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Johannes, extraordinary Olympic gold medalist in combined 34 years after his father Hubert, tells of his emotion. And Kilde and Crawford laugh like crazy after signing the medal surprise.
Thursday 10 February 2022 3 minutes reading time
A first father-son Olympic gold in the same type of competition at the Games?
Never happened, at least until today, at least until the release of Alexis Pinturault who definitively sanctioned, even if by now there were few doubts, that Johannes Strolz would have written a page of history, 34 years after father Hubert, ahead of everyone in the 1988 Calgary combined.
Hubert Strolz who had won only once in CdM, always in the same discipline, something his son did a month ago, in the storm of Adelboden but ... in slalom. And right between the narrow poles today, this boy born in 1992 who was off the team and was preparing his skis by himself, made the difference with a perfect heat, after having already played a fabulous descent, closed in fourth place at just 75 cents. by Kilde.
The second Austrian gold in alpine skiing in Beijing 2022, seemed to come from Marco Schwarz, and instead in the decisive moment it was Johannes Strolz who signed the career feat, far from accidental as demonstrated in the season. “Yes, my father's story means a lot to me - he said in the post race - When I think of his photos and the Calgary gold medal, it's really hard not to cry.
I have to thank my family, they have always believed in me and now a dream has come true ”.
Smiles are not lacking even on the second and third step of the podium, because Aleksander Aamodt Kilde and James Crawford really did not expect such a result. “I thought I had too little margin after the descent, but a really good slalom heat came out”, the Norwegian commented on the second medal in these Games and in his career.
The first, of course, for the Canadian Crawford who really deserved it, after 4th place in the downhill and 6th in super-g. “It's wonderful, an Olympic podium in these incredible days. I still can not believe it...".
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