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World Cup opening very bad for the hosts, without a Salzburg ace.
Tuesday 29 October 2019 4 minutes reading time
The Austria of skiing came out of Soelden with broken bones, as many feared in the Wunderteam after Marcel Hirscher's farewell.
If among women it did not go very badly, with the young Franziska Gritsch who took a great 7th place in comeback, but also the tile of the injury to a Bernadette Schild who seemed to be able to get into the top ten, among the men no white and red bishop entered among the 10, with Manuel Feller only 12th after having messed a lot in the second run.
"I sucked," the Tyrolean said bluntly, adding that "we wanted to immediately close the topic of Marcel's absence, but now the newspapers will talk about it again ...". Stefan Brennsteiner missed a great opportunity, 7th after the first heat and derailed in the second, while Matthias Mayer and Roland Leitinger took good points, starting out of 30 and finishing 15th and 19th respectively, remembering that the start was missing a key element like Marco Schwarz, the most anticipated man of the season for male Austria and ready to return for the Levi slalom.
Whoever involved Hirscher in the Soelden opening, somehow, was a great friend of the eight-time World Cup winner: Felix Neureuther, at his first experience as a commentator for ARD, "pulled" Marcel live, calling him on the phone before going down to the Rettenbach for reconnaissance. "I miss a person here, after a thousand battles together and a lot of time spent up here," said the Bavarian, who also retired at the end of last season, before dialing Hirscher's number ...
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