The confessions of Dorothea Wierer: "Too many commitments, in the spring I had lost the motivation. Now I think of the World Cu

The woman who brought the World Cup to Italy talks a couple of months after the start of the new season and reveals interesting background stories.

Wednesday 25 September 2019 3 minutes reading time

Dorothea Wierer is never trivial and, during an interview with biathlonworld.com, she confessed that it was not so easy to manage the wave of popularity that, as a star of blue biathlon, literally overwhelmed her after the accomplishments between the Ostersund world title and the crystal ball brought home to Oslo-Holmenkollen. "Among sponsored appointments, media and various events, last spring I slept only five times at home when I was ... sick - the words of the Anterselva champion - April was a complicated month and, in early May, during the first training with teammates I told myself that I could not continue like this because there was no longer the right motivation. It was not easy to reconcile all this with training, but over time I found the right spirit and I will do everything to be 100% fit for the winter â€. "Doro" realizes that he is not yet at the level, at the end of the various summer activities on the roller skis, of a Lisa Vittozzi judged as "impressive" and increasingly likely the first direct rival for the encore in the World Cup, but from here to December there will still be time to grow, also and above all thinking about the world championships at home, a real highlight of Wierer's vintage 2019/2020. "Winning last year in Anterselva was very nice, it is a clearly special place and, from a sporting point of view, stressful every season as we always arrived at the end of January in the third week of races of the month. The World Cup at home will put me under pressure, but I think the most important aspect will be to arrive with good health, great motivation and concentration only on my work. Distractions will come later ... ".

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