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After having also conquered the Olympic gold in descent (and touched the five cup cup), the Swiss champion will attempt the encore world champion in Courchevel, then decide on the future. His words to skiweltcup.tv.
Saturday 3 September 2022 4 minutes reading time
He decided to continue at least another year, renewing the super-challenge of speed that involves absolute champions of a truly fantastic era, with Paris, Kilde, Odermatt, a couple like Kriechmayr and Mayer, in addition to the eternal Clarey who "risked ”To blow Beat Feuz that Olympic downhill title which was the only laurel missing from the collection of an absolute champion.
The 35-year-old Rossocrociato will also be at the starting gate of the 2022/23 season, having dissolved his reserves already in the final of last year (after more rumors about a possible retirement were chased in the middle of winter, especially after the triumph at the Beijing Games), when Beat came within a step of the fifth consecutive World Cup in the queen discipline, lost in the final duel with Aleksander Aamodt Kilde.
Where is it? In Courchevel, on the Eclypse that will host the men's fast races of the next world championships. In the French review of February 2023, Feuz will also go in search of another world title after the one at Sankt Moritz 2017 which marked, in fact, the start of the "second career" of the Graubünden, tormented by knee problems after having close to the conquest of the absolute crystal ball in 2012, only bent in the final duel by Marcel Hirscher (who took home, in the Schladming finals, the first of his eight consecutive general cups).
To his colleagues at “skiweltcup.tv”, the fresh Olympic champion spoke of his approach to a new season, mainly prepared on the snows of Zermatt despite the serious problem linked to the situation of the glacier (and in general of the Alps). "Unfortunately it is an issue that we have to worry about for a long time, because it has been evident for several years - explained Feuz on the matter - As far as training on the glacier is concerned, it is becoming increasingly difficult".
Was Beijing gold "enough" in the year the specialty crystal ball did not arrive? "I would say yes", smiled the red-cross ace, adding that he now feels "a serenity that also derives from the support of the family we have built (with the arrival of the new baby of the family, Luisa, born between Wengen and Kitz last January, ed), is extremely important for me and the ideal balance that I also bring to the track.
The principle that often guides me and helps me in various situations is simple: “Don't complicate life more than it already is”.
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