The feast of the norge to close the Cortina World Cup. Foss-Solevaag: "An extraordinary day for us"

The new slalom world champion celebrates with Kristoffersen, however happy with his bronze (first medal in slalom in a world championship event). And even Pertl considers itself a winner given the unexpected silver.

Sunday 21 February 2021 5 minutes reading time

They have suffered, given up many champions of the present and of the future with various injuries in recent weeks, from the talents McGrath and Braathen, through the blow of losing Aleksander Aamodt Kilde one step away from the World Cup. From Cortina 2021, however, Norway comes out with two gold medals and a bronze: after last Wednesday's team event, Sebastian Foss-Solevaag won his second world title, he who at 29 had never yet won in the World Cup until just over a month ago, when he dominated in Flachau. Now he is on the top of the world, after having signed a perfect second heat on "Druscié A" to crown a career. “I still can't realize it, but it really happened - he confessed to Rai Sport's microphones immediately after the race - For us it's an extraordinary day as a team, when I see the rest of the team I know I'll cry. We are united and we work well for this too. The race? I was confident after the 1st heat, but I knew I had to attack with Henrik up front with a great time; it was all perfect, when Pertl got behind it was just ... crazy ”. The Austrian specialist himself, at the age of 24, takes the most important podium of his career (he so far 3rd in Chamonix 2020 as the only top 3 in CdM) with an amazing and unexpected silver, also because the place in the Wunderteam quartet '' he only got in the week, having done better than Gstrein in parallel. And at the end of the 1st heat, Adrian was ahead of everyone. "No regrets, on the contrary I'm super happy with what I did also in the 2nd heat, for me it's like having won - he always explained to Ettore Giovannelli's microphone - I had fun, this was the secret and the track was super even going down for fifteenth. Never before would I have dreamed of this result ”. Finally Henrik Kristoffersen, incredibly alone today on a world slalom podium, he who is one of the best specialists of the last decade. The Norwegian champion is satisfied, also because he has just returned from a very difficult season which he still manages to season with a valuable bronze. “That's right, I'm happy because it wasn't easy for me at all. Unfortunately I made some small mistakes even in the decisive heat where I pushed hard, but it's part of the game and Sebastian was the best. It is very nice to see him up there, we have trained for many years together and now he has arrived, he has taken the decisive step. I have lived a difficult season, I have always struggled on hard while today, in these snow conditions, I felt good ”.

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