Nyman: "I want to be the first American to win the Cup Downhill"

Despite the stereotypical figure of "American downhill racer" and Olympic and world Ori, no man-jet stars and stripes has never won the Cup Specialties & agrave ;. At 34, the skier from Utah hopes to succeed.

Tuesday 4 October 2016 3 minutes reading time

If the United States can count two Olympic Ori Downhill thanks to Bill Johnson (Sarajevo 1984) and Tommy Moe (Lillehammer 1994) and a World Gold with Bode Miller in 2005, the specialty & agrave Cup; & Egrave; always been stingy results giving only four second places in the last decade made twice by Daron Rhalves (2003 and 2004) and twice by Bode Miller (2005 and 2008). The late Steve Nyman's Last season has rekindled the enthusiasm of the public in stars and stripes with a strip, still open, four consecutive podiums: the third place of Jeongseon followed by the second of Chamonix, the third and the second in Kvitfjell finals in St. Moritz that allowed him to finish the season in sixth place in the downhill standings won by Peter Fill. Enough to start dreaming of a cup for the thirty-four of Provo, Utah, who in his career has won three races in Downhill, all on the Saslong in Val Gardena, in 2006, 2012 and 2014. Nyman does not escape in the face of expectations of its fans; "My big goal & egrave; the Cup, I believe I can win," he told pi & ugrave; resumed in recent weeks, "if I were to succeed it would be a fairytale ending to Aspen where sar & agrave; special finish the season and where I think with Travis Ganong, Ted Ligety, Mikaela Shiffrin, Lindsey Vonn and the return of Julia Mancuso we will have much to celebrate ". A Inthesnow.com, Steve also tells of the feelings the first time you & egrave; found at the starting gate of the Streif: "I was at the gate of the Mecca of speed & agrave ski ;, was my first year in the World Cup. I had never been afraid but I was l & igrave; and I thought, '' I do not want to do it now." & nbsp; But when you're on top and you're going to throw your carcass gi & ugrave; an icy slope you have to have confidence in yourself and in what you are doing. I 'had and then I left. "

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