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Just five days after her first World Cup victory, Michelle Gisin (27) finished third on the podium at the Zagreb (Kro) slalom. Another great result. And you wonder: Why has Michelle Gisin been driving so hard since the beginning of winter like never before? One of the pieces of the puzzle is your state of mind. He is head free, he has fun, he does not think too much. It sounds easy, but it is not. There are many details involved, including the music you listen to before the start. “Before this season, I made a very specific playlist that I hear from the moment I go up the mountain,” says Gisin. “Then something builds up in me. Music helps me clear my mind. “
Ready to fly high with the music
But what does Gisin hear just before the start? More recently, when she won in Semmering, Austria, she was seen dancing with earplugs. «For some time it is the song Shake Away by Michael Patrick Kelly. In the live version, that’s important, ”reveals the Engelberg native. The pop song starts off slowly, but then rises to a distinctive chorus. “It’s just perfect,” Gisin raves about the song by the Irish-American singer who became famous in the 1990s with the band Kelly Family.
In Zagreb, Gisin walks through doors as beautifully as Michael Patrick Kelly sings. Already in the first race he puts a lot of pressure on the accelerator and shows a good ride with fog, more degrees and light rain – 3rd place He risks a lot, but never threatens to fail. No wonder: in the last 46 (!) Slalom races, Gisin always passed. “I am very confident in myself,” she says. This is also evident in passage 2. Gisin shakes off, shoots a few bucks like winner Petra Vlhova (Svk) and second Katharina Liensberger (Austria). “It was impossible to pass through here completely clean. The snow was full of salt, like in spring, a real detour, ”says Gisin.
“I wish I had won this crown”
However, there is a disappointment: Gisin is only 22 hundredths short of victory. It would have been possible with one or two fewer mistakes. “On the one hand, today I fulfilled a childhood dream. Because I used to watch the Zagreb slaloms and Janica Kostelic and Tanja Poutiainen duels on TV. They were fascinating. “On the other hand, Gisin admits that his accumulation is the worst 22 hundredths he has ever lost in his life.” I would have loved to have the crown that Petra won today, “said Gisin.
Mikaela Shiffrin (USA) came in fourth. This means that the former dominator missed the 100th podium of her career. Wendy Holdener (27) ranks sixth. He has definitely lost his number 1 status on the Swiss slalom team to Gisin. After the fibula head fracture in the fall, the Schwyzerin is six weeks away from training, you can feel that. No other Swiss woman makes it to the ranking. Camille Rast (21) is 33rd in the first race and Mélanie Meillard (22) threads. Despite the absence of injured Aline Danioth and Elena Stoffel, the Swiss-Ski zig-zag team is thin. However: while Gisin dances so well, there is little room for complaint.
