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"My back continues to give me problems", explained the Olympian to the "Blick". The debut in Val d''Isère, on 12-13 December, is not yet ruled out.
Tuesday 27 October 2020 3 minutes reading time
At 34 he still wants to fight, also because the results were on his side in the last season, with two third places downhill in the first and last World Cup race, or in Lake Louise and over three months later. in Kvitfjell.
Carlo Janka, however, always has to live with the back problems that have affected him for years, after the double triumph between the Olympics and the absolute World Cup in that magical 2010. The Graubünden hasn't won since February 2016 in Jeongseon), but the two podiums and the good continuity of last year gave confidence towards 2020/21, until ... "from the second week of September I have never been able to train well on the snow - he confessed the same Swiss downhill skier at the “Blick” - My back is still the cause of great problems ”.
Janka stayed on for nearly six weeks before returning to skis last week in Diavolezza; the head coach of the Rossocrociata speed, Reto Nydegger, admitted that the situation is not easy. “After a day on the free field, Carlo worked with the super-g team, but things didn't go well. His technique is extraordinary, but at the moment his back does not allow him to face large loads ”.
The Olympian will therefore not go to train with his teammates in the next few days in Saas-Fee, just as a work program towards the onset in the expected speed is unpredictable for the downhill and super-g specialists on 12- 13 December on the Oreiller-Killy in Val d''Isère. “Carlo has an exceptional ability to be able to compete even with a few days of training, but it is useless to hide that there is the risk of missing the first races until the end of 2020 (including the Italian stages in Val Gardena and Bormio, ed). He could return directly to Wengen ”.
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