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Beat Feuz: "A St. Moritz voglio l'oro!"

March 2012 Marcel Hirscher raised to heaven her first World Cup after a duel ended in his favor during the finals in Schladming in front of the Swiss Beat Feuz.

Tuesday 13 September 2016 8 minutes reading time

The Swiss was certain to have found the & rsquo; man to bet on, to be able to & nbsp; take home & nbsp; the large cup after Carlo Janka, but the misfortune is accanii against the young Swiss. Problems in his left knee cartilage jeopardize the continuation of his career: the 2012/13 season except for Solden giant, never sees him at the start. The 2014 and 2015 were difficult years for Beat, still sore knee, unable to train with regularity & agrave; and the results are not encouraging; It captures only one podium, according to Beaver Creek downhill in 2014 in the World Cup. The Olympic Games in Sochi 2014, & egrave; far from the first, but the World Championships in Vail in 2015 his great the class gives an unexpected bronze medal in downhill. 2015 looks l & rsquo; year of rebirth, but in August it breaks the tendon d & rsquo; Achille foot, again a long stop; Baet almost miraculously and somewhat heavy looks to deleted Wengen start where & egrave; 11 & deg; downhill and 16 & deg; super g. Many talk about now finished athlete but Feuz amazes everyone: 2 & deg; to Kitzbhuel and 3 & deg; in Garmisch and Chamonix downhill, results that decree the return to large levels of the red cross. & nbsp; L & rsquo; apotheosis arrives at St Moritz final: 1 & deg; downhill and super in the days that crown Lara Gut Queen Cup. We report the & rsquo; interview conducted by colleagues from fis-ski.com Beat, first of all, how are you? & Ldquo; I'm fine. The tendon d & rsquo; Achilles does pi & ugrave; evil, the left knee instead continues to bother me. However, in all these years I have learned to bear the pain, then s & igrave ;,'m fine. & Rdquo; & Nbsp; He showed up in Wengen without even a workout behind. You wanted at all costs to get back in front of the home crowd? & Ldquo; That's right, from the first moment l & rsquo; goal was just that. I was convinced to have more & ugrave; time to prepare, then to memorize options There were some complications with the recovery and therefore I was trained only in super-G. I wanted at all costs to return to Wengen although I had no idea if the tendon would handle the stress of a descent cos & igrave; exhausting. Finally I risked and I showed up at the starting gate. Fortunately & egrave; Everything went well. & rdquo; & nbsp; Your & egrave; was an extraordinary return: after Wengen came the podium in Kitzb & uuml; hel and Garmisch-Partenkirchen, then finished the season with two goals in St. Moritz & hellip; & Ldquo; Even I can not explain it. I never imagined ending up all descents in the top 5 after what I & egrave; It happened. Even & rsquo; today I continue to not understand how it happened & nbsp; There are several similarities between you and Svindal: both of you are returned to the top after the same injury and have closed down in the top 5 running only for mid & agrave; season. What has helped you to see him win early in the season? & Ldquo; In 2015 it was only returned to participate in the World Championships in Vail and Beaver Creek and back in perfect shape l & rsquo; last season. Aksel & egrave; a phenomenon and see him triumph at & rsquo; beginning of & rsquo; year made me realize what steps I should take to return competitive. & rdquo; The two successes in St. Moritz are a great sign ahead of the World Cup. It & rsquo; this is your next goal? & Ldquo; This track suits much to my characteristics. Then & egrave; Obviously, the World Cup in my country are the & rsquo; the main goal, to memorize options at the top of my priority & agrave; There are as always the classic Wengen and Kitzbuehel & uuml; hel. But the thing most & ugrave; important & egrave; Health. Sar & agrave; essential to stay healthy in & rsquo; arc of the whole & rsquo; winter and avoid injury. Only cos & igrave; potr memorize options fight with the most & ugrave; strong. & rdquo; How is the summer training? & Ldquo; Quest & rsquo; summer will stay in Europe and we'll train a lot between Saas-Fee and Zermatt. In the second half & agrave; August torner memorize options Finally the snow. & rdquo; In the past you had obtained good results in the combined. So you are planning to go again? & Ldquo; Do not rule it out, but I doubt. Right now my priority & agrave; They are downhill and super-G. In the combined, particularly in the slalom, the pressure on the knees & egrave; huge. Right now I do not intend to take this risk. & Rdquo; & nbsp;