At the time of the demolition, only three runners, Matthias Mayer, the Norwegian Aleksander Aamodt Kilde and the South Tyrolean Christof Innerhofer, had crossed the route for the third test run. The athletes wanted to continue training, but the jury only allowed one inspection.
The decision was made “for security reasons”, it was said, for a postponement she saw no window in the weather forecast for the day. The atmosphere at the start was heated, said World Champion Vincent Kriechmayr at the finish. Of course, everyone would have liked to have had a third run on the new track in order to be prepared for the race on Sunday (4:00 a.m. CET). So it can be seen as a small advantage that a trio had one more run.
“In the past few days, it has always been said that there could be a window with decreasing wind from twelve o’clock and then it will be canceled at 11.15 a.m.,” said Swiss Marco Odermatt angrily. Opinions were not obtained from the drivers. There was even a request to complete the journey in a thermal suit, so that the speed could have been reduced and it would not have been dangerous in gusts of wind. Athlete spokesman Johan Clarey (FRA) was not heard either.
Mayer, Vincent Kriechmayr and Daniel Hemetsberger will represent Austria on Sunday (4:00 a.m. CET). The fourth departure ticket is decided between Max Franz and Otmar Striedinger.
Source: Nachrichten
