LAKE LOUISE. Elisabeth Reisinger is missing from today’s Lake Louise descent.
Elisabeth Reisinger (SU Böhmerwald) feels ready for her comeback in the alpine ski world cup, which is still a bit long in coming. The 25-year-old is not on the line-up for today’s first of two runs in Lake Louise (8.30 p.m., ORF 1). The Peilsteinerin, who, like her fellow sufferer Nicole Schmidhofer, defeated the weaker self in the borderline Tuesday training (with poor visibility and a battered slope), is looking forward to her first race since February 21, 2020.
At that time, Reisinger’s route in Crans Montana was fatal, the way back after a cruciate ligament rupture in his left knee turned out to be more complicated than expected. “Unfortunately, the rehab took longer. I actually wanted to be back on skis in November 2020, but my return was delayed after another acute pain in my knee,” explained Reisinger: “It was of course not an easy time, but I never had the motivation lost and fought me back. ” The police student is convinced of her qualities, and the results before the injury showed that she was on an excellent path towards becoming a world leader. She really wants to go there.
In the 2019/20 season, Reisinger, who had achieved a fixed starting place in the World Cup via the European Cup (victories in the overall, downhill and Super-G classification), made it into the top 15 five times, her best World Cup to date – The result was a seventh place in the downhill from Bansko (January 25, 2020).
Currently Reisinger does not want to be measured by bare numbers. “I’m fit again and in good condition, but it’s a comeback season. The top priority for me is to be able to ride without pain and injuries.”
The first three intermediate training times in Lake Louise (first, fifth, fourth) feed the optimism of the ÖSV athlete, for whom the cruciate ligament rupture was not the first serious injury in her career. In 2014 Reisinger suffered an open tibia and fibula fracture in the European Cup giant slalom in Sestriere. But giving up was not an option, it is no different now.
The men are contesting the second Beaver Creek Super G today (7 p.m., ORF 1).
Source: Nachrichten
