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The great ex spoke clearly to the "Kronen Zeitung": "We value the classics, we simplify the race formats. I will be ancient, but I think so".
Wednesday 12 February 2020 3 minutes reading time
Felix Neureuther does not hide and his warning is a true act of love for skiing, expressed clearly after the bad weekend lived between Chamonix and Garmisch.
Having become a father for the second time in a few days, the former Bavarian champion and now technical commentator for ARD, started from the criticisms of the parallel giant who raced in France to extend the analysis to the whole World Cup. And his thought is definitely interesting, expressed in an interview with Kronen Zeitung: “My new job is more difficult than expected, but in reality it is enough to simply tell things to people, already quite confused by these formats of race ... ".
On the parallel, Neureuther is drastic: “The fact that this discipline is part of the World Cup is the greatest absurdity ever. It has nothing to do with the ski we love, we are not snowboarders, the FIS must simply stop all this. "
Recipe? Felix would have it already in his head, even if he realized that the application, in the current state of things, is very complicated: “Ten descents, ten giants, ten slalom, as in the days of my parents. I will be tied to the past, but in my opinion it is necessary to enhance the true skiing disciplines and the great classics. We would have more complete and stronger skiers, less injuries and more spectacle for the public, as well as greater calendar fairness. And if there was also a weekend for everyone, where would the problem be? Think of a slalom on Friday evening, the descent on Saturday and the giant on Sunday, in the cradles of skiing. It would be simple, perhaps too much ... ".
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