The San Sebastian rider Lucas Eguibar will compete in Milan-Cortiza D’Ampezo for his fourth consecutive Games and winter. Eguibar has recovered from several ailments, … the last one very serious in the Achilles tendon, and he leaves “with all the ambition” to get a medal.
The ones in Italy will be the fourth Games for the San Sebastian native, who achieved a seventh place in Sochi (Russia), a 33rd place in Pyeongchang (South Korea) and another seventh place in Beijing (China).
The rider has recognized that his preparation is focused on these Olympic Games. «I would always like to see myself with a gold medal in the Games, and I know that it is not the same as the World Cups, but I approach it as just another race. My goal for this year is the Games and the World Cup. Winning the Crystal Globe also means a lot to me. I have prepared myself for all that, knowing that February 12 is going to be the day,” he recently warned in an interview.
In addition to the two Olympic diplomas mentioned, Lucas Eguibar won the gold medal at the World Championships in Idre Fäjll (Sweden) in 2021, the individual silver medal and the silver team medal at the World Championships in Sierra Nevada in 2017 and fourth place at the Solitude World Cup (USA) in 2019. In 2015 he was the brand new winner of the Crystal Globe of the International Ski Federation (FIS) that awards the overall winner of the World Cup.
