2021 cortina world championships
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The 23-year-old Slovenian was the surprise of the world slalom with her 5th place in comeback. He is dominating in the European Cup and has a particular history ...
Saturday 20 February 2021 3 minutes reading time
Many were amazed by her performance, many did not even know her history, but in reality Andreja Slokar is anything but an unknown and this year she had already shown sensational racing clips in the World Cup (for example in Semmering, wasting everything in the 2nd heat), in addition to dominating a European Cup which also commands at the level of the general classification, being competitive even in the giant, after winning two slalom in January between Vaujany (with almost 3 seconds on the first pursuer .. .) and Gstaad, when Lara Della Mea folded for only 5 cents.
Her fifth place in the race that ended the World Championship in Cortina is clearly a surprise, but it is a result far from chance, because the 23-year-old Slovenian is truly a talent, as she demonstrated earlier by hitting the 17th time trial in the first heat with the bib. 31, then moving up 12 positions to less than 7 tenths of Mikaela Shiffrin's bronze.
In CdM she has only a 23rd place in Flachau as a points finish, right in the last slalom played, and the 19th of Kranjska Gora in giant, but it is really only a matter of time to see her constantly there in front especially between the narrow poles , after having fought for the opportunity to play at these levels, she who is actually exploding already at 23 (the same age as a Liensberger, so to speak). "I certainly didn't expect to fight for a medal, I don't have skiing for that level yet, but I'm delighted with 5th place - he told Rai Sport in an almost perfect Italian after the race - I saw that the track was being ruined a lot, the strongest have remained clearly in front of me but I'm growing. When I improve further, I can really fight for the podium ”.
In short, the girl has clear ideas ...
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