Schroecksnadel towards another year at the helm of Austria: "We have to redeem the last vintage"

Interviewed by the "Blick", the number 1 of the OESV dealt with various topics, including that of the fight for the FIS presidency which will shift towards autumn.

Sunday 5 April 2020 3 minutes reading time

He experienced the most difficult year at the helm of the Austrian Federsci, which he has been running since 1990. In fact, in the 30 years of his presidency, Peter Schroecksnadel had always toasted to victory in the absolute classification by nations, in 2019/2020 he instead went to the historical enemies of Switzerland; just a Swiss newspaper, the well-known "Blick", interviewed the number 1 of the OESV to deal with various topics and to have the confirmation that probably, in spite of what has been announced in recent months, Schroecksnadel should remain at the helm of the most powerful federation of the white circus until 2021, when it will celebrate 80 years. The native Innsbruck manager had been among the first to invoke the early stop of the World Cup due to the Coronavirus emergency, recalling his previous very dangerous health experience years ago in Canada. “Our season? We cannot define it as positive, but I am confident that we can get stronger next year ", the words of Schroecksnadel who congratulated Switzerland led by the former downhill runner Urs Lehmann (" have clearly deserved the success in the ranking for nations "), now among the candidates for the FIS presidency, with an election postponed until at least the autumn after the postponement of the spring congress scheduled in Thailand and which would have put an end to the leadership of Gianfranco Kasper. "I am part of the FIS board, Lehmann is a friend but it is difficult to predict what will happen", explains the Tyrolean who then confided that "Hirscher's withdrawal left a void especially in giant size, but we also paid for the numerous injuries including those of Reichelt and Schild, who could have obtained at least 500 points each. We will analyze everything, but it may be that he will remain in office for another year. We must redeem ourselves ... ".

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