Alpine Skiing
An injury to the muscle of the left leg and again that backache, a few days dall'opening World Cup in Soelden, who some years ago had tormented him. So little training behind between an injury and the other, but it is not the pain that stops Manfred Moelgg, the financier of San Vigilio, spearhead of the blue team slalom, forward-looking very confident.
Saturday 9 November 2013 5 minutes reading time
How's your back?
It is very good. It was a pretty hard fall, unfortunately from Ushuaia in between then hurt his leg and then the back I could not do much training. Now you do not have to look back, but forward. The important thing is that they are able to train this week, Soelden in by then I was well again.
Did you get to train in slalom only this week after about two months. How did your training?
Very well, I am very happy. I first made a little 'track and then I focused on the slalom. I think I did a good job, always growing, one day in Val Senales and three days with the team at the Tonale. I am very satisfied. Now rest two days and then tomorrow we leave for Zinal and then go directly to Levi.
Do you feel ready for Levi or something is still missing in the preparation?
Clearly the work that I lost, now is lost. Now the important thing is that I'm fine and I can do a few more days of training. I feel ready, I trust.
Marcel Hirscher, Ted Ligety and Alexis Pinturault are the athletes to beat giant. In slalom who are they?
In slalom is always more difficult, is a specialty where many can win. But I think Marcel Hirscher, with the season he did last year, will be the man to beat. There are also others like Felix Neureuther. Yet the Italian team will be very strong, we hope to have our say. And then there's me I can fight there in front like last year.
Last year, the blue team slalom won only two podiums, yours and Stefano Gross. This may be the season of redemption?
I do not know, I have to look at myself. The team was very strong, but lacked some podium as the year before where I have not skied strong, while last year my teammates are a bit 'but I declined and went well. As I said before, I think the team is very strong even though I saw little in recent months. Now we start with Levi, then there will be Val d'Isere and then the big month slalom will begin in January. The important thing is a good start.
In your resume appear a crystal cup slalom, winning two races, winning 16 podiums and three medals at the World Championships. Missing Olympic medal ...
It would be nice to win it, but I do not want to think about that much. It is the number one goal, but at the moment I have to go fast in the World Cup is to qualify for the Olympics in Sochi is to get to the festival in a very good shape to be able to bring home a good result.'ll Try ; to do so, as I have done so many times at the World Cup and as I have done in the past year in Schladming where I was in a very good shape even if I could not do an encore.
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