Austria also loses Lukas Feurstein for the first three super-g of CdM: "I'm not ready yet"

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Austria also loses Lukas Feurstein for the first three super-g of CdM: "I'm not ready yet"

The 21-year-old world champion jr of giant in 2021 (ahead of Franzoni), has a guaranteed permanent place in the specialty but back problems have slowed down his preparation. No Lake Louise and Beaver Creek, possible return to Val d''Isère.

Austria loses another element of the speed team ready to face the first six races of the World Cup on North American snow, between the triptych of Lake Louise (25-27 November) and that of Beaver Creek (2-4 December) . If Max Franz will lose the entire season after the serious accident suffered on Sunday at Copper Mountain, it is a very different situation involving Lukas Feurstein, but the talent born in 2001 will still have to give up the first three super-g of the cup, precisely among the two Canadians and the one on the “Birds of Prey”, being still late in condition after the serious back problems accused between July and August. The world champion jr of giant in Bansko 2021, when he gave two splendid duels with Giovanni Franzoni first in super-g, beaten by a whisker by the brescian himself, then between the wide doors where he forced the blue to the square of honor , has a guaranteed permanent place for all seven super-gs of the CdM 2022/23, thanks to the third place in the specialty ranking of the last European Cup. This is why Feurstein would have liked to be there at all costs for the North American trip, even though he could “console” with some giants where, however, he will still have to win a place at every race. After various problems also in the last season, so far the 21-year-old Austrian has put together just two appearances in the maximum circuit, even if now the situation seems to be improving and also the last training sessions in Soelden have been positive. "I lost my preparation in the speed sector in Chile, so I started training again in the goalposts only in October, it doesn't make much sense for me to go overseas even though it hurts to have a steady job and not be able to take advantage of it by losing three races out of seven. ". Of course, the OESV will not be able to replace him and now Lukas Feurstein plans a program with a lot of the European Cup, starting from the inaugural giants at the beginning of December in Gurgl and probably also from the super-g of Santa Caterina Valfurva (on 6-7 of the month on “Deborah Compagnoni”), before trying to put back a bib in the World Cup in Val d''Isère, with the possibility of making it to the giant on the Face de Bellevarde on December 10th.
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