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The leader of the blue panorama of the sledding speaks after the first weeks of preparation. "Last year, Whistler's disqualification was decisive."
Thursday 9 July 2020 2 minutes reading time
Dominik Fischnaller wants to play the World Cup again, escaped him in the last season only at the last race, in the great duel with Roman Repilov.
The preparation of the blue team of the World Cup has started again, with the group of Armin Zoeggeler at work now in the ice plant of Egna-Ora, while in the next days the training will be completed in the classic starting piston of Maranza.
The South Tyrolean carabiniere lived the year of consecration for continuity at a high level, with six podiums in the cup and bronze in the sprint race at the World Championships in Sochi. “It was a very positive year - explains Fischnaller to fisi.org - and in the end the difference was made by the disqualification in the Whistler sprint, where I had finished third the previous day in the classic format.
Matthias Schnitzer returned as an athletic trainer this year, favoring a different job in the weight room. Year after year I feel stronger and more complete as a tobogganist, I think I have reached the experience to aim for the general classification, but also the World Championships in Whistler take place on a track that I really like ... ".
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