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It is on everyone's lips after the triumph of Soelden, but the return to New Zealand was ... normal.
Wednesday 30 October 2019 6 minutes reading time
Alice Robinson returned to school, in her Queenstown, as if nothing had happened.
Many celebrations from the companions of Wakatipu High School, but the 17 year old who has upset the world of skiing has always seemed the same, despite the notoriety of an entire country, given that the gigantist of Australian origin has also "avenged" the ko of the All Blacks in the semifinals of the Rugby World Cup.
Alice began the last three study days yesterday, as unlike her classmates she will not have to sit exams, but she is ready for future university placement. "It's always nice to come back home and to my school, I will miss next year as well as all the comrades," Robinson confessed to the media in the country that obviously reached him on the desks. In the coming months, however, the Rettenbach winner will be able to devote herself completely to skiing, and next week she will be in Colorado to train and prepare for the Killington giant slalom, which will see her return to the race on November 30th.
In the mid-term programs of the phenomenal New Zealand 2001, however, there is also speed and it is not to be excluded the presence already in the weekend of Lake Louise (6-8 December); Chris Knight, former Lindsey Vonn technician who brought her to the International Ski Racing Academy based in Val di Fassa, has a gradual growth plan for her that, in the last two years and together with the other young women of the project, he established the winter base for Soraga di Fassa. As confessed in the post Soelden to Enrico Cattaneo's Rai microphones, the giant's new star is literally mad about "Italian food in general and above all pizza".
And to run strong, ever stronger, on a pair of skis ...
THE FIUTO DI CLAUDIA
Who had soon understood the great talent of Alice Robinson is his most illustrious compatriot in the skiing world, the Claudia Riegler who, between 1996 and 1997, was the last New Zealand to win in the Cup before the 2001 class, winning 4 slalom in just over a year.
Speaking to colleagues at Ski Chrono, the 43-year-old from Salzburg, married to the former transalpine downhill skier (and Olympic champion in Turin 2006) Antoine Deneriaz, spent words on honey for the young star.
"I have known Alice for a long time and I am not surprised by what she has done so far, I knew of an enormous potential - says Riegler - It is equally true, however, that often this is not enough to emerge, but we are talking about a girl who has winning mentality and very intelligent. It is good for all New Zealand sport, because it can allow us to create a movement that helps young people of the future â€.
On a technical level, about a possible comparison with Tessa Worley, according to the former slalomist “it is true that there are similarities in structure and type of skiing, but the style is different above all in terms of lines. Soelden is a track that can be in some ways similar to the slopes it has faced since childhood in New Zealand, also considering the very hard artificial snow, but it has also shown to the Soldeu finals, with that 2nd place, to be ready to gamble it in various situations â€.
The support of a staff, the one led by Chris Knight, with an Italian base is fundamental. "Around him, Alice has people who know well the high level of competition and know how to manage it not only in terms of technique and materials, but also in environmental and psychological terms. Attention because - concludes Riegler - we are talking about an athlete who has great qualities even in speed, so we have not yet seen everything, rather ... ".
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