Karoline Pichler still believes in it: "I have to put the pieces of the puzzle back together, as much as I admire Brignone"

The South Tyrolean gigantist, back from a season without points in the World Cup and with many difficulties also in the European Cup, confessed to 360 ° with his friends from Milano Ski Team.

Monday 6 April 2020 5 minutes reading time

At 25, from a certain point of view she is already a veteran of the national team, but with all the unexpected encountered on the way, it can be said that Karoline Pichler has yet to carve out her place in the world of high-level skiing. Born in 1994, the South Tyrolean gigantist suffered four serious knee injuries, practically in sequence after obtaining the silver world championship at junior level (behind Marta Bassino), the first points in the World Cup and also the successes in the European Cup; three seasons thrown away and the return to full speed only in the 2018/19 vintage, with the best career result arrived in the giant of Kronplatz (15 January 2019) with the 16th place. From the poster of Bode Miller in the room to the admiration for Tina Weirather, with whom she somehow shared a career full of bad luck, Karoline confessed to the friends of Milano Ski Team, on the occasion of the Happy Hour Sportivo della reality small town. "This year has been all difficult, from the beginning - explained Pichler returning to a year that has not seen her get points in the CoM in the four giants disputed, but suffer a lot also by returning to the European Cup - Accidents obviously affect, but I only think of working to improve myself and return to a high level. I learned to listen to the signals provided by the body, a very important aspect for any athlete. The most important thing is to accept and react, seeing every little progress to return thanks also to the people who work alongside you, fundamental from the doctor who works for you to the physiotherapists and trainers who must interact with each other to study the best path ". It was a magical year also and above all for the gigantist group, led by Brignone and Bassino: "When you have champions who win it is good for the environment and important for all the others who compete with them in training , where maybe you're not so far away and you buy security. What step awaits me personally? Objectively, in the last season I missed you so much from every point of view: you need continuity and knowing how to go fast on every type of snow and track, this is the main difference with the big ones ". The blue was impressed above all by an aspect linked precisely to the winner of the World Cup, Federica Brignone: “Faith is extraordinary in its ability to go strong on the day that counts, a real race animal. I would steal this ability from you, because even after a disastrous workout you can reset and change everything in a few hours. This happened in the days before her first victory in Soelden, in 2015, when we trained in Val Senales and she was desperate. I believe that every athlete must have this type of approach, but it is a rare gift ... ".

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