympic winner and X-Games winner 2018, Sarah H\u00f6fflin<\/strong>, should be high in the ranks for potential top riders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Freeski action at its best is on the agenda again from November 17 to 20 at the legendary Snowpark Stubai Zoo at Stubai Glacier, to the delight of organizers and athletes alike. At this stop, part of an extraordinary winter season, the world’s freeski elite will gather at Gaiskarferner for the fifth time to collect the first important points for the World Cup ranking on the pro-line. Sitting at over 3,000 meters, the glacier offers participants the perfect setup around a unique snow park from the very beginning of the season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Preliminary PROGRAM FIS FREESKI WORL CUP STUBAI 2021*<\/strong> *Program subject to change<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Slopestyle\u2019s World Cup opener at Stubai Glacier from November 17 to 20, 2021 marks the start of the Olympic season The \u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":48,"featured_media":129630,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"region":[],"coauthors":[214],"class_list":["post-129643","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-unkategorisiert"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n![\"FIS-Freeski-World-Cup-Stubai_2020_1__Andreas_Vigl\"](\"https:\/\/presse.tirol.at\/app\/uploads\/2021\/10\/FIS-Freeski-World-Cup-Stubai_2020_1__Andreas_Vigl-1024x683.jpg\")
Host team wants to score on home soil<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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Exciting battles for the season’s first titles<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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