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After the wind has turned into a killjoy in the giant slalom, the slalom will take place on Tuesday (3:15 / 6:30 pm, live on ORF1) in Semmering in better condition. After a one-day race in 2018, the competition will be held again as a lighting event. While Bernadette Schild is not after another cruciate ligament tear, Katharina Gallhuber is there for the first time on the “Magic Mountain”. Probably the best ÖSV plate in the home race is Katharina Liensberger after two places on the podium.
Vorarlbergerin had already topped with two third places at Levi and was always in the top seven in the most recent nine slalom. The last slalom victory for the women’s ÖSV was still on November 30, 2014 in Aspen (Nicole Hosp). “I scored the points here for the first time four years ago and I have good memories of Semmering,” Liensberger said. “Home races are always fun, even without spectators.”
The favorites to win are different, because Mikaela Shiffrin (19) or Petra Vlhova (9) won the 28 most recent slalom. The American against the Slovak, who won both slaloms at Levi, is also called the great Gallhuber duel. “Mika is the finest skier, Petra does a lot with her body,” Gallhuber said, explaining the differences.
Gallhuber fights for an uptrend
Gallhuber herself wants to turn around on her return where she tore her cruciate ligament two years ago while preparing for the race. An “inexplicable” failure at Lienz in 2019 threw the 23-year-old Austrian down upon his return from the track.
“From this moment on he has bought my guts a bit. Since then, I haven’t been as aggressive in the beginning as I used to be, “said the third-placed Olympian in 2018.” That was a new situation for me, because until then it had always been uphill. So the last time was not easy for me. “
“Be patient and calm”
Now this low level must be overcome. Gallhuber has contested the European Cup races and the International Ski Federation (FIS) races between the Levi slaloms (failure and 22nd place), the parallel race in Lech / Zürs (40th) and Semmering, and hopes that the famous switch can be launched as soon as possible. .
“I have to be patient, be calm and keep working. Every race is an opportunity ”. Gallhuber is also encouraged by the good performance of her teammates. “That helps to see where you are standing. It’s good that our girls are at the forefront. My goal is to get there again. “
