Hug after hug pours over Janosch Klaus, autographs are demanded of the Swiss downhill hopeful, selfies are taken after it is clear: Klaus is second, celebrating his first podium in the World Cup and in front of a home crowd. "Mega", he then says. Nowhere else would he have his family with him and everyone would be here. A perfect place to climb onto the podium for the first time, with fifth place being the best result so far.

"Yes, it's great, but I also know where I left the 0.4 seconds," he then says. In a new bend around a stone field, he gets stuck on a stone in the upper section, loses his line and comes off the pedal.
He loses half a second, at least. But he manages the rest very well. "I forgot a bit about pedaling in the qualifying, when it's so important here. I kept reminding myself of that. I was well on the limit," reports Klaus.

He was aware that he could achieve a strong result in Lenzerheide. "But I wouldn't have dared to hope that it would turn out like this," admits Klaus.
World Cup leader Thibaut Daprela from France does him a favor and gets a puncture. However, at this point he is already two tenths of a second behind Klaus, who has obviously managed a very strong run after the one mistake. "That bodes well for the world championships, the track in Mont Sainte Anne suits me too," says Klaus, looking ahead.

World champion Valentina Holl from Austria dominated the junior women's race after suffering a defeat in Val di Sole last week. She won by 29.6 seconds ahead of France's Nastasia Gimenez and 31.1 seconds ahead of Anna Newkirk from the USA, who lives in Switzerland, putting her in a class of her own.

However, the winner of Val di Sole, Norway's Mille Johnset, is not at the start. She crashed heavily in training on Friday and was taken to hospital. She is spared any major injuries, but is still unable to ski.

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