Conny Huetter also arrives in Chile: “I’ll tell you about my preparation for my 16th (and final) World Cup season”

The Austrian women’s team, like the men’s team—with the speed specialists already at La Parva for several days—and Marco Schwarz, who reached El Colorado last weekend, is working in Chile practically at full strength.

After Ushuaia, from Julia Scheib to Nina Ortlieb and from Ricarda Haaser to Stephanie Brunner, the beginning of the week was marked by the first training sessions in that ski area, where Cornelia Huetter will also arrive in the next few hours.

The winner of the 2023/24 Downhill World Cup is heading to South America after completing her dry-land training ahead of what will be her 16th and final season in the World Cup circuit. Four months ago, the 1992-born Styrian announced at a press conference that she had decided to continue, after fulfilling her dream of winning an Olympic medal—the bronze in the super-G won by Brignone, with Miradoli taking silver—and having openly considered retiring.

Still in shape and motivated, Conny revealed her figures: “Over the last 18 weeks, I have invested a great deal of time in preparing my body as well as possible for the winter, with 160 hours between cycling and running, 51 gym sessions and, in this case too, around 160 hours in total. But also more time devoted to athletics, therapy and much more—that is what makes the build-up to a season special.”