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The South Tyrolean sprinter, who will not be competing on the Colorado snow, explains his re-entry plan and his sensations.
Monday 2 December 2019 3 minutes reading time
He wants to return to Christof Innerhofer last year, the one constantly fighting for the podium between super-g and downhill, but he wants to do it calmly and choose the right moment to return, while still craving to wear a bib again, after the last in that damn day of March in Cortina, on the occasion of the Italian championships.
The 34-year-old from Gais, as is known, also renounced the two fast races in Beaver Creek, after missing the first appointment at Lake Louise, but explained to the notebooks of fisi.org how the choice to avoid even the super-g and the descent on the "Birds of Prey" (Friday 6 and Saturday 7 December) was the wisest. "We assessed the situation with the doctors, who advised me to continue the training - the explanation of" Inner "- In the last month I played many sessions at 3000 meters altitude, practically starting to ski from scratch in the United States.
In this way I arrived at a good quantitative level and feeling in the snow, but I remain late in terms of competitive preparation compared to my companions. Eight months have passed since the accident and now I will rest a few days, and then start again with quality training; I suffer not being in the race, because the competition is everything for me and I would compete on one leg too, but I think the wisest evaluation was made.
The goal is to arrive in Val Gardena with a competitive condition and start playing it, because it is my intention to compete for many more years ... ".
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