“It was really emotional today, I have to say. It was pretty much the same as when I was on the podium for the first time after my first cruciate ligament tear,” said Schwarz. He reported that there were tears of joy at the award ceremony.
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After the first round, Schwarz was only a hundredth of a second behind Odermatt in front of an official audience of 15,300 in the Glacier Arena. In the end, the Swiss had a lead of 0.24 seconds. “Today, after the first round, I thought that this could happen again,” emphasized Schwarz. “The material felt super fine, I had confidence in my body.” At the end he thought “of all the hours spent in the weight room, spent on physio beds”. “To be back on the podium is what you work for.”
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