Unusual pictures in the World Cup. Italy hit the finish line. Literally [WIDEO]

On Wednesday, January 25, the men’s giant slalom competition took place in Schladming, Austria. The first two places were taken by representatives of Switzerland, Loic Meillard and Gino Caviezel, and the podium was completed by Marco Schwarz from Austria. The biggest star of the competition, however, was the Italian Hannes Zingerle, who took the 14th place, but in the second run delighted all the fans gathered at the finish line.

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After the first run, the Italian occupied quite a distant, 26th place. His second run was much better. Zingerle had the best split times and confidently headed towards the finish line to take the lead. On the last goal, however, he hooked his stick on the goal, after which he lost his balance.

The competitor flew into the gate at the finish line with impetus and fell on the snow. After crossing the final line, one of his skis snapped and the Italian flew into the advertising bands. After a while he got up with a slight disbelief written on his face, and then he smiled at the fans and gave a sign that nothing had happened to him.

However, the loss of balance did not prevent him from taking the lead. The Italian was the leader of the competition for a long time, and finally took the 14th place, improving by as much as 12 places.

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The leader of the general classification in P¦ is the Swiss Marco Odermatt, who collected 1186 points. Mikaela Schiffrin reigns among the ladies. The American has scored 1,517 points and on Tuesday became the biggest star in women’s alpine skiing in history. Schiffrin won the giant slalom at Kronplatz in Italy and added another win on Wednesday. Thus, he already has 84 wins in the World Cup.