Alpine Skiingwomen's world cup
Petra and institutional meetings in Bratislava, before returning to Jasna on skis. The words of the family and the jab from dad Igor. "Many great teams haven't even congratulated us."
Wednesday 24 March 2021 4 minutes reading time
The press conference at home, the meeting with government representatives in Bratislava, and the great party in Slovakia began to celebrate the historic World Cup brought to the country by Petra Vlhova.
These are intense hours for the champion who, last Sunday in Lenzerheide, raised her first absolute crystal ball; many appointments before returning to skis, with the staff led by Livio Magoni arriving in Jasna to work on the slopes for the entire weekend. Petra spoke yesterday about how much work there has been behind this triumph, starting with the figure of the Bergamo coach who has been following her for 5 years: “Livio has great merit for having brought home the absolute cup. It was his great goal ”. The family, present at the conference yesterday, “is the basis of everything for me. Without my parents I would never have obtained these results - added Vlhova - In Slovakia you have no alternatives, you have to sacrifice everything and use a lot of resources on an economic level, talent is not enough to do it ”.
Dad Igor Vlha also threw a jab: “Many great teams did not even congratulate us - he made it known - For them it was not realistic that someone from Slovakia could have achieved such a result; just think that 22 people worked in the Austrian team, in our 6. I do not know the systems of others, we probably represented a break with any family in our country that broke the hegemony of the French, Italians, Germans, Swiss and Austrians ".
Her brother Boris represents the closest family figure to the champion, always at her side throughout the winter season. “I've been with her for ten years now, I've always encouraged her to fight and never give up, always chasing the dream. And now we see the result ”.
Petra added: “I think this trophy can be an inspiration for young people, many children will certainly go skiing and this will help the sport. The new Slovak ski association ZSL (born in recent months after the exit of many athletes, including Vlhova, from the "original" federation)? I believe that it represents my future and that of many children, who will have to experience all kinds of falls, but know how to get up and fight. I really hope to be an example for them, because this is my story. And the greatest satisfaction is knowing that you have made many people happy ”.
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