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Saslong /Robert Perathone
Awarded yesterday with the Dolomites Val Gardena Suedtirol Ski Trophy for the double triumph on the Saslong in 2020, the Norwegian champion spoke about his return after injury. First days on the snow of the Stelvio and excellent sensations.
Thursday 12 August 2021 5 minutes reading time
A boundless love for Val Gardena as a territory and for the Saslong one on which he has already won three times, with the historic super-g / downhill brace (only his compatriot Svindal had succeeded before him) last December that the conquest of the Dolomites Val Gardena Suedtirol Ski Trophy was also worth it.
On Tuesday evening, Aleksander Aamodt Kilde was among the protagonists of the inauguration of the "Ski Champions Walk" in Selva Val Gardena, yesterday instead we went up to the Saslonch hut to reward the Norwegian ace with the trophy, valid from 2020 only for the Gardena World Cup races (no longer combined with those in Alta Badia), which is now at home in the "Attacking Vikings" squadron.
The Saslong Classic Club and the tourist associations of Val Gardena organized a party in honor of Kilde, which was attended by the president Rainer Senoner, the mayor of Selva, Roland Demetz, as well as Christina Demetz (DOLOMITES Val Gardena) and Angelo Dalpez ( vice president of FISI), the FIS race director Markus Waldner, the Val Gardena sisters Nicol and Nadia Delago, as well as great ex such as Peter Runggaldier, Werner Perathoner and Peter Fill. AAK brought home a life-size wooden bust, a check for 5000 euros and a holiday in Val Gardena that the Norwegian has experienced in these days, once he got off the Stelvio where he started to get serious on the track again. more than six months from the injury to the crusader that cost him the World Cup in Cortina and the possibility of an encore in the World Cup overall.
"It is very nice to be here again - Kilde's words to the press office of the Saslong Classic Club - The Dolomites are a dream even in summer: it is true that I have a very special relationship with Val Gardena, here I feel simply at home. Why am I so fast on this track? Maybe it's the good food, but the excellent quality of the snow certainly helps me and I almost always manage to master the technically difficult passages, such as jumps ”.
The '92 class who grew up in the Baerums Ski Club, who announced his engagement to Mikaela Shiffrin a few weeks ago, talked about his post-injury recovery: “I'm improving day by day. Last week I did a few days of skiing at the Stelvio; it will take a few more weeks before I can give 100%, but I remain positive and I hope to be able to compete in Soelden.
At the latest in Lake Louise I want to return to attack. Anything can happen in the fight for the World Cup ”.
Goals already clear in mind, not to mention the great dream of an Olympic medal in Beijing 2022. Kilde is back, and how ...
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