Czech skier Romana Labounkova defended her title at the Four-Cross World Championships in Val di Sole. The only Swiss starter, Saskia Lack, finished sixth. In the men's event, Romain Mayet succeeded his absent compatriot Quentin Derbier. The Swiss were eliminated in the quarter-finals, including Lutz Weber, who qualified for the round of 16 with the second-best qualifying time.

Despite the cool temperatures, the four-cross course in Commezzadura is completely lined with spectators on Friday evening. However, the crowd's support is of little use to the Swiss.

There are only ten women at the start, with Saskia Lack qualifying in sixth place. However, she was eliminated in the semi-finals by defending champion Romana Labounkova and silver medal winner Natasha Bradley (Gbr).
In the small final, Lack finished second behind Anna Newkirk from the USA and thus retained her qualifying place.

In the men's singles, Lutz Weber got caught in the quarter-finals. After second place in qualifying, Weber had certainly hoped for more, but he was already up against the eventual world champion Romain Mayet and the Slovenian Urban Rotnik also proved to be too strong. Weber ends up in ninth place.
Samuel Willimann (20th) and Felix Klee (18th) are already stuck in the round of 16.

Favorite and qualifying winner Tomas Slavik from the Czech Republic once again fails to translate his qualities into a World Championship title this year. He crashed in the semi-final and had to settle for fifth place in the small final.
Romain Mayet, on the other hand, only finished tenth in the qualifying round and took the title for the first time ahead of Elliot Heap from Great Britain and Felix Beckemann from Sweden, the 2017 title winner.