Schoeffmann and Loginov on top in Scuol PGS
Jan 08, 2022·Alpine Snowboard
The FIS Snowboard Alpine World Cup was back in action on Saturday for its first race of 2022, with parallel giant slalom racing taking to the slopes of Switzerland’s Scuol resort, where Sabine Schoeffmann (AUT) and Dmitrii Loginov (RUS) claimed victories after an entertaining day of world’s best snowboard alpine racing.
For the fifth straight year, the Swiss Alps resort of Scuol hosted snowboard alpine World Cup action, and once again the organisers were up to the task, providing a perfectly prepared course while Mother Nature provided the perfect weather for the finals. With everything in place for an excellent contest the world’s best alpine snowboarders pushed it to the limit all day long, and once again the event in Scuol proved to be a big success.
In the women’s competition Sabine Schoeffmann was on a mission on Saturday as she stormed to her first victory in over 4 years. Schoeffmann started the day on a high by setting third fastest time in qualification round, before winning some exciting match-ups in the finals against the likes of Ramona Theresia Hofmeister (GER), Melanie Hochreiter (GER) and Ladina Jenny (SUI), to punch her ticket to a showdown with Julie Zogg (SUI) in the big final.
Once in the big final Schoeffmann and Zogg were going head-to-head for almost entire length of the course, before both athletes came across big problems almost simultaneously just a couple of gates before the finish line. In the end it was Schoeffmann, who managed to recover faster than her Swiss competitor and she crossed the line with a substantial margin of 1.29 to snag a huge win that will certainly give her a big boost of confidence ahead of back-to-back events on home soil in Bad Gastein and Simonhoehe next week.
With Schoeffmann in first, consequently Julie Zogg finished the competition in second place for her second consecutive top-3 finish on the venue in Scuol. It’s second spot on the podium for Zogg in 2021/22, after the Swiss rider won the opening PSL competition in Bannoye (RUS) back in December.
Completing a successful day for the Swiss Snowboard Team was Jenny Ladina, who rounded out the women’s podium in third place after edging out Caroline Langenhorst (GER) in the small final.
In PGS World Cup standing Sofiya Nadyrshina (RUS) keeps leading the way with 231 points after four events. Daniela Ulbling sits in second with 201 points, while Ladina Jenny now jumped into third place with 196 points.
The men’s portion of the competition also provided tons of entertainment for all the fans on site and those in front of their screens at home, with Dmitrii Loginov extending the winning streak for the Russian team on the venue in Scuol to four consecutive victories. With Andrey Sobolev taking top spot twice in 2019 and 2022 and Igor Sluev winning last year, it was time for Loginov to shine on the Ftaner slope in the Motta Naluns ski area.
In the afternoon’s finals Loginov faced some tough competition in the likes Oskar Kwiatkowski (POL), Andreas Prommegger (AUT) and Mirko Felicetti (ITA) on his way to the big final. Once there, last season’s PGS World Champion from Rogla faced Stefan Baumeister (GER) and it was the second time this season that this duo met in the big final matchup.
This time, however, it was the Russian rider who came on top of this final showdown, despite all the effort from the German rider. And while it all looked like it was Baumeister, who would take another victory on Saturday, he went out of the course just two gates before the finish line, leaving Loginov with his first top spot in 2021/22.
Baumeister’s second place was his third top-3 finish in the campaign.
The current PGS World Cup leader Sangho Lee (KOR) completed the men’s podium in third place, after coming victorious against Mirko Felicetti (ITA) in the small final.
With third place finish on the day Lee managed to keep his lead in the PGS standing with 280 points and now only 6 points advantage over Baumeister. Following his victory in Scuol Loginov now jumped into third place with 232 points.
The Snowboard Alpine World Cup action now moves to Austria, with back-to-back events in Bad Gastein and Simonhoehe scheduled to go down over the course of next week.
QUICK LINKS:
Scuol World Cup data page (startlists, live timing, results)
