Resounding return to the world of snowboarding: Olympian Julia Dujmovits back on track!

The Austrian champion, who announced her retirement after the PyeongChang Games, is aiming for Beijing 2022. "Her heart got the better of her head".

Tuesday 29 September 2020 3 minutes reading time

A sensational return to the world of snowboarding, definitely unexpected at least until a few weeks ago. Julia Dujmovits, Olympic parallel slalom champion in Sochi 2014, will return to the competition in the 2020/21 season, with the great goal being Beijing 2022. The announcement on Monday evening, for the Austrian '87 class that had given the farewell to competitive spirit 947 days ago, on the occasion of the parallel giant competition at the 2018 PyeongChang Games. Twice vice world champion between PGS and PSL, the Burgenland native explained her choice as follows: "Unlike the 2017/18 season, I'm physically back in top form - explained Dujmovits, who had both knee and knee surgery. right ankle after retirement in February 2018 - At first I resisted the idea of returning, but at the same time I remembered my promise to always follow intuition and sensations. On the one hand this decision required a certain amount of courage, but on the other I think it is a challenge and in the end my heart got the better of the head ”. Training on the snow has already started a few days ago, working with the national team at the Stelvio. “In the next few sessions I will mainly be working on the material, I am giving myself time to resume at a certain level. Beijing? Yes, for the next Olympics I would like to reach a performance level to have a realistic chance of winning a medal. At the moment there are still a thousand question marks because it is difficult to assess where I am in relation to the competition, but I am happy to be able to try and I can only thank the federation for the support it has given me to come back ”.

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