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The Walloon slalomist found himself, after an ordeal of almost 3 years, with the 5th place in Zagreb in January. And in Levi he will start in the 30.
Monday 3 August 2020 3 minutes reading time
Its history teaches a lot and has jumped to the headlines also because we are talking about an anomalous skier, who moved from his Belgium to the French Alps to become one ... true.
Armand Marchant, at 22, is now ready to play something important in the World Cup, perhaps even the first podium already touched with that extraordinary 5th place in the slalom in Zagreb last January; after years of a real ordeal, following the terrible accident in the giant Adelboden of 7 January 2017, the talent coming from Wallonia will start in the 30 already in the opening of Levi (he is 31 ° in the specialty WCSL, but it does not go considered André Myhrer who announced the withdrawal).
After the lockdown period, Marchant was able to reach his winter location, in La Roche sur Foron, and the technician who has been following him for years, the former French athlete Raphael Burtin, to begin working on the snow of the Val d '' Isère in June. "We had a very good fifteen days, then I allowed myself a few days off and under with physical preparation," said the Belgian slalomist with a video on social media, to then plan another quality training session in Les Deux Alpes.
“I am happy with how I felt on skis, I alternate track work with the athletic part, also returning to Liège. I can't wait for the season to really start ... ".
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