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The "night race" gave the sixth winner different from the beginning of the season: "In the slalom now everything is all-in, I like it that way", says the German winner on the Planai. The emotion of the Norwegian, the charge of Feller already thinking about the Olympics.
Wednesday 26 January 2022 4 minutes reading time
Stories from Schladming, stories of yet another crazy slalom of the season that rewards, after the Dave Ryding fairytale in Kitzbuehel, that Linus Strasser who had already won between the tight posts just over a year ago in Zagreb (and in 2017 in parallel to Stockholm), but who struggled to find continuity after the exploits of last season, as is happening to any specialist.
The first German to impose himself in the "night race", for 100 points which also means entry into the first sub-group of merit for the Olympic slalom, not bad for another loose mines that could blow the bank in China as well. "After the first heat (closed in 5th place, ed), I told myself that I would try to do my thing again in the second, I did it really well - Strasser told the BR broadcaster - The ski it's a brutal sport and slalom is more and more extreme, you have to go all-in and I'm having a lot of fun ”.
Among the fourteen different athletes (out of 18 available squares in six races) who got on the podium this season, there is also the name of Atle Lie McGrath, extraordinary 2nd only 3 cents from Strasser and starting with bib 34. "The results of Braathen gave me the motivation - told ORF the 21-year-old Norwegian, fresh as the "twin" from the injury a year ago in the giant of Adelboden and the third podium in his career in three different disciplines (giant, parallel and now slalom) - I can't find any suitable words for this race. The last few weeks have been very difficult for me: Wengen and Kitzbuehel two negative tests that have completely taken away my confidence. And now here we are ... ".
And from 28th to third, back in the race after the positivity at Covid that had made him jump Kitz, here is Manuel Feller. "I was with my back to the wall - the Tyrolean explained, again to the ORF microphones - It didn't matter if I got two or three points or none, I had to push in the 2nd heat even though I didn't train recently and with some problems in the back. But I have shown that even if I'm not at the top, I can ski well ... ".
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