Are the ÖSV women taking a break before the Olympics?

Are the ÖSV women taking a break before the Olympics?

Austria’s female ski racers did not participate in yesterday’s giant slalom at home in Lienz: The only exclamation point was Katharina Truppe, who moved up from 27th to ninth place in the second run with the second best time. In the end, the best Austrian was 1.15 seconds short of the podium, which Tessa Worley led in front of Petra Vlhova (Svk / + 0.3) and Sara Hector (Swe / + 0.38).

For the French, it was her 15th World Cup victory in giant slalom, which put her in third place on the all-time best list, ahead of Anita Wachter (14). Only Vreni Schneider (20) and Annemarie Moser-Pröll (16) are in front of her. Mikaela Shiffrin, who had to call off a title defense in Lienz due to a positive corona test, also stops at 14. In addition to the US-American, who leads 93 points in the overall World Cup ahead of Sofia Goggia (Ita), who was twelfth yesterday, Lara Gut-Behrami (Sui) was missing another top runner due to corona. Double world champion Katharina Liensberger returned from quarantine in time, but was not more than 25th place, 2.55 seconds behind. “There is simply a lack of training and confidence at the start. You can see that you just need a certain amount of preparation,” said the Vorarlberg native. Elisa Mörzinger from Mühlviertel missed the second round in 38th place.

The latest Corona failures are ringing the alarm bells for coaches and ÖSV managers just under a month before the Winter Olympics.

Risk assessment before the Olympics

Sports director Toni Giger explained that it was worth considering whether the ÖSV aces would still take part in all World Cup competitions until shortly before leaving for China. “We said that everyone thought about it, then we would lump everything together and see what we think is the best option when we have to decide,” said Giger. The corona problem has taught us that you have to prepare for many eventualities. Especially with the emerging Omikron variant, every trip harbors an increased risk potential.

The calendar shows twelve World Cup races until Beijing, the first one today being the slalom in Lienz (live on ORF 1 from 10 a.m.).

Source: Nachrichten

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