Random winner? Ski CEO Flury talks about her image: “Some headlines bothered me.”

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Only two of the ten descents took place this winter. And yet Jasmine Flury could already celebrate, the 30-year-old from Graubünden recently won in Val d’Isère. After the Super-G success in 2017 and the World Downhill title last February, it was the third major victory of her career. Slowly but surely, some critics will find it difficult to call her a flash in the pan.

“Some of the headlines after the World Cup that went in that direction bothered me a little bit,” Flury admits. The German said that she had achieved something unique with World Cup gold. Head coach Beat Tschuor defends his athlete: “Jasmine’s successes are no coincidence. She is a meticulous worker and has more than earned everything.”

She makes children happy

Flury now continues with three speed races in Zauchensee (Austria). Here, on the Gamskogel, she took part in the World Cup for the first time exactly ten years ago. “It’s a special place. The downhill is definitely one of my favorite races in the World Cup.” Will she shine again? In the only training (19th place) things did not go as she wanted. “I didn’t really feel comfortable,” she says. One thing is certain: Flury has the necessary humility for further acts of brilliance.

Just a few days ago she demonstrated how grounded Flury is on the terrace of the Jatzmeder mountain restaurant above Davos. During a Viennese conversation, she served bread and punch to about 130 children from her ski club Wienerli in Rinerhorn, along with numerous autographs and selfies. «Seeing the children’s bright eyes gives me a lot in return. It makes me happy,” she says.

How did this opportunity come about? Judgement. “I only rode because there was Wienerli afterwards,” said SonntagsBlick after the World Cup victory last February. The Davoser Zeitung then promised everyone who congratulated Flury through an advertisement that they would use the proceeds to invite the children of SC Rinerhorn to a Viennese party. No sooner said than done. “It was a perfect day and it was really nice that so many children came,” said Flury.

“She’s not a flash in the pan”

Back to sports. Flury’s gut feeling about changing ski brands before this season – from Fischer to Kästle – was apparently correct. Or? “So far,” she says, smiling. In any case, Kästle race director Rainer Nachbaur is enthusiastic about Flury: “We knew she was not a flash in the pan. Otherwise we wouldn’t have gotten them.”

Tschoor mentions another success factor. “Jasmine occasionally got in her way because she put too much pressure on herself. Now she can handle it better. If she has confidence in herself, in her material and in the external circumstances, she delivers results.”

Source : Blick