Blue jets, assault postponed for only 48 hours. The first world impressions of Paris and companions

With the super-g moved to Thursday, "we will have a couple of more days of training, no problem" explains Domme. And Innerhofer flies on Valentino Rossi's wings: "Don't underestimate us old men".

Monday 8 February 2021 6 minutes reading time

In the presence of authorities such as the president of CONI, Giovanni Malagò, it was inaugurated with a streaming conference “Casa Italia Collection - FISI”. In the heart of Cortina, on the eve of the “new” world debut that will take place tomorrow with the women's super-g, but it was Dominik Paris and Christof Innerhofer who were the protagonists of the novelty launched by the federation, given that on Tuesday they too should have competed. Super-g moved to Thursday, but for Domme it changes little, as he explained candidly. “I will use a couple of more days of training, since I am not yet at the top in this discipline. We are finally here, it is the most important appointment of the season and I am ready to put everything into the race, hoping it will be worth for a podium. My route to Cortina? They told me that it would take patience, I had little but by continuing to work I had already understood in Bormio that I was there, with that 4th place just a few cents from the victory. You always have to believe in it, I knew in my heart that I had not lost the talent and the ability to go fast. And with the results, confidence increases ”. Innerhofer is an athlete with a different awareness and approach from Garmisch's 2011 Winnerhofer, but even ten years later competitiveness is not lacking, as evidenced by the two fourth places in Kitzbuehel followed by two fifths in Garmisch. “I'm still here because I like skiing, I like training 365 days a year and competition in general - his words today at the conference - Here I will simply try to have fun. As I have already had the opportunity to say, in December I had a big problem with material, which I only discovered after Bormio when I realized that there was something abnormal in order not to finish even in the 30s. After this change I had very different feelings and the results arrived immediately. Why do I make the most of big events? It is simpler, because in the cup it can also be important to get a 4th-5th place, in a World Cup only medals count and you have to risk everything. And like Valentino Rossi, I would never want to stop and, even if they say we are no longer who we used to be, never underestimate the old ones ... ”. Mattia Casse also spoke at Casa Italia, interviewed by Davide Labate (Rai Sport): an exceptional comeback for the Piedmontese, without having competed in this World Cup season yet, but with excellent sensations in the forerunner tests carried out last week- end in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. “I certainly rested from a mental point of view, but not from a physical point of view because I didn't spare myself even a day to recover - explains the blue - I managed at the last minute to earn this card, which I want to play with a smile. Already in the third week after the injury (fracture to the talus of my left foot in mid-November, training in Cervinia) I understood that I could do it for Cortina, and in two months I was back on skis receiving very good responses from the ankle. Of course, it happened at the best moment of his career, but basically it's okay. I'm here to play it ”.

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