Esther Bottomley has put in one of her best finals performances in Europe, making the podium in the Austrian Sprint Championships in Saalfelden.
Esther Bottomley has put in one of her best finals performances in Europe, making the podium in the Austrian Sprint Championships in Saalfelden. Bottomley finished third behind Barbara Feichtner, Austria's only female World Cup skier, and Katerina Smutna, who represented the Czech Republic at the last World Championships.
Bottomley and KT Calder qualified third and fifth in the
1km time trial of the FIS event on cold dry snow, and both made it through to the semi-finals without difficulty. Calder was knocked out in her semi-final, then went on to take third place in the B-Final.
In the A-Final Bottomley came up against Feichtner, Smutna, and Michaela Hierschlager of Austria, and in a tightly-contested race, she claimed her highest placing in a FIS race in Europe and her first bronze medal.
(Story with the assistance of The XC Files).
Bottomley and KT Calder qualified third and fifth in the
1km time trial of the FIS event on cold dry snow, and both made it through to the semi-finals without difficulty. Calder was knocked out in her semi-final, then went on to take third place in the B-Final.
In the A-Final Bottomley came up against Feichtner, Smutna, and Michaela Hierschlager of Austria, and in a tightly-contested race, she claimed her highest placing in a FIS race in Europe and her first bronze medal.
(Story with the assistance of The XC Files).
