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First major defection ahead of the first round of the season scheduled for Sunday 23 October in Soelden. The 'Austrian Matthias Mayer & nbsp; in fact salter & agrave; the 'opening race to get ready in the speed disciplines.
Friday 14 October 2016 4 minutes reading time
The twenty-six downhill Olympic champion has decided to wait until the end of November to return to full-time in the White Circus, he who last December ended his season prematurely because of an ugly fall remedied during the downhill race in Val Gardena that cost memorize options breaking two vertebrae. & nbsp;
Mayer has put the skis only in July has still obliged to point out that the lump why not & egrave; directly connected to his state of form, but the result of careful reasoning made together with Austrian technicians, "I'm fine, I do not have any kind of physical problem even if he occasionally has some little pain but that does not stop me to train properly. In Chile we played different workouts in the speed disciplines and I have to say that I had good answers. "
The 'native athlete from Carinthia & nbsp; often think back to the disastrous fall on the Saslong, "It' 'a situation that remains etched in the mind and that it takes some time before you take it off completely. Having said that I am not one who likes to complain and certainly not I am not at all scared by the speed & agrave; although in Lake Louise will search memorize options to safely ski. "
The son of Helmut Mayer used words in favor of dell''utilizzo set within airbags coveralls despite most of the experts claim that the severity & agrave; of his injury has been favored by the presence of the safety device, "In recent months I have tried to find a reason to my injury, but still are not riusciuto to find a real solution. I firmly believe nell''airbag in recent years this device has made great strides but we must continue to develop it well to try to prevent it active when not needed. "
Taking a look at the upcoming season the native of twenty-six & nbsp; Sankt Veit an der Glan has gi & agrave; planned commitments by setting some goals, "My main goal & egrave; to get to Lake Louise without a hitch. I'll try memorize options to train more and more & ugrave; hard in the speed disciplines and North American races (Lake Louise and Bever Creek ed) will be a important test. I also think of returning to the giant, a discipline which in my view & egrave; very useful for specialists in the speed events. "
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