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Bernhard Russi had suggested it in 2014, but only with the arrival of Nydegger did the rossocrociati also begin training on the start. The results? The "Blick" reveals them ...
Wednesday 16 September 2020 2 minutes reading time
It is a phase that many have underestimated, but even at the start, tenths can fly, not just those few cents that can decide a race.
All the more so in fast disciplines, especially in the case of starts on stretches with little incline: they have also noticed this in Switzerland, as reported in the columns of the “Blick”. Feuz and his teammates were among the worst in the push phase, as Bernhard Russi had already noted in 2014, who wrote that “in a flat start like on the Saslong you need to skate well, not just push with your arms. I would send our athletes to train with cross-country skiers ”.
The thought of the great former cross-country ski racer was not considered within Swiss-Ski, but with the arrival in 2019 of a technician like Reto Nydegger, coming from the Norwegian team where we have been working on this detail for years, something has also changed in Switzerland. A collaboration with the cross-country coach Christian Flury, for years a coach in various fields and since last April team manager of the Swiss national team has begun:
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