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From a part Marcel Hirscher,'' from other Ted Ligety. They are, in our opinion, the main protagonists announced the men's World Cup and more generally in the Olympic season is about to begin. Close to them one that begins to be a long time in the White Circus as Aksel Lund Svindal and the most promising among the young, Alexis Pinturault.
Thursday 24 October 2013 8 minutes reading time
'' The past winter Hirscher in technical disciplines, including the two Event City Cup and the two World Cup races, finished on the podium 20 times out of 21 races failing'' the only goal in Adelboden where, however, if he had not committed a serious error in the end would win. An amazing season that was even better than the previous one that had already been fantastic and that has few precedents in history. We are really curious to see if the'' Austrian fail to maintain this average in a winter in which, in addition to defending the double crystal ball absolute, gives chase to the first Olympic medal of his career after Vancouver was fourth in Giant 8 cents from bronze and fifth in slalom.
Ligety was indubbiamento that has benefited most from the change of the materials in the giant, he who had them heavily criticized, and after winning the first races of the season with detachments from cuckoo clock was made to go fast and elsewhere Schladming, in addition to discounted gold in giant slalom, took even those super-G and super combined. Quest'' summer has been training very strong in slalom, a discipline in which first gained great results and in which he wants to go big. If he can do it, if he can maintain the advantage over Hirscher in goal and wide if it is constant at a high level even in the super-G and super combined has a chance to contend Svindal probably more than the World Cup all'' Austrian. The "what ifs" are a little too much'' but we are convinced that Ted can be supercompetitivo also for the general classification. Not to mention that in giant lacks only to win the Olympic title, he who in Turin 2006, took the gold in the'' last'' in the classical format of the story combined with the medals up for grabs.
Svindal l'' Last year was amazing downhill and super-G'' so as to be the only one to successfully oppose force d'' shock of the blue team in the speed pocketing the two cups of specialty as well as the'' gold World Championship downhill. In giant hand is almost never been at the level of the strongest and to compete with Hirscher and Ligety to the levels of last year'' strong need to go there too. The third step of the podium of our personal favorites for the Cup Aksel there is great along with Pinturault, a guy who at 22 years to accomplish had already excelled in four different specialties: City Event, slalom, super giant, is also , was second in a super-G, however, anomalous as that of the finals in Schladming 2012. This is to say how this led to the versatility young phenomenon.
Among the other characters, Felix Neureuther got a sensational fourth place in the overall standings of the'' last Cup putting going strong even in the giant slalom as well as in'' this summer but has struggled a lot to recover from an ankle injury is much true that his presence in Sölden was in doubt until the last minute almost all''. '' Then there is the "old" Ivica Kostelic that in May we have operated for the umpteenth time'' to the knee but do not give an inch, c'' is the speed of the Austrian team that last winter between downhill and super-G has collected one win, plus Hannes Reichelt in the downhill in Bormio has obtained the'' ex-aequo with Dominik Paris. And what will the Switzerland after the'' last year had only moderately competitive Didier Defago and has caught only one podium finish with third in the super Carlo Janka in Wengen but for the rest, devoid of Beat Feuz and Daniel Albrecht, this '' retired last a few days, has been nothing short of disastrous?
About Feuz, the Swiss will not race in Sölden well as Janka but it will be one of the great returns in the White Circus male. They will do the same also Kjetil Jansrud, injured at the World Cup in Schladming, Klaus Kroll, who was hurt in the super-G of the finals in Lenzerheide, and Julien Lizeroux, the French slalom skier stopped for two and a half years. But above all, will return after 19 months Bode Miller, the American, who will take part already on the Rettenbach, says he is not perhaps never been so fit and will go to hunt her fifth Olympic participation. He will be missed unfortunately, among others, in addition to withdrawn Albrecht, Bernard Vajdic, Jean-Philippe Roy, Tobias Grünenfelder, Stefan Goergl and Andrej Jerman, also Swedish Jens Byggmark, injured in giant slalom training in a month and a half ago . As for the seasonal calendar is almost identical to that of last season with the return of Night Race Schladming and the'' left the scene once again, unfortunately, in Madonna di Campiglio. The Italian team will talk'' s immediate eve of the races in Sölden. Good season and good luck to all the athletes!
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