Alpine Skiingmen's world cup
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The Carinthian today conquered the crystal ball in slalom, where he collected 7 podiums (with 2 victories) in 10 races. And the 7th place obtained with a back in precarious conditions was decisive to avoid having to play everything in Lenzerheide.
Sunday 14 March 2021 3 minutes reading time
At the age of 25, he crowned a little big dream, even if in Austria everyone predicts that he will be able to play the "coppona", the general one that already sees him fighting for the final podium this season (he is fourth just 6 points behind Meillard) .
Marco Schwarz is the new master of the slalom World Cup, won in the storm of Kranjska Gora with a race to spare, thanks to the 7th place on Podkoren and above all to a year always of the highest level, with seven podiums in ten races and two iconic victories like those of Adelboden and Schladming.
After the six crystal balls in the specialty conquered by Marcel Hirscher, with last season served to "recover" from the farewell of the absolute champion of the movement, but in the case of Schwarz necessary to return to high levels after the serious injury to the crusader of the left knee remedied in February 2019 in Bansko, so it was the Carinthian class' '95 that gave the Wunderteam another trophy, the first of the year waiting to understand if Vincent Kriechmayr will close his accounts in super-g, next Thursday in Lenzerheide.
And to think that Schwarz was at risk of taking part in today's race on Podkoren, after giving up yesterday's giant due to back problems that emerged this week. In the end, he returns home with a cup and the world medals from Cortina, above all the gold in combined for a dream 2020/21 season. “I am really happy to have managed to win the cup already today - explained Marco on the OESV website - despite my back problems.
Thanks so much to everyone who helped me; the conditions were particularly difficult in the second heat, but in the end it went exactly as I wanted ”.
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