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The record of the Austrian Ski Association (ÖSV) as organizational guardian of the opening of the World Cup in Sölden is positive, but after two unexpectedly tough defeats, there is a hangover.
2:52 pm, October 19, 2020
The giant slalom is a mega construction site, but that is not only clear from Sunday. Also the new technical team Michael pircher he couldn’t “do a miracle,” said the boss Andreas Puelacher firmly. So only the keywords hope and hard work remain. Stefan brennsteiner as the best rider of ÖSV 17, with the women of Saturday 15, 17 and 19 were seen by Katharina Truppe Stephanie brunner Y Ramona Siebenhofer outside. The Sölden weekend was a vacuum grip that is particularly painful. “You have to look the facts in the eye. We are not part of the giant right now, the competition is just better than us,” said men’s race director Andreas Puelacher.
“We will have to be content with small partial successes,” said the group manager Pircher, describing the situation that awaits us in the coming months. Anyone holding on to the ones in charge in the meantime Roland leitinger I listened to the one in the first round before his failure before the second after Marco Odermatt lay, he realized how small the buns to be baked on the giant slalom are currently.
“Leitinger was fast on the road, Brennsteiner naturally wanted to score points today, but he drove relatively well,” said the ÖSV president. Peter Schröcksnadel Be forgiving. “I’m sure they can go fast, they showed it at the top. They just didn’t take him down. But I’m sure they can.” A tender hope is Manuel Feller, that he was absent from Sölden due to his back problems, which had increased again during the confinement. The same goes for Black Frame, so the start of the season was eaten at halftime after a completely disorderly streak (39th).
Expected guarantees of success
It is basically clear that Marcel hirscher covered a lot and diverted media attention from the dark side of their hits. From 2010 to 2019, when the Salzburg Superman was established at the World Cup, there was only one more victory for ÖSV at the World Cup level (Philipp Schörghofer 2011 at Hinterstoder) and a good dozen other podiums.
Since I said goodbye ton Hans Pum Acting Sports Director Anton Giger has recognized the problem and installed a new team of coaches, with former Hirscher Pircher coach and Hirscher-Papa Ferdinand as a guarantor of the expected success. However, they will need time because their approach is fundamentally involved, that is, with the swing technique.
It is a fact that alpine skiing is becoming more and more specialized. Overall winner of the World Cup Alexander Aamodt Fountain Y Alexis Pinturault but he managed to obtain the best results in three disciplines. Swiss Odermatt and Kilde’s compatriot Lucas Braathen can be trusted to do so in the future. And in Braathen the question inevitably arises how the comparatively modest alpine section of the Norwegian Ski Federation, in contrast to the ÖSV machinery, manages to create a mega talent every five years.
There are many approaches to discussion. Former ÖSV riders whisper behind closed doors that the Austrians are missing the internal competition. In times of Hermann Maier, Stephan Eberharter and Co. already knew during training where they were in an international comparison, because the performance density on the team was so high. “It gets you more used to racing, then it doesn’t scare you,” said a former asset. Athletes today are surprised in racing because they are not completely challenged in small group training.
However, it should be countered that the time trials are very well directed against athletes from other teams. “Compared to international competition, the training performance was good. So we expected more,” said Puelacher in Sölden, noting that the Norwegians and Slovenes are a good match. Zan Kranjec have practiced. In addition, the runners of Marko Pfeifer’s technical group – such as Schwarz and Feller – or the sprinters reinforce their positions Matthias mayer Y Vincent Kriechmayr the core force RTL.
Immediately the only thing left for the contenders for the red-white-red giant slalom is the certainty that the road is still long. “I will continue to work hard on myself,” promised Brennsteiner. “If you go down a second faster each time, you are two seconds faster, then it won’t be long. But that’s only possible if I’ve crossed the finish line several races.” Brennsteiner was 1.98 seconds behind neo-winner Braathen on Sunday.
