Kilde and the magic of Saslong for a stunning poker: "No secrets, here I am wonderful"

Word to the winner of the super-g from Val Gardena, who signs the consecutive trio after Beaver Creek and now frightens Odermatt ("I didn't manage to interpret the race). Mayer and Kriechmayr satisfied, even if ...

Friday 17 December 2021 5 minutes reading time

He is the boss of the Saslong, but Aleksander Aamodt Kilde is simply an immense champion, able to come back stronger than before after the crusader injury suffered in January. Impressed what the 2020 cup winner did in the last three speed races, with the one-two from Beaver Creek (in two different disciplines) followed by today's pearl in his Val Gardena, where he rejoiced for the fourth time (out of nine total victories in the CdM) and will aim for a double downhill on Saturday, as in 2020. "I love this race and this place, tomorrow I will certainly try to repeat myself - told AAK after the race to Rai Sport, who is now third in the overall at 124 points from Marco Odermatt and second in the super-g one at -10 from Mayer - I always feel at ease in Val Gardena, even more so with the crowd that was missing last year. The secret? In reality there are none, on the Saslong I realize where I can push hard and I can adapt well to the slope to bring out the speed in the right places. Here everything always works perfectly ”. Matthias Mayer, the new leader in the super-g as well as in the downhill, toasts the double red bib and thinks of a descent that is not easy for him, but as he was perhaps not among the top 2-3 favorites of today's super-g, the bi champion Olympic is really capable of anything when it counts, that is, in the race. “Until the release of Ciaslat I was perfectly in line with what I wanted to do, then I lost control for a moment and I think I left those decisive two tenths. I attacked everything and I think I did quite well, I am very satisfied with this result and tomorrow I will be able to go down calmly ”. "Apart from one corner, I think it was an excellent race for me and I'm happy with third place - Vincent Kriechmayr's words to the OESV - Saturday I'll give it all again, we'll see what the result can be". On the descent there will be Marco Odermatt, who could also give the leadership in the general to Matthias Mayer, but who thinks mainly of the two giants in Alta Badia. Today the Swiss champion suffered, finishing only 24th: “I think I chose a set up of too aggressive material - he revealed in the Eurosport interview - Here it is always difficult to be constantly fast and interpret the slope well. Among other things, I had not done the downhill tests and I was missing something compared to the best ”.

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