Benjamin Prantner succeeds to Slivnik and the new head of the house giant Austria

The 39-year-old Tyrolean coach promoted after years of work in the European Cup group: he must relaunch a group that, apart from Hirscher, appeared to be in difficulty in the last season

Tuesday 30 April 2019 2 minutes reading time

And 'Benjamin Prantner the new head of the giant slalom group of Austria, in view of the 2019/2020 season and in succession of Janez Slivnik, the Slovenian technician relieved of the task after the difficulties encountered in the last two years. Except for Marcel Hirscher, in fact, from Leitinger to the veteran Schoerghofer (who later announced the withdrawal), from the young Brennsteiner to the same Manuel Feller, in difficulty between the wide doors and the only other Austrian in addition to the absolute leader among the top 15 of WCSL of giant, the results have been scarce and the 39-year-old Tyrolean coach is called to a delicate task, also considering that Marco Schwarz (splendid 7th in Adelboden and in great growth also in this specialty before Bansko's injury) will have to recover the best physical condition. "Benjamin has done a great job in the last few years with the European Cup group and was my favorite candidate for this role," said the words of Andreas Puelacher, who also announced the staff that will support Prantner, with Reinhard Hohenwarter assistant coach and Matthias Herold physiotherapist; Wolfgang Erharter, co-coach of the giant team in recent seasons, will pass instead to the men's European Cup technical group.

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