Steven Nyman and all his love for skiing and Italy: "Ready for Cortina 2022, at 40"

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The veteran of the American speed, interviewed by skiweltcup.tv, told about the special relationship with Val Gardena and will in any case wait for the Cortina World Cup before giving up.

Wednesday 17 June 2020 6 minutes reading time

Words of love for skiing and for Italy, he who played 38 years and with many back injuries, including the two very serious (both at the crusader) suffered in Garmisch within a year, between January 2017 and that 2018 always on the Bavarian track, does not want to stop at all. Steven Nyman confessed to his colleague Andreas Raffeiner, sparing no criticism of Donald Trump for the management of the pandemic, and remembering Saslong as the track of dreams, he who obtained the only three World Cup victories on the legendary Val Gardena descent, in 2006, 2012 and 2014. "I love Val Gardena and I have felt at home since the first time I saw that track - the words of the American - I knew what to do to win, but it is a difficult, risky and where I also fell. A bit like Streif, where I certainly did not get the same results, but I love the same way: in recent years I have concentrated more on the descent of Kitz and I know I can still fight for the top in that race ". One of the secrets of Steven's Italian hat-trick? It comes from Italy: "It is Leo Mussi (skiman from San Candido with decades of experience in the white circus), who has won most of all in Val Gardena preparing his skis in an exceptional way". Nyman admits the difficulties experienced in the last season: “I made many mistakes, even though I scored points in every speed race, including the super-g where it had never happened to me. From 10th to 30th place, however, is not enough for me because I know I can do better ". And on the future, starting from the troubles that the States are experiencing in terms of Covid-19, the good Steven is not afraid to say that "the problems are many and the situation has got out of hand (also referring to the George Floyd case, ed) , I think because of insufficient leadership in the country. Our president is not a leader, he is just looking for attention and I hope that the upcoming autumn elections can change things. " Nyman applauds instead “the management of our federation on the Coronavirus theme, I think a good job has been done and now we are organizing to plan the summer job. It doesn't matter if we find possibilities in the United States, Europe or perhaps South America, even if in the latter case it seems very difficult. We will adapt, as in the case of physical preparation which has been more than good so far. " The extreme hypothesis that the 2020/21 World Cup sees only athletes from the old continent participate is clearly considered by the '82 class "a wrong solution, more than anything else because for years my teammates and I, like many athletes from all over the world, we move to Europe for the whole winter and stay there ". Italy that will return to the fate of Nyman even with the world championships scheduled in Cortina, on a track (the new "Vertigo") which could, among other things, adapt well to its innate fluency. “I can't wait to compete in that place, I generally love the Italian snow and it was already a shame not to have been able to play the World Cup finals. Cortina is a place that conveys a passion for skiing, I hope to be able to enjoy it like all the World Championships in 2021, but if they were to be moved for a year, I will also be there in 2022 ". When Steven Nyman is already 40 years old ...

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