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The Austrian at 8 cents from the sensational encore after the world gold in Cortina, the Swiss at yet another podium without winning but with a smile mixed with tears for her fourth Olympic medal. Their words in the post-race.
Wednesday 9 February 2022 3 minutes reading time
An incredible heat, with five athletes who at the end close within 22 cents, as many as Andreja Slokar missed to go from fifth place to first, to the Olympic gold in the slalom that ended in Petra Vlhova's neck.
The young Slovenian certainly cannot be disappointed with her race, a very different speech for Lena Duerr who finishes fourth at 19 cents, when she had a margin of 72 on Vlhova starting last in the decisive heat. On the other hand, two champions like Katharina Liensberger and Wendy Holdener, respectively silver and bronze, just 8 and 12 cents from the title, manage only to smile in the post-race of Yanqing.
No, there are no regrets starting from the world champion, one step away from another gold medal 12 months after Cortina, to her first medal at the Games: "I'm happy to have been able to show my best in such an important race - she explained to the OESV - I am grateful to all those who support me and always cross their fingers for me, today it was very difficult because I did not know how much I was able to push myself to the limit ”.
For Wendy Holdener, today's is the fourth Olympic medal after the trio of PyeongChang, where she was gold in the team event, silver in slalom (5 cents from the triumph) and bronze in combined, a race to which she will aim very strong again. Of course, the great victory in what is his discipline has not yet arrived, but because of how he had done (fifth after the 1st heat, at the finish of the 2nd he was already third and almost certain to get out of the podium), as showed his desperation once he crossed the finish line, it is a success. “I didn't think I could win this medal - the Swiss confessed to Eurosport - I never felt really fast, then it was a surprise to see the girls finish behind one after the other.
It was enough for the podium, I can only be happy to be back after 4 years ”.
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