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L'' Austrian, fresh new sponsor, Raiffeisen, talking about his summer training, the Olympic Games in Vancouver, ended badly for her and admits that he still needs a lot of "muscle" to compete with giants such as'' American and German downhill ...
Wednesday 2 October 2013 2 minutes reading time
Anna Fenninger begins the Olympic season with the goal of'' hunt for medals in Sochi 2014. The 24-year old Salzburg occurred in Vienna, on Monday, to talk to the media on the occasion of'' official announcement of the new partnership with Raiffeisen, which will be linked at least the next two years. The Austrian bank, remember, already sponsors Max Franz, Kathrin Zettel and of course Marcel Hirscher.
Why the Olympics the first place? "Why in Vancouver - says Anna - was not good in my experience." Only 20 year old, Fenninger competed in the Super-G, downhill and super combined, never going beyond the 16th position. Of course, it was not as strong as it is now, on skis.
Then he talked about his summer job: "We have prepared well in South America, skiing in all conditions. At the moment, I still lack a bit of training in'' giant that it is included in the team speed." Then, the revelation: the'' focus now is also to acquistire'' a little weight (obviously muscle) in more in order to compete in the downhill with Lindsey Vonn and Maria Riesch: "Yes, for a chance against them also serves to, "said Annam, which is 166cm high. So, he has worked and will work still very much in the gym.
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