At the start of the World Cup – parallel snowboarders miss the podium

Too many mistakes
Payer (formerly Schöffmann) finished fourth in the round of 16, but was eliminated in the quarterfinals after a misrun against Tsubaki Miki from Japan. The 51-year-old Riegler was narrowly defeated by Jeong Hae-rim from South Korea. In the men’s category, four ÖSV athletes made it through qualification. Alexander Payer and the reigning overall World Cup winner Karl were eliminated in the round of 16. Karl, second fastest in qualifying, lost in the ÖSV duel with Obmann and came ninth, Payer came 13th. For Prommegger the final stop was in the quarterfinals against local hero Bi Ye, while Obmann lost to Lee Sang-ho from South Korea.