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The Norwegian's satisfaction after the victory in the first Garmisch slalom: for the specialty classification the fight is ... furious.
Saturday 26 February 2022 2 minutes reading time
Henrik Kristoffersen came out disappointed from his first Olympics without medals, in his third assault on the Games.
That the form of a champion like the 27-year-old Norwegian was very good, however, was well understood by certain sections of the race shown in the five-rim slalom, and today in Garmisch all his quality has emerged.
Both in the first heat, which ended in second place just 7 cents from Nef, and in the decisive one after making an important mistake in the upper part, to then go wild and burn Loic Meillard by just 14 cents, who saw the race postponed again '' appointment with the first victory in slalom. For HK94, there are 25 in the World Cup and 2 in the season, but the seal had not arrived between the tight posts for over a year, namely Chamonix at the end of January 2021.
“I just pushed hard,” explained Kristoffersen in the post-race, referring to his second heat all to the attack after the error. “I've always believed in it, today I enjoyed it and above all I managed to win”. A success that is worth a lot also because it means returning to only one point from the leader of the discipline, when there are three tests left, the compatriot Lucas Braathen today out already in the first heat.
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