Marco Odermatt has dissolved the reservations: he will be competing on Friday in the super-g of Kitzbuehel!

Marco Odermatt ha sciolto le riserve: sarà in gara venerdì nel super-g di Kitzbuehel!
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Marco Odermatt has dissolved the reservations: he will be competing on Friday in the super-g of Kitzbuehel!

A month and a little more from the meniscus injury in Alta Badia: the 22-year-old from Switzerland will face Streifalm after hearing the right sensations in the last training sessions in Reiteralm.

He had been talking for a couple of weeks now about wanting to return to the toughest track in the world, even if he was "alone" in super-G. Someone had doubts when, at the beginning of the week, the Swiss federation had not included it in the list of players called up for the Kitzbuehel matches, but the idea was to wait until the last training sessions, scheduled for Reiteralm , to try. And now it can be said, Marco Odermatt will make his return to the race on Friday, in the super-G on the Streifalm, just over a month after the accident in the giant on the Gran Risa, with a broken meniscus and recovery times that would have had to bring it back on track not before February, at least at a competitive level. The 22-year-old Swiss champion, however, did everything to be there already in the Kitz temple, while skipping the tests of the descent. Considering that we are talking about the winner of the Beaver Creek race in the specialty and a formidable talent, Odermatt should not be underestimated tomorrow ...
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