Towards the great night of Schladming. Vinatzer believes: "Here I can do well and in the second ..."

Verso la grande notte di Schladming. Vinatzer ci crede: 'Qui posso fare bene e nella seconda...'
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Towards the great night of Schladming. Vinatzer believes: "Here I can do well and in the second ..."

At 5.45 pm the first heats of the slalom on the Planai. Alex, for the first time in the 15: "The characteristics of the slope are ideal for me, I have to try".

It will be his second time on the Planai and, even if at only 20 years of age it could be excessive to charge him with responsibility, Alex Vinatzer is already the reference of the blue slalom and the most awaited man in Italy for the Schladming "night race". At 5.45 pm the start of the first heat, which the Val Gardena born in 1999 will approach for the first time in the top 15 in the world, even if the draw last night assigned him the highest possible bib number: “I think it is a track on the which I can do well - says Alex a few hours before the race - because it is a slope that suits my characteristics. Last year I finished 16th, this year I think I can improve. The conditions? The snow resembles that found in Kitz, quite frozen but with a lot of grip. Even with high numbers it will be possible to achieve results ”. And be careful, because Italy will trace the second heat (8.45 pm) with Jacques Theolier: “The goal is to start with a good first one, then we will try to improve as it is generally a help when the drawing is your coach's . I think an interesting evening will come out ... ".
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