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If necessary, the slalom ball must be brought from the Austrian men’s warehouse with combined forces. Marco Schwarz’s advantage in the classification of the discipline with 146 points over the Swiss Ramon Zenhäusern and 184 over the Norwegian Sebastian Foss-Solevaag is comfortable. In the event Carinthian is disabled by his back pain in Sunday’s World Cup goal race in Kranjska Gora (9.30am / 12.30pm / ORF 1 live), his teammates promise to stand behind him.
Black had to skip the giant slalom on Saturday because when he was running he realized that he still couldn’t put any real pressure on the skis. “I’d rather drive one 100 percent race than two 50 percent races,” Schwarz added Saturday for tactical reasons.
“It could have turned off, maybe worsened. So I recovered well, I worked with the physical therapists all day and I’m ready.” The back is fine now, injections are just the last option. “I don’t want to point to that now.”
According to slalom coach Marko Pfeifer, Schwarz was “hit on the back during slalom training in the middle of the week. Muscle that closes, it hurts and he can’t really push. In view of the combined advantage of the world champion, the coach did not believe that anything would go wrong in the ball fight. “With the advantage, Blacky can no longer take it away if he’s fit. And if the team keeps the competition at bay, then the ball comes out like this.” The form of their athletes should not be lacking, they “delivered very strong performances” in training.
“He will still collect the few points”
“The advantage is there,” Schwarz said as well. “But of course the others want that as much as I do, it’s called a full attack.” In case a shooting aid is needed, Manuel Feller also wants to do his part. “Blacky has had a tougher few days, but I think he will score some points. He does not show any nervousness, he is a little ice man. Maybe he will be fine again tomorrow, fine. Otherwise we will” to Ramón ”, assured the Tyrolean.
He himself would like to end the season with “two good slalom results”, the last races were not what he showed in the slalom. “It can’t always work. I look forward positively, the training was good. I try to ski well, then what we deserve will come out.” It is the first World Cup slalom since January 31 in Chamonix and the World Championship in Cortina, in which Carinthian Adrian Pertl won the silver medal behind Foss-Solevaag. Snowfall is announced for Sunday in Kranjska Gora.
