Skier Maarten Meiners wants to climb to the top of the world in giant slalom this season. The aim is to finish in the top eight at the next Olympic Games in Italy.
That’s what 30-year-old Meiners said at the start of the season in Sölden, Austria. He may not have made it into the top 30 there this weekend, but he’s shown twice that he can. In 2020 he was the first Dutchman to score points in the World Cup in Santa Catarina Vulfurva.
But even after that he showed several times that he is not far from the top thirty in the world. “I think I’m slowly making contact with the world’s best,” says Meiners, full of confidence for the next season.
Meiners has a clear line in mind. This year he wants to be in the top 30 more often in the World Cup and for the World Cup the goal is to be in the top 15. “If I can continue that line, I think the top 8 is realistic for the next few games.”
See the report with Maarten Meiners here:
He showed that Meiners can perform at the right time during the Beijing Games. Despite a back injury, he finished eighteenth.
It earned him an A status from sports umbrella organization NOC*NSF. And that relieves you financially. “That really got me by. Now I have a bit more budget and we can eventually create more facilities, which is great,” says Meiners.
The 30-year-old Naarden resident, who lives in Innsbruck, Austria, for a large part of the season, wants to improve step by step and thinks his best years are yet to come. “I am not old. Those will definitely be my best years,” says Meiners. He says young skiers who win straight away are the exception. “I can’t expect to be that exception.”
The next chance to finish in the top 30 in giant slalom is in early December in France’s Val d’Isère.
See the summary of the giant slalom in Sölden here:
Source:NOS
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