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The South Tyrolean talks about his success in the Sprint race in Sochi, for a return to the top after almost two years. With an Olympic view ...
Sunday 5 December 2021 2 minutes reading time
There had been the daring podium in the seasonal opening with Team Relay, but it was Dominik Fischnaller who definitively unlocked the blue sled season with a double podium within 24 hours, on the occasion of the third stage of the World Cup in Sochi.
Third yesterday in the "classic" race, triumph today in the Sprint of a single that sees the South Tyrolean champion come back in front of everyone after almost two years (he won in January 2020 in Lillehammer), for the seventh overall seal and the second in this specialty. On Saturday 39 thousandths of a second were fatal to finish on the lowest step of the podium after having "turned" in the lead at the end of the first run, today the same margin (which is not a small amount in a Sprint) was enough to beat Roman Repilov. “It was a fantastic day - Dominik told Fisi.org - I knew I had nothing to lose, I risked every corner and a spectacular descent came out.
I like the track a lot and I think it's my favorite, I felt very good ”.
The success brings Dominik Fischnaller to fifth place in the general classification of CdM with 233 points: the German Johannes Ludwig with 335 points, followed by Felix Loch (266 pt) and Roman Repilov.
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