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The Austrian coach, the new personal trainer of the Swiss team, does not hide by speaking to the "Blick": "We can aim for the slalom cup".
Sunday 3 May 2020 4 minutes reading time
Klaus Mayrhofer has clear ideas: Wendy Holdener can fight with Mikaela Shiffrin and Petra Vlhova, questioning a kingdom that sees the American and the Slovakian divide the slalom successes in an uninterrupted way for over two years, or by the Olympic success of Frida Hansdotter at PyeongChang 2018.
This is what the new multipurpose coach of the Swiss said, who has taken the place of Werner Zurbuchen for a few weeks: the former coach of Sarka Strachova, with whom he celebrated the world bronze among the rapid gates at Beaver Creek 2015, as well as working from 2017 with the Austrian gigantists and in particular with Eva Maria Brem, she spoke in depth about the future alongside a champion who, despite the 38 podiums in the World Cup, has not yet won in slalom, collecting the beauty of twenty-four top 3 (in addition to a world and Olympic silver) with 13 seconds and 11 third places.
"Our goal must be to fight for the slalom cup - Mayrhofer said bluntly to his colleagues in the newspaper" Blick "- I am convinced that Wendy can conquer it, she has the opportunity to challenge Mikaela Shiffrin also in this discipline" . The 47 year old Austrian coach has a method: “I like to experiment, we will work on the details in terms of skiing technique and with Wendy it is possible to try many things, because she is one who knows how to take her risks to win. It is ambitious and determined, just what you need. "
Holdener is in constant contact with his new point of reference at a technical level ("I have excellent feelings", he explained), with weekly meetings via Skype to plan and evaluate every aspect. "We are analyzing what Wendy has done in the past to understand what to work on - says Mayrhofer - Everything is important, but the decisive factor is mental strength and I know I have an athlete ready also from this point of view".
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