Johannes Strolz is not a particularly titled skier. He has only a bronze medal at the World Junior Championships in the super-giant, and this season he was on the podium for the first time, winning a slalom competition in Adelboden, Switzerland. Now the Austrian has become the Olympic champion.
Johannes Strolz sensational Olympic champion in alpine combination
The alpine combination consists of downhill and slalom. In the downhill ride, the best was Alexander Kilde from Norway, who, however, is a weaker slalomist. He was ahead of Canadians James Crawford (+0.02 seconds) and Brodie Seger (+0.42 seconds). The fourth was Johannes Strolz (+0.75 sec.), Who was among the competitors fighting for medals.
The Austrian launched an attack in the slalom. He covered the route in just over 47.5 seconds, which was by far the best result of the day that allowed him to win the Olympic gold. The leader after the first part of the competition, Kilde, who specializes in downhill, performed surprisingly well in the slalom, but he lost 0.5 seconds to Strolz. and won the silver medal. Bronze went to Crawdord, who lost 0.68 seconds to the winner, while Seger only fell to ninth place.
It is also worth emphasizing the performance of Barnabas Szollos, who had his second slalom time. In this competition, the Israeli lost only to Strolz, which ultimately gave him a good sixth place. Only 17 competitors completed the competition. Poles did not start.
The Austrian repeated his father’s success after 34 years. Hubert Strolz also won gold in this competition
The gold of Johannes Strolz is undoubtedly his greatest achievement in his career, and this result should be considered a huge surprise. It is enough to emphasize that the 29-year-old only once was in the top “100” of the World Cup general classification at the end of the season. This beautiful story has yet another theme.
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The Austrian linked to his father’s success. Hubert Strolz at Calgary in 1988 also won the competition in this alpine combination. It was also the only Olympic gold medal for Strolz senior, although he also won a giant silver medal at the same Olympics. Johannes’s father, however, was a much more titled player.
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