The Ski Classics Challengers event Ring Frei, a 42km long-distance rollerski race in freestyle technique, took place today in Salzburg, Austria.

At the end of the day, the Ski Classics Challengers event saw Alexander Brandner-Egger, Speedmanggeis, and Hanna Riedl, Team Zipps, win the race with outstanding performances.

In the men’s competition, the winner was Alexander Brandner-Egger, Speedmanggeis, with a total time of 1:19:29.8. Josua Strübel, Ski-Willy Marathon Team Austria, finished in second place in a tight finish, 0.9 seconds behind. Fabian Kattnig, Sportunion Rosenbach, 23.3 seconds back, completed the podium in third place. 

Top 3 Men – Ring Frei

1. Alexander Brandner-Egger, Speedmanggeis, 1:19:29.8
2. Josua Strübel, Ski-Willy Marathon Team Austria, 1:19:30.7
3. Fabian Kattnig, Sportunion Rosenbach, 1:19:53.1

In the women’s race, Hanna Riedl, Team Zipps, with a time of 1:37:08.8, won ahead of Anna Schmidhofer, Ski-Willy Marathon Team Austria, in second place. 

Top 2 Women – Ring Frei

1. Hanna Riedl, Team Zipps, 1:37:08.8
2. Anna Schmidhofer, Ski-Willy Marathon Team Austria, 1:40:07.2

As Ring Frei is a Ski Classics Challengers event, Pro Team registered athletes could collect points for the Ski Classics Champion and Youth competitions in their respective gender.

Complete results of Ring Frei can be found here, and a list of the upcoming Challengers events you can check on skiclassics.com.  

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