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Marcel Hirscher in NeveItalia Sports: "Ready to challenge Ted Ligety in giant ..."

The winner of the last two editions of the World Cup he talks about his summer training, the speed, the Sochi Olympic dream and how he managed to win the prressione the last World Cup in Schladming ...

Friday 27 September 2013 3 minutes reading time

The most anticipated, the most photographed, the most popular, the most applauded. Marcel Hirscher, of Austria, is the King of the World Cup alpine ski men's two seasons. Exactly one month from the opening Olympic Vintage, to "home", practically, that the headquarters of the Atomic, in Altenmarkt, in front of a large crowd of fans, teammates, insiders and journalists, available , kind and never boring as always, had at the end of a word for everyone. Even for us. "For the first time I went to South America to train, I'd never been, and I must say that I thoroughly enjoyed, for many reasons: the snow, the tracks, the place, it was especially nice to find so many comrades and / or opponents who then face in the World Cup. giant I worked a lot in with the objective of which is what everyone, bridging the gap that has been created with respect to Ted Ligety. I think I've made good progress on this point of view, but of course we will have to wait for the races to figure it out. Speed? do not know if I'll ever competitive downhill, I do not think. should compete in super-G in Beaver Creek, Kitzbuehel and the finals. Regarding Sochi, there I still think it is too far. My goal now is to introduce myself in shape for Solden, ski well, continue to do so every race up to the big event of the season. Schladming A I felt so much pressure before the second run of the slalom world champion , with an entire nation that wanted my gold medal, not silver nor bronze. E 'was difficult, very difficult. front of the gate I said only: "Focus on your action and go to the maximum, why so much if you come second, fifth or last will be a failure, however, for the fans. " Do not miss the next few days the full video interview with the Australian champion! Twitter: @ gianmilan76; @ newswintersport

Gianmario Bonzi

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