Paris's great rivals for the world descent: Feuz is now ("I'm surprised"), Austria with the trident

A few hours to the big appointment with the queen race on Vertigo: the declarations of the 2017 world champion and of Kriechmayr, Mayer and Franz after today's test.

Saturday 13 February 2021 4 minutes reading time

On Sunday at 11.00, the Vertigo of Cortina will host the traditionally most awaited race of the world championships, never like this year if we think of the novelty of this track that has caused so much discussion during the week. And it is obvious that, with one of the best cards of the entire world championship, that is Dominik Paris, which starts among the big favorites for the gold medal, the expectation in Italy is even greater. The rivals of “Domme”? Potentially very many, even if the evidence has told us that the references seem to be the ... usual. Beat Feuz, in fact, today impressed and it is clear that the world champion of Sankt Moritz 2017, who will start with the number 7 (four numbers after Paris), will be in the game and how even if he himself said he was surprised by his third time trial. today in the last test, he who among other things on these occasions is always quite far from the top. “I was a bit surprised - he declared after training in an interview with SRF - I was able to keep up with the best in the central section, which didn't seem so good to me. The new track (Feuz, as the representative of the athletes on the occasion of this world race, was the spokesperson for the changes to be made, ed)? It is a little more on the maximum slope, I think it's better for everyone ”. The best Austrian of the day was Max Franz, second at 13 cents from Paris and really dangerous, considering the growing state of form as we had already guessed in Garmisch (and in the super-g last Thursday, until the exit in the traversa): “We have to study the video and prepare a good plan for tomorrow - said the Carinthian after the test - On a new track you need a lot of tactics”. Vincent Kriechmayr also spoke at the “Kronen Zeitung”, the super-g world champion who today finished just outside the top ten. “I found Vertigo much more enjoyable to ski. Sure, I already have a gold around my neck, but I'll try to do the best. I see a very hard-fought race, on a track that is not too long ". Matthias Mayer, still dry of medals at the world championships, remains on his own: "I believe that the circle of favorites can be wider than usual - declared the two-time Olympic champion - because here routine matters little, it's an instinctive descent. ".

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