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The words of the blue after the 7th place in the descent, while Kilde (in the lead halfway through the race) is only partially satisfied and Pinturault aims for a comeback at least as a medal.
Thursday 10 February 2022 3 minutes reading time
A combined with few blue hopes, all entrusted to Christof Innerhofer who is the only representative of a men's national team in difficulty, in this first part of the Olympics, after the disappointments in speed.
The 37-year-old from Gais, bronze in Sochi 2014 in this discipline, finished in seventh place the descent at 1 ”07 from leader Aleksander Aamodt Kilde: a top ten is possible, objectively more is difficult to expect. “It didn't go very well, I didn't feel as I wanted and I made some small mistakes - Inner analyzed on Rai Sport microphones - The slalom? I have not trained much, but I always like to do it so much that my debut was between the tight posts, in 2006. I got involved and I'm here even if many criticize the combined. Skiing is always the best thing that exists and as long as I have this passion, I will continue to do it every day ".
Speaking to Eurosport, Kilde spoke of her descent “not perfect, but still good even if I think this advantage over great specialists cannot be enough (less than a second over Strolz and Schwarz, ed). In the last two years I have done very little slalom, but I'll try hard ”.
At 7.15 the decisive heat will start and Alexis Pinturault will face it starting twelfth (11th ex aequo with the Greek Szollos after the descent): it is the transalpine, silver in charge, the great disappointment of the first part of the race with 1 "92 from Kilde and a huge detachment from the Austrian couple Strolz-Schwarz. It will take a company for the gold, something less for the medal. “I made a mistake before the flat section, otherwise it seemed like a good test. Now obviously it gets tough, but I don't give up ”.
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STROLZ Johannes
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Johannes Strolz, what an incredible story! It is gold medal in combined, 34 years after dad Hubert
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Innerhofer: "I still have a lot of passion, that's why I do the combined". At 7.15 the slalom heat
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