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“I am not a psychologist.” Christian Mitter, head coach of the Austrian ski ladies, looked lost after the Super-G World Cup in Val d’Isere yesterday. Verena Tippler was the best of her team in 14th place. You have to go a long way back to find an equally sobering result in Super-G. On March 13, 1997, Alexandra Meissnitzer was the best Austrian in 16th place in Vail. Yesterday’s winner, Ester Ledecka, also looked blank. “I had a bad start to the day and not a good warm-up. The descent did not feel good. But apparently it was not so bad,” said the Czech, who won ahead of the Swiss Corinne Suter and the Italian Federica Brignone.
In the Austrian countryside, after the serious fall of Nicole Schmidhofer on Friday, the image of herself seems to have been lost. Mitter: “That’s really disappointing. We have to see the self-image come back, that they tackle the issue wholeheartedly and have the confidence to do so.” In the two descents there were at least three top-ten finishes with ranks five for Nina Ortlieb and seven for Tippler on Friday and six for Ramona Siebenhofer on Saturday. Tippler noticed the loss of substance yesterday; After his severe Covid-19 illness, he now has two training sessions and three runs on his legs in five days. “What would I do differently? I would prepare differently, but that cannot be changed. I have decided that I see it a little more neutral in terms of locations and I look more at performance,” said the Styrian. he was unable to train for five weeks. There were many good things, but of course there was room for improvement. “Technically it fits well.”
Schmidhofer is out
Nicole Schmidhofer suffered a “complex” injury to her left knee when she fell in the World Cup relegation in Val d’Isere, according to the ÖSV broadcast. She was operated on yesterday in Graz. For the 31-year-old Styrian, the season is over. The ÖSV speaks of a “longer break than expected”. In 2016, Schmidhofer had already suffered serious injuries to the ligaments in his right knee.
