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“We have to be happy that we are competing,” emphasized Adelboden winner Marco Schwarz, who followed the development of race venues and approaches in the media and was relatively relaxed about it. Because you couldn’t change it anyway, said the Carinthian. Be prepared for postponements this season, he said. “You have to be spontaneous in the business, it didn’t bother me.”
Of course, it’s a shame about Wengen and Kitzbühel, one of their favorite races. “But Flachau will definitely be two good races at home, albeit without spectators. And that we can do our job cannot be taken for granted, ”said Schwarz, 25. The flatter terrain should be suitable for him. “It will be exciting, you have to push smart and accelerate.” The last time skiers did that on the Hermann Maier World Cup track in December 2011, when Croatian Ivica Kostelic won the slalom.
Shoveling snow instead of training
The ÖSV technical aces really wanted to prepare for the races at Kitzbühel in Going. However, due to the CoV cases in the region, these cannot be carried out as planned.
Feller feels sorry for “two great tracks”
The numerous changes to the show didn’t cause Feller any problems either. “But Kitzbühel will no longer exist, Wengen will no longer have a steep slope. And now we have Flachau and two fairytale meadows and then another fairytale meadow in Chamonix. It’s like that anyway, but of course we would have liked to take the two great tracks with us, that’s part of the World Cup. He has never trained there. “But I know it is Hermann’s route, from where we will try.”
When suddenly it was said that Kitzbühel would have two slaloms at once, he thought that two Kitzbühel would mean a double chance. “It’s also really cool, one day I’ll cleverly lower it and finally get to take my suede. Then everything fell apart a bit. On the other hand, in our situation we just have to be happy that we can do our jobs and have careers. And that things are going so fast in Austria that another organizer intervenes ”. At times like these, you have to see the positive.
“Happy to run”
Because in the current situation, one wonders why the English “bring new things” during times of confinement. The Tyrolean was referring to the alleged mutation of the coronavirus that occurred in Jochberg and the discussion about British nationals who completed a ski instructor training there. “What does a Viennese think he has to sit in his apartment at home?” He is grateful that he can do his job for as long as possible. “We are privileged. If the whole thing no longer works because it is no longer justifiable, it should be accepted. “
Michael Matt, fourth at Adelboden, was also not “influenced” by the processes. “We have to be happy to be able to drive the races. I’ve never been there, but what you see on TV is that the terrain is moderately steep, then flatter and there are waves inside. I think it is a casual slope ”. Flachau is a fixed point in the Women’s World Cup, on Tuesday American Mikaela Shiffrin won the night slalom ahead of Katharina Liensberger from Vorarlberg and Wendy Holdener from Switzerland. Men’s races take place on Saturdays and Sundays.
