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The reigning combined world champion, who will have to defend her title on Monday, will no longer be followed by Austrian Klaus Mayrhofer. The Swiss-Ski press release and ... the rumors.
Thursday 4 February 2021 3 minutes reading time
A break a few days before the highlight of the season, Cortina 2021, in one of the most difficult years of Wendy Holdener's career.
The Swiss champion has decided to end her relationship with Klaus Mayrhofer, the Austrian coach who had been following her since last summer in place of Holdener's historic coach, Werner Zurbuchen. Next Monday, Wendy will have to defend her combined world title, won two years ago on the snow of Are, arriving at these world championships with only one podium in her pocket, third place in the Flachau slalom (with fifth place in the specialty, where theoretically he is still in the running even for the final victory with four races in March), only one big heat in giant in Kranjska Gora, for an 8th final, and a whole season in run up since the fractured fibula head remedied in training last September 4th.
"In their daily work, the two have realized that their training philosophies are not compatible - reads the Swiss-Ski press release that announced the immediate separation - You have to be honest and say that it simply does not work, we have noticed that in the time has become exhausting for both of us, ”added Swiss Alpine Skiing Director Walter Reusser.
Mayrhofer had talked about a Wendy Holdener able to fight also with Mikaela Shiffrin in slalom, when the start of the collaboration was announced. Now the Olympic and world champion will be followed by the other technicians of the Swiss federation, in which Mayrhofer himself will remain until spring, with a clearly different role. "I think Wendy feels relieved - added Reusser - Now she can concentrate with maximum clarity on the World Cup and the rest of the season".
Will it be enough to bring home other medals, for a woman from big events like Wendy Holdener has always been?
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