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The disappointment of the super-g canceled by the masterpiece in its giant: the best won, as for the whole season, but what a thrill with a crazy Kranjec. The Slovenian: "It's nice to get the most out of your skiing on the most important day".
Sunday 13 February 2022 4 minutes reading time
He was the most anticipated man, at the men's alpine skiing level, in these Beijing 2022 Olympic Games.
Marco Odermatt had to be satisfied with a placement not too close to the podium on the descent, while in super-g he was playing at least for the podium, before that bitter exit. Thus, the ruler of the World Cup, which barring sensational situations will be his in a few weeks, arrived with all the pressure of the world to his race, the giant where he won 4 of the 5 seasons of CdM, with a second place .. .
A champion can also be seen in these cases and the Nidvaldese demonstrated it once again: gold medal and first Olympic title of his career in extremely difficult conditions, with a crazy Kranjec comeback in the 2nd heat. The heir of Carlo Janka, triumphing in the giant of the Vancouver 2010 Games, is precisely the boy who learned so much from the veteran from Graubünden (and like him, he is about to win the cup right after the Olympic gold ...) . "If you take no risk, at this level, you will finish fourth and off the podium very quickly - the analysis of" Odi "to the microphones of SRF Sport - And this would have bothered me even more than if I had exited immediately, so after the first heat I changed the complete setup, even if it takes a bit of courage to do it ”.
Zan Kranjec spoke immediately after the race at Eurosport, very happy for the silver after the Slovenian had only touched the podium, fourth, at PyeongChang 2018. "I'm happy to have shown my best ski right at the Games, when it matters most - Zan's words - At the finish line I looked twice to see if the chronometer was correct. I was in doubt if it could be enough for the medal, but what a joy when I saw that the podium would be certain. That's fine ”.
Mathieu Faivre is truly the man of great events: a shadowy season, without podiums in CdM, but after the world gold in Cortina (double, with the parallel), here is the first Olympic medal with a bronze torn with his teeth. “I wanted to restart with a medal, I skied the first heat well while the second ran a lot, it was very hard. However, finishing with a bronze makes me very happy ”.
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