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Cortina d'Ampezzo (dpa) - The German ski racer Alexander Schmid only narrowly missed a medal at the World Championships in Cortina d'Ampezzo.
In the small final of the parallel event, the Allgäu slipped while on the bronze course and had to admit defeat to the Swiss Loic Meillard.
The 26-year-old was one of the strongest drivers of the day, but finished the knockout competition in a thankless fourth place.
Gold went to Mathieu Faivre from France, who won the final against Filip Zubcic (Croatia).
This means that the German team in the Dolomites has three silver medals from Romed Baumann (Super-G), Kira Weidle (Downhill) and Andreas Sander (Downhill).
«I knew I had to go“ all in ”.
I took the risk, tried it and I can't blame myself, ”said Schmid on ARD.
"That happens, nothing helps."
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The last injured Stefan Luitz had convinced in the qualification in fourth - in the round of 16 he lost against Zubcic.
"I'm glad I can stand here again," he said.
But he was annoyed that he missed a key point and left.
Linus Straßer was eliminated in the quarter-finals against Meillard because he also made a mistake in the second run.
The man from Munich was "very satisfied" due to his training deficit.
In the women's category, gold went to Marta Bassino, who won the first medal for the Italian hosts.
She prevailed against Katharina Liensberger from Austria in the final.
Bronze went to Tessa Worley from France.
As the only German starter in the knockout round, Andrea Filser was eliminated in the round of 16 against local hero Federica Brignone.
Lena Dürr and the only 17-year-old Emma Aicher had missed the qualification in the morning on another racing slope.
The parallel event, which is completed with giant slalom skis, was part of a world championship for the first time.
The team competition, also held as a parallel race, follows on Wednesday.
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