Who sees himself again: Hermann Maier already at full speed in the charity race before tonight's slalom

The champion of Flachau, a few hours after the return of the World Cup in the country that gave him birth, had fun on the track and ... beat everyone.

Tuesday 14 January 2020 3 minutes reading time

Even if the night slalom in Flachau is certainly not new in the panorama of the women's World Cup, now a fixed stage since his last career years, few times have we seen Hermann Maier, the son of this country in the heart of the Salzburg area , in the parterre of the track dedicated to him, having moved with his family a few hundred km away, on the shores of Lake Attersee. Less than 24 hours from the slalom scheduled for tonight, however, the champion winner of four absolute crystal balls, two Olympic titles and three world championships, appeared to participate in the charity race staged on Monday evening right on the "Hermann Maier Strecke" ; the Star Challenge also saw the presence of the Olympic slalom champion Frida Hansdotter and a beloved champion in Austria like Michaela Kirchgasser, but the fastest was still "Herminator", at 47 years played. Yes, because the challenge also involved attempting to beat the target time set by Maier, with many young skiers who failed to beat his 27 â€18. "A circle closed with my return to this track where I was the forerunner of the World Cup race that made me discover", smiled Herminator, remembering that crucial episode of his career, on January 6, 1996 and tied to his "appearance" before the giant of the World Cup which, in fact, was the key to launch him into the world of the white circus and become its dominator.

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