Alpine Skiingmen's world cup
The Wunderteam squad for the opening of the World Cup, with excellent injuries and expected returns.
Friday 18 October 2019 4 minutes reading time
Austria has chosen men and women for the giants of Soelden who, on 26 and 27 October, will open the season with the highly anticipated races on the Rettenbach glacier.
After a decade, the leading nation of the white circus will present itself at the starting line without Marcel Hirscher and he who is considered the possible heir for the reconquest of the crystal ball; Marco Schwarz has in fact decided not to take part in the first race of the year, after having tested the race track just today. "I'm still not 100% after the injury, the training is going well but I prefer to get back to the top", the words of Carinziaino.
The official summons came from the coach Andreas Puelacher, with Manuel Feller who will then lead the Wunderteam, together with Stefan Brennsteiner, Roland Leitinger, Matthias Mayer (who dived in giant), Dominik Raschner, Johannes Strolz, Patrick Feurstein and Magnus Walch. Not even Michi Matt will be there.
Among women, confirmed the absence of Anna Veith who will try to return for Killington, there is the official reintegration of Katharina Liensberger into the team after the summer case related to materials and the return to Rossignol. Together with the '97 class of Vorarlberg, the other greater hope of results for the aquilotte responds to the name of Eva-Maria Brem, returned to excellent levels in the final of last season, while completing the list of the nine convened, Ricarda Haaser, Bernadette Schild, Franziska Gritsch, Elisa Moerzinger, Rosina Schneeberger, Katharina Truppe and Ramona Siebenhofer, the sprinter who decided to open the season early.
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