The Atomic champions open the season: the goal is to bring the coppone home. Goggia: "I'm ready"

A little over two weeks after the Soelden opening, Atomic Day always marks an important moment. Mikaela Shiffrin: "Focus on technical disciplines, but I love Lake Louise and ...".

Thursday 7 October 2021 7 minutes reading time

A Virtual Media Day different from the usual, that is the pre-pandemic, but it is still an opportunity to steal the feelings and motivations of many champions, a few days after the start of the World Cup. Atomic Day from the Altenmarkt headquarters, with Alexandra Meissnitzer as hostess as usual, gave voice to the great champions of the brand who, in the season leading up to the Beijing Olympics, will try to win back the dominated absolute World Cup for many, from the eight in series of Marcel Hirscher to the pearl of Aleksander Aamodt Kilde in 2020, to the consecutive trio of Mikaela Shiffrin before the victories of Federica Brignone and Petra Vlhova in the last two years. Just the Norwegian and the American, who made their love story official last spring, spoke together talking about their goals for the 2021/22 season, which for Mikaela will start right from Soelden, after jumping the giant on the Rettenbach 12 months ago, when the best conditions were far away. Now it really seems like another story for the champion of Eagle, who in the spring-summer period put together a good training, returning to Europe just yesterday, after having worked so hard in Saas-Fee in particular. "We did a very productive job, albeit different from classic training (having to give up the trip to Argentina again, ed) - explained Mikaela - I have been able to ski since spring in Squaw Valley and certainly the main focus is on technical disciplines, but I love speed and we will see what program I will carry on. Lake Louise? I don't know, but it's a place I love ... ”, he added referring to the Canadian location that will host the opening triptych between downhill and super-g, right where he won his first speed race in the World Cup. And how is Aleksander Aamodt Kilde doing after the injury? “I felt good feelings, but there is still a lot of work to do. Val Gardena? Well, it would be nice to win there again, it's my favorite track ”, added the Norwegian ace, while Shiffrin herself indicated another Italian location, Cortina, as her favorite stage. Atomic also launched the new Redster with Revoshock technology during the day, while the general manager Wolfgang Mayrhofer spoke of the continuity and at the same time of the company's capacity for innovation, as well as the global racing manager, Christian Hoeflehner, focused on the many injuries that affected Atomic athletes last season, “happy that champions like Goggia, Kilde, Braathen and Caviezel are back to train at their best”. In addition to Feller, Schwarz, Braathen, Zubcic, Caviezel and Sander, Sofia Goggia and Ester Ledecka took part in tandem, coincidentally the two Olympic champions in charge of downhill and super-g. The woman from Bergamo, just thinking about Beijing 2022, has ... pulled the brake: “I think step by step, also because I will have to get the qualification. It is not so trivial, having a national team with many strong girls ”. Speaking already of Soelden, Goggia underlined how his performance as a giant will be important from various points of view. “It's a beautiful specialty, I believe in it a lot and aim to do well. I know I'm not at the top, but I can get close ”. Sofia joked about her fears, from snakes to the car accident two and a half years ago in Sestriere, but speaking of the track, "the worst experience was perhaps the slalom in Zagreb (it was 2017, ed), with that slope so frozen. I prefer the descent ... ". Ledecka ready to fight for the downhill World Cup with the blue? The Czech champion does not want to expose herself too much: “It is important to work well and have fun, I did a lot of good tests and I am convinced of the training and the program put together. In my staff there is also Franz Gamper and he is a technician who brings a fundamental experience ”. Let the show begin.

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