Vinatzer looks at the glass half full: "A second heat that gives me confidence for tomorrow"

The Val Gardena, seventh and best blue, analyzes Garmisch's first slalom which leaves Gross (11th), Sala (14th) and Razzoli (21st) only partially satisfied. Their voices in the post-race.

Saturday 26 February 2022 3 minutes reading time

An Italslalom disappointed by the Olympic slalom and with a great desire to conquer the second podium of the season, the first for Alex Vinatzer who didn't go too far with the comeback in today's second heat. First target failed, however, in the two days of Garmisch even if the overall team performance was decent, with four athletes among the top twenty-one. The Val Gardena, 7th coming up from the 23rd time trial of a first heat all in defense, still has to put together an entire race to get back on one of the three steps of the podium, but look at the glass half full for today's performance. "I didn't think I could stay in front so long, having made a mistake in the second - Alex's words to Ettore Giovannelli's microphones (Rai Sport - The track, however, is marked and I think I did a good heat, which gives me confidence for tomorrow. We are working to adapt to every condition, for this season finale I have made up my mind to have fun in every race ". Stefano Gross finished 11th and is chasing the pass for the cup finals, but he wants more. “A fair test, even if I still can't give 100% like in training. The result, however, is good considering Sunday ”. Tommaso Sala reveals an important background: “I started with a total attack in the second, but I made a mistake almost immediately and, even if I don't want to be an excuse, I got stuck with my back between the first and the second heat. I hope to be better for tomorrow ". Finally Giuliano Razzoli, 21st and bitter. “Today there was really no feeling with the snow, something was wrong and we will also have to work on the materials. I was unprepared for this salty mantle, I have to work on it because we have always trained on ice and, practically, we have not found these conditions for almost a year ".

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