Mike Day warns: "Mikaela at Copper Mountain? She trained immediately at a very high level"

The resumption of the Shiffrin told by his coach. "We were lucky to have fantastic conditions considering the period." In July on the snow of Mount Hood?

Saturday 20 June 2020 4 minutes reading time

An excellent work session, from the first days of June, on the snows of the Colorado home, which usually sees her as the protagonist (like most of the World Cup athletes before the North American races) in November. Mikaela Shiffrin, as we wrote a couple of weeks ago, returned to training on the snow at Copper Mountain, almost three months after those days of skiing in Are, useless to attempt the final assault on what could have been her fourth Consecutive World Cup. The American champion, in the three months (or almost) of the lockdown, has committed herself a lot to the problems related to family aspects, after the tragic death of Dad Jeff, and a thousand beneficial initiatives to raise funds and also support the federation itself, that the athletes of the future may have the same chance to emerge. And then a lot of work in the gym and, finally, the track and the snow again. The US Ski Team website reported Mikaela's statements about this block of work at Copper Mountain, which will be very useful given the difficulties of being able to train for the whole summer, with the classic trip to Ushuaia now canceled. “It was fantastic to go back to the snow again after having the longest free time you remember in my career - said Shiffrin - I wasn't sure what it would have been like after so long and with everything that is going on in the world , but I'm so grateful that I had the opportunity to spend some time training on the track, as I realize that many people in our country have barely the chance to leave the house. Obviously there are still many unknowns about the global situation, but I can only thank the Copper Mountain station, the federation and my team for having created a very productive camp ". Interesting in this regard are the words of the personal trainer of the 66-time cup winner, Mike Day: “It was refreshing and special like never in my career, since for the first time we had found ourselves in the situation of not being able to ski - the American technician said - The conditions were extraordinarily good for the period, we were lucky to have such an opportunity and I can say that Mikaela immediately skied to a very high level. We concentrated our attention on the giant, but also brought home good volumes of work on the slalom and I am very satisfied ".

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