Anna's disappointment: "I still can't push myself to the limit in the race, so it hurts"

Veith, a champion in difficulty after the umpteenth post-injury return. Second missed qualification in giant, but woe to think that he will give up ...

Tuesday 17 December 2019 3 minutes reading time

She is a champion in difficulty, who needs time again to return at least close to her level and still give some pure classy flashes, like that day in PyeongChang where only the penny of Ester Ledecka deprived her of a legendary Olympic bis . Anna Veith did not give up, at the age of 30 and after the umpteenth injury last January in Pozza di Fassa, returning to the race last November 30 in Killington, to then compete in the super-g of Sankt Moritz and, today , the second test between the wide doors in Courchevel. After the missed qualification in Vermont and the discreet 26th place in last Saturday's fast test, it is perhaps precisely in today's race in Savoy that the greatest difficulties were seen for the Salzburg champion, winner of two World Cups. His disappointment, the notebooks of the Austrian media after the 1st round ended in 34th place, at 23 cents from a qualification that seemed decidedly within his reach, it was evident: "This is bad - explained Anna, not referring to the physical pain , fortunately put aside in an almost total way, but to the mental one - because I was convinced after the last training to be able to be, instead in the race it still doesn't work. I have to push myself to the limit in competition, you need more security to do it and that feeling is not there yet. " If it arrives, maybe we will understand it only in a few weeks or months, but for what it has shown returning to winning and flying after a thousand problems, it is right to still have confidence for his return to the top.

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