2021 cortina world championships
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The Canadian, best time in the super-g of the Cortina world combined, to Rai Sport microphones: "For some time I have been going fast, I had not achieved much. I will try without pressure".
Monday 15 February 2021 3 minutes reading time
It was the surprise of a first heat of the alpine combined world champion, opened by the super-g on the Olympia delle Tofane, above all because he was able to sign the best time trial, 8 cents lower than that of Alexis Pinturault, starting with bib 32 and with a final stretch from Rumerlo to the finish simply sensational.
James Crawford will hardly fight for medals, but beware of this 23-year-old Canadian already 14th in the world super-g last Thursday on Vertigo, but above all 6th in Kitzbuehel (first and only top ten in the World Cup) and author in the season of great partial in various races. “I have always achieved little - Crawford confirmed to Ettore Giovannelli's Rai microphones - I feel good since the beginning of the season and today the result has arrived. The slalom? I don't train him much, actually in the last two years I will have done six days of training in total.
I haven't done good results for years, even if I wasn't bad. I'm already happy like this, but I'll get off carefree ”.
Who will have the pressure to play for the medal instead, potentially also the gold one, is Marco Schwarz: the Austrian is fifth, 4 tenths from Crawford and only 32 cents from Pinturault, the first rival and great favorite. “It was an excellent super-g, in reconnaissance Mayer and Kriechmayr helped me by explaining the lines to keep. I was able to apply them and in a good position for the slalom ”.
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Alpine Combined Male replaces: 10.02.2021 Cortina d'Ampezzo (ITA)
SCHWARZ Marco
PINTURAULT Alexis
MEILLARD Loic
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