Strolz, 34 years after dad: "A dream come true". Feller: "Johannes deserved it more than all"

The Austrian double in the Adelboden slalom tells the story of the man who closed a circle opened by father Hubert, the white circus winner par excellence. The emotions of a 29-year-old boy who, out of the national teams until the beginning of the season, doesn't even have a dedicated skiman.

Sunday 9 January 2022 4 minutes reading time

He faced the storm of the first heat, without fear with that bib 38 which, paradoxically, today seemed even advantageous due to the snow conditions found on a Chuenisbargli that changed its face on several occasions, in the arc of a simply crazy Adelboden slalom . Then, from seventh position just 17 cents from fellow countrymen Gstrein and Feller who led the standings, Johannes Strolz did not think of anything for his second heat. On the other hand, in modern slalom you can no longer calculate anything, even more so if your best result in CdM, at 29, is a tenth place educated in Campiglio a couple of years ago. The story became reality, at the home of the great Swiss rivals, with the Wunderteam scoring two goals and winning with the least expected man: Johannes Strolz, Hubert's son, at least so everyone remembered him until today. Dad was a splendid polyvalent, capable of reaching the podium 34 times in the World Cup, but winning only one race, the combined race in Bad Kleinkirchheim in 1988, the year in which he graduated as Olympic champion, in the same discipline. at the Calgary Games. And the great thing is that Johannes is not part of the OESV national teams, in fact he is without a skiman and only a few weeks ago he joined the World Cup group for training. “I have always believed in myself and finally now I have been able to prove something important - he declared in tears after the victory - It is a dream come true, I still can't make it happen. There are so many people behind a victory, primarily the family, and I have often thought about everything that had happened in the last few years. A victory in the World Cup, in the Adelboden slalom, is worth every effort ”. Manuel Feller, second in slalom as in giant on Chuenisbargli, applauds: "As soon as I reached the finish line I was disappointed not to have the best time, then I saw who was in front and from that moment I thought that I didn't care anymore - the Tyrolean told oesv.at - Yes, because if there was anyone who deserved such a success, that was Johannes. In front of him you can only take off your hat ".

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