Alpine Skiingthe interview
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Third in the general World Cup and slalom in the 2018/19 vintage, she is the first pursuer of the duo Shiffrin-Vlhova.
Tuesday 17 September 2019 4 minutes reading time
Wendy Holdener is now a certainty of the universe of the white circus, so much to consider the 26 year old from Unteriberg as a concrete danger for all rivals in at least four disciplines, from slalom to giant, passing through combined and parallel.
The season that will start in less than 40 days in Solden, with the female giant next 26 October, sees the Swiss (because now it must be defined) Swiss with so many possibilities on various fronts, even if undermining the domain of Mikaela Shiffrin in particular seems somewhat complicated. The mission is certainly to finally win his first slalom in the World Cup, after having touched him again in the finals of Soldeu and with the rage for that rainbow slalom of Are (where, however, he took two golds between combined and team event) that he had seen her finish in the lead after the 1st run, and then derailed in the second one also following the monstrous race of the great American rival.
Wendy finds herself in front of her favorite specialty, the slalom, two giants like Shiffrin and a Petra Vlhova now ready to fight on any terrain, but she believes she can play all her cards. Interviewed by colleagues at skiweltcup.tv, the Swiss showed confidence above all in how it ended last season: "It was a good year, but I ended up exhausted because it was really long and tiring for me , so much so that I preferred to take a longer break than usual in the spring - the words of Holdener - In slalom I didn't start the best, but during the winter it went better and better and in the end I wanted other races; in giant it has been a bit 'the opposite, but it is a specialty on which point a lot ".
The Swiss made a long journey through Asia, between pleasure and commitments with Head. "My house asked me to visit Japan also for a ski camp with children, then I went to China and I must say that it was all magnificent. Among other things, thinking of Beijing 2022, I think I'll be back for the Games, hoping to stay healthy and looking to the future with confidence â€.
Holdener has the intention to continue on the level of multidisciplinarity, especially in a season that includes "only" World Cup competitions. "No prediction, but the desire to fight and constantly improve", his promise.
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