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Speaking to the Slovak media after returning home after the Stelvio, the giant champion is very confident towards the next season.
Saturday 4 July 2020 3 minutes reading time
If last summer had been full of unexpected events, Petra Vlhova can be very satisfied with how the first part of the preparation has gone so far.
Already on skis between April and May, in full lockdown and thanks to the possibility offered by a location like Jasna, then the quality weeks at the Stelvio under the orders of Livio Magoni and his now consolidated staff. Returning to Liptovsky Mikulas in recent days, Petra is continuing to work on the athletic level and, to tell you how attentive and ready she is to train her best towards a great season, the trainer Marco Porta followed her to Slovakia.
The 25 year old giant world champion in Are, spoke to the "sport.aktuality.sk" website about this whole period of work, also underlining the aspects related to the protocols to be respected in terms of Covid-19 and to which she is very attentive. "Even when we got home we carried out a test after those carried out before climbing on the glacier in June, fortunately there were no problems in the family even in the most critical period of the pandemic and we experienced it as a peaceful period, after a very intense.
At the Stelvio, in addition to the use of the masks, we have been very careful in every hygiene aspect, but it is clear that you cannot 100% prevent the risk ".
The Slovak star wants more and more, after the first crystal balls of his career brought home by winning both the slalom and the parallel rankings. “I hope to do even better, logically, and I can say that the preparation so far has been very good, making the most of myself. I am very motivated and the goal is to start the season strong, unlike last year. Physically and technically I feel good, I hope to last as long as possible ... ".
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