Alpine skiing: Kriechmayr puts everything on one card

For Kriechmayr the situation is very simple: “Full attack.” The confidence in his own strength is there, he found the flow again in Kvitfjell. From his point of view, only a bullet could save the “modest season”. “In any case, the ball is the goal, especially in a year where we don’t have a major event.” The 32-year-old expects a close race on Friday and the course setting is smoother than expected.

The Upper Austrian achieved five of his 18 victories in the World Cup at final events, two each in Aare 2018 and Courchevel 2022, one in Soldeu 2023. In Sweden in deep winter conditions, in France and Andorra on spring snow. “It hadn’t been a good year in Courchevel up to that point, so I wanted to turn things around again at the end. I wouldn’t say I’m a spring snow specialist, that could just be a coincidence.”

Kriechmayr on the racing calendar: “Rather modest”

ÖSV speed ace Vincent Kriechmayr spoke about the World Cup course in Saalbach and his still theoretical chance of winning the small crystal ball during the World Cup final. In the ORF interview, Kriechmayr also criticized the racing calendar.

Head coach Pfeifer “impressed”

Head coach Marko Pfeifer was “very impressed” with Kriechmayr in the “casual” free training session on Thursday morning. Kriechmayr won’t count, he has to drive a good race, and according to Pfeifer, the rest will just happen. “Everything is possible. But I don’t know when the last time Odermatt made a mistake in a Super-G?” That was last the case in February 2022 at the Olympics in Beijing, when he was eliminated.

GEPA/Mario Buehner-Wei According to head coach Marko Pfeifer, “everything is still possible” for Kriechmayr

It remains to be seen how much the rain will affect the slope, which is used by women and men. “It is more measured, more with radii, less speed inside,” said Pfeifer about the course setting. “We are looking forward to the race. The chances are good that we will get a good result.”

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Results and ratings

Odermatt remains the favorite. He was eliminated from the giant slalom last week, missing the chance to win all races in this discipline in one season. He was already confirmed as the overall World Cup winner and first in the discipline rankings. Further crystals could follow in Super-G and downhill, with the Swiss himself choosing that ball in the downhill as his heart’s project.

Haaser is fighting for third place

For Austria, Haaser has a good chance of finishing third in the discipline rankings; he has two second places in his strongest season to date. “It was a very consistent season, we went a step further. That was the continuous work over the last few years and the experience.” Babinsky doesn’t want to do anything other than drive the whole season “with a good feeling and joy”.

2024-03-22 07:32:29
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