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The missed training comparison makes Shiffrin, who will drive the first race after 300 days, cautious in her forecast. “I know that I can do many good deeds. I had an incredible preparation at Copper Mountain. I had enough days of training that I felt like I can run and feel strong, ”said the 25-year-old. The six-time slalom ball winner had to hand it over to Petra Vlhova of Slovakia last season because she hadn’t been in a race since late January after her father’s death.
The Austrian women have been waiting for a slalom victory at Aspen through Nicole Hosp since November 2014, but last season was the most successful since then with three third places. Racing director Christian Mitter says his team is “in a good mood.” “It’s not that we’re going to celebrate a six-point win, but it looks pretty good.” The false start with 15th place as the best place in the World Cup giant slalom in Sölden is marked. “We are better at slalom. The starting position is quite good, I hope we have learned from last year. “
Slalom-Damen and Levi am Start
After the unsuccessful first match of the World Cup in Sölden, Austria’s coaches are hoping for an improvement in Levi’s two slalom. For almost six years, the ÖSV has been waiting for victory in this women’s discipline.
Mitter does not dare to make an international assessment because the many classic gatherings did not take place due to the coronavirus. There were also no training courses abroad in New Zealand or South America. “It is very difficult to say what steps he has taken. We are very well positioned and we will see if we can get to the top. “
Troop aiming for the third podium
Troop defends last year’s third place in Levi behind Shiffrin and Switzerland’s Wendy Holdener. It was the first podium of his career. At Kranjska Gora, also the last race of the season, he let another follow behind Vlhova and Holdener. “It is a different situation to return to a slope where you celebrated your first podium. You are already at the beginning with more tension. But I won’t push myself anymore, I have to take it easy, ”said Carinthian, who has returned to the podium as her goal.
Two runs means two chances, depending on how you performed in the first, you can make adjustments in the second. “A good start would be important to create a good feeling that you can find the flow,” said Truppe. With good results in the slalom, he could be better in the giant slalom. Because even though she was the best placed ÖSV racer in Sölden at 15th, that felt “really terrible.” “We still have the whole season to show that we can do better.”
Liensberger consistently scores
Liensberger was the most consistent ÖSV slalom racer last winter, she was in the top seven in all six races and in Zagreb she was third on the podium. All in all, this resulted in third place in the special ranking. They are said to have good training results.
“It is always a question of interpretation. But when I have good careers, then I am fast. I wanted to show four solid ski races at Levi. “Stand on your skis with fun, good feeling and confidence and give it your all.” Others are favorites.
Return of the shield
Bernadette Schild will contest her first slalom following a torn cruciate ligament in Sölden in October 2019. In 2018, she was the third person to make peace with Levi’s tracks, in seven previous competitions she had only scored 17 in 2017. “Levi It’s definitely not my favorite track just because I was on the podium once. But I have shown that I can do it. And I hope I have noticed how it works. It feels good and drives very easily. By the way, Levi’s last winner for Austria was his sister Marlies Schild in 2010.
Anna Swenn-Larsson, among others, who was fifth in the last slalom season, is absent on the weekend. After a coach tested positive for Covid-19, the entire Swedish team had to be quarantined. Unlike the opening of the World Cup in Sölden and next week’s side races in Lech / Zürs, spectators are also allowed in Levi.
