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As always this winter at the Alpine World Cup, Tuesday night is all about sport; the coronavirus pandemic will give the enlightened race a family charm. Last year, in front of 38,000 spectators, Norwegian Henrik Kristoffersen, currently struggling to maintain his form, won his fourth night race ahead of current World Cup leader Alexis Pinturault (FRA) and Swiss Daniel Yule.
For the Austrians it was a bitter defeat with Michael Matt in 15th place after Black led at halftime. Meanwhile, the Carinthian have matured, are more confident and wind through the winter with impressive consistency. He won the Adelboden race, at Flachau he was third and second, the worst result this winter was ninth at Madonna.
Everything ready for the night race in Schladming
Next Tuesday the next classic of the Ski World Cup will be the Night Race in Schladming. The Austrian slalom team would like to show their current strong form at Planai.
“Fully motivated again”
“The slalom season has worked very well so far, the next highlight is now Schladming. It is a very special race. You have to attack the slope from top to bottom, of course I want to be up front again, ”said Schwarz. After Flachau’s doppelganger, he took a five-day snow break and cleared his head with physical therapy, conditioning, and strength units. “Now I am fully motivated again and hungry to ski and run again,” he said while training at the Ganslernhang in Kitzbühel.
Black not only impresses with consistently good results, it also shows strength in all conditions. “It has gone in a very good direction this year. During the preparation we skied a lot and on very different slopes. Not only on ice, licked, but also on rough surfaces. That helped me to be able to compete for victory in all kinds of circumstances. “
Feller trusts the attack
In the discipline standings, Black is 65 points ahead of Feller, so in practice he dares to look sideways. “The main focus is on me, that my ski fits. But when you have the biggest competitors on your own team, you have to look a little left and right, ”said Schwarz. That does not hurt in any case, because the speed in Feller is correct, as he demonstrated in Flachau with his first success in the World Cup.
“There are a lot of steep doors in Schladming, but there are hardly any transitions. It’s packed to attack, ”said Feller, who sees about the“ twenty people in the circus ”who can get on the podium. It hadn’t really worked for him at Schladming so far (6/2017 and 8/2018), in the end they were skiing bugs. “I try to learn from mistakes and then implement that.”
Trust with Matt too
Michael Matt is currently ninth in the Slalom World Cup, who has had a mixed season so far and has two fourth places as his best performances. “I recently tried something, it worked very well, now we have to automate it,” said the Tyrolean, who is happy with the tight January schedule. “It’s good that there isn’t too much time in between. The more consecutive starts you have, the easier it will be to run. “
Flachau, fifth after the second half of the time, appears Fabio Gstrein, who has queued for a ticket for the World Cup train. “That was a good result. So I have to keep working to find myself often in situations where something good can be seen ”. From Tuesday to Sunday there are again three races waiting. “It will be quite stressful, we will manage, then there will be a little time anyway, then we will see how it goes.”
