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The Tyrolean slalomgigant does not send them to the international federation, pointing out a series of problems for the athletes
Saturday 8 June 2019 3 minutes reading time
Manuel Feller vs FIS, new chapter.
Already in the past, one of the leading men of the technical specialties at Wunderteam had not hidden himself and, speaking to his colleagues at laola1 during the meeting in recent days in Kitzbuhel, has increased the dose.
In particular, the 26-year-old native of Fieberbrunn disputes the maxi calendar that will lead the Cup to go around the world several times: "I know we earn our money with the races and I also know that skiing is a winter sport and everything ends in a few months - explains Feller - but I believe that at a certain point it is too much. We fly to four different countries in a week, I don't think there are comparisons with other disciplines ".
The Bansko weekend was particularly criticized last season immediately after the Stockholm city event, which was already 48 hours after the slalom of the World Championships in Are. "All this is dangerous even at the level of injuries, as happened to Marco Schwarz in Bansko," Feller points out, already thinking, for example, of the four technical races in eight days that will take place, from 5 to 12 January 2020, with the move of the Campiglio slalom in midweek (8 January).
Finally the theme of the combined and the parallel, the two most discussed specialties of modern alpine skiing: "I think there is a lot of confusion - the Tyrolean continues - First the combined had to be done with the slalom opening and reversal of the 30 in super-g, now seems to go towards the fast race with the best times that will start in front in slalom. Someone should take the responsibility to decide quickly, just as on the parallel I think it is still an incomplete test, a sort of experiment that only brings stress between one race and another. And even in this case the regulation is anything but clear and definite â€.
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