Shiffrin respects the program: first training with long skis, in Cortina he will aim for four races

The American, who will return to the competition on Tuesday in the giant Kronplatz, is aiming straight for the combined and super-g of the World Cup, scheduled for the opening of the world championship event (8-9 February).

Saturday 23 January 2021 3 minutes reading time

He said it and reiterated it several times, fully respecting the program established in the autumn, once his return to the World Cup had become a reality in Levi. Mikaela Shiffrin doesn't feel like gambling her chances for a fourth crystal ball by throwing herself into speed and a “full gas” commitment as all her rivals are doing in this very intense January, from Vlhova to Gisin, from Bassino to Brignone. Although she is a champion, the basis of the summer job is missing and therefore Mikaela has opted to skip the entire weekend in Crans-Montana and, almost certainly, it will be the same for Garmisch-Partenkirchen as well. We will obviously see her again in the race on Tuesday 26th in the giant of Kronplatz, after having been able to train at the beginning of the week on the "Erta", but just this weekend, one year after the last time coinciding with the success in the super- g of Bansko (it was January 26, 2020), Shiffrin put the long skis back on. Speed training, posted on social networks by the native of Eagle, and a very specific focus: the world championships in Cortina. The calendar of the world championship event helps and the choice now seems to have been made: the American wants to take part in four races, starting with the combined that will open the competition program in the shadow of the Tofane, on Monday 8 February. Proof that he did not compete in Are, but in that case he was placed after the super-g in which, in Cortina, he will have to defend the world title (won in Sweden with 2 cents of margin over Sofia Goggia) on 9 February, just 24 hours. after onset. Then there will be time to better prepare for the giant and slalom assault, skipping the descent (and all the tests) and almost certainly both the individual and parallel team tests.

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