Shiffrin for the five cups? "Different balances with the new staff, but I had a beautiful summer"

The holder of the crystal ball talked about herself on the occasion of Atomic Day: first Soelden objective, then the viewfinder on the super-g and the descent remains open. Kilde looks to the World Cup: "It's a great goal after losing Cortina 2021".

Thursday 6 October 2022 6 minutes reading time

Always side by side, Mikaela Shiffrin and Aleksander Aamodt Kilde were, together with Sofia Goggia, the absolute protagonists of today's Atomic Media Day in the Altenmarkt headquarters. The two most famous boyfriends of the white circus, increasingly successful with the American champion who brought the World Cup back to the Austrian brand after the two victories (marked Rossignol) of Federica Brignone and Petra Vlhova, and the leader of Norway who put in showcase both the crystal balls of the speed sector and the first two Olympic medals of the career, after winning the "coppone" in 2019/2020. Shiffrin has changed a lot within the staff that follows her, both in terms of supporting coach Mike Day with a technician like Mark Mitter, and in terms of preparation of materials with new skimans. And Mikaela wanted to thank Johann Strobl, who supported her in all her most successful seasons: “I am happy with the work done and the approach, it is a new situation and we have put together as many days on the snow as possible. I can say that they have all been very productive ”. The four-time winner of the absolute crystal ball will aim for the five, even if she doesn't want to talk about numbers and long-term goals, aiming to collect the most points once again in slalom and giant, but without disdaining the speed considered. the good things done in super-g in the last year. "For the descent it will depend on where there will be the opportunity to play it in the appointments combined with the super-g - underlined the 27-year-old from Colorado, who will not be at the start of the" Speed Opening "at the beginning of November in Zermatt / Cervinia - In the technical disciplines I will try to collect the maximum ". On the relationship with Kilde, Shiffrin says: “We trained in Norway, then in Colorado and the last camp in Chile was very good. We had a beautiful summer, in general it is a stimulus to each other ”. AAK adds: “With Mika we have found a certain balance, on the competitive level we can say that we are happy with the work done in this preparation. It's true, it will be the first season without Kjetil Jansrud in the team: everyone knows about the relationship that binds us, from the beginnings in Baerum up to all these years in the World Cup. Now there will be a new situation, but there are a lot of guys pushing hard and I will have to improve myself. Maybe even in slalom - Kilde smiles referring to the test that, in the Olympic combined, brought him an unexpected silver - where we have a simply formidable team ”. And on the expected return to the giant, sacrificed in the year of the post-injury return, to try to fight with Marco Odermatt? “I was able to work on it with a few good days of training, even though the focus is clearly on speed. Already in Soelden, however, I will try. The World Cup? They are a great goal, after losing Cortina 2021 through injury ”. And who knows if the first world-class medals for the champion norge will not arrive, in February on the Eclypse of Méribel ...

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