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The two most athletes & ugrave; Winning the US Alpine Ski World Cup are about to begin their season with states d & rsquo; s mind quite different.
Friday 7 November 2014 5 minutes reading time
While Lindsey Vonn has not pi & ugrave; no problem knee injured badly in Schladming and then the & rsquo; forced another stop in December, Bode Miller has chronic back problems that blew giant d & rsquo; seasonal S & ouml; Sölden.
"I feel really good - said Lindsey & Outdoors, Associated Press after a training session in Copper Mountain -. I expected to have some obstacles along the way. But I have not had any problems, no setbacks' arrest. No swelling. I do not even have any pain. I am very happy about how things are going & rdquo ;.
And things are going so well that Vonn is thinking even to anticipate the return, so in Lake Louise downhill and super-G two scheduled 5 to 7 December bens & igrave; Aspen for the giant slalom and the 29 and 30 November: & ldquo; You know me, I would not rule anything out top-up minutes. At the same time, I need to be more & ugrave; conservative than it has been the 'last year. I think Lake Louise is the perfect place to start. This & egrave; still the plan. But you never know. Things may change when I start skiing incredibly fast & rdquo ;.
Yesterday, on a sunny morning Lindsey had six rounds of training fairly easy on the slopes of Colorado, just to test the materials: "I would say that they are all & rsquo; 85 percent of the shape. I feel like I need a little '' more & ugrave; training. However, the technique and everything else there. I just need to refine the tactics, do more & ugrave; rev. Sar & ograve, in good shape after a couple of training sessions. I'm still a bit '' uncertain on the difficult but the confidence will come back & agrave; over time. With more & ugrave, training and more & ugrave, trust, will & ograve; right & rdquo; ends Vonn wear & agrave; a brace along the & rsquo; arc this season.
Miller skied in free field for most of the morning before doing some laps of a giant. Then he said that his back gave him more discomfort and & egrave; cos & igrave; since & egrave; fell during the finals in Lenzerheide last winter. But he plans to return to the race at Lake Louise a week before Lindsey, as the men's downhill and super-G races are scheduled simultaneously with the technical women in Aspen.
& Ldquo; Since the fall of a disk & egrave; displaced and now puts pressure on the nerve - Bode says -. I'm getting to the point that my body protest with enough vehemence. I've always been pretty healthy and successful & rdquo ;. When asked if it might be necessary a & rsquo; s back surgery, Miller said, "I hope not. I can not really be too surprised that my records are not so & igrave; happy. It '' was a career long and demanding for back, "concluded Miller.
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