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The Slovakian prepares the stage of Altenmarkt-Zauchensee with the combined goal and confesses: "The fight for the World Cup is still open".
Monday 6 January 2020 3 minutes reading time
He is back from the first race in which he felt the real Vlhova, the one capable last season of beating Mikaela Shiffrin in giant, especially at the Are world championships, but of constantly undermining her also in slalom.
Last Saturday in Zagreb the roles reversed, with the Slovakian dominating the test on Sljeme, but Petra's prospects go much further; yes, because the next goal is already the combined on Sunday in Altenmarkt-Zauchensee, with the clear intention of obtaining the third success in three different disciplines in a season that had started all uphill, due to the problems in the right tibia, and now sees the giant champion more and more confident.
As a true workaholic, Vlhova was on the slopes on the slopes of Monte Cavallo this morning too, her winter base that allowed her to also do speed training, after having already played in Val d''Isère an excellent test of the descent which was never held on the Oreiller-Killy. A few hours earlier in Vipiteno, guest of his partner UYN, the star of the east had spoken of the sensations experienced after the triumph of Zagreb, but also and above all of the idea that the World Cup, despite the current posting of 313 points from Mikaela Shiffrin, still open.
"The first part of the season was not perfect, there were difficult moments, but now I'm back to my level - explained Petra - The victory of St. Moritz gave me confidence, I skied better and better and now I'm curious to see what will happen in the next races.
The crystal ball? I think the fight is still open, it is difficult to make predictions right now: Mikaela can make some mistakes too, or I can be wrong, but I will certainly fight every race with her and in the end we will see who will have the better ".
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