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The great degrader
Last winter, Ramon Zenhäuser (31) was victorious in two World Cup slaloms (Chamonix and Soldeu), but currently nothing is going well for the 2.02 meter giant from Upper Valais. The 31-year-old was not once in the top ten this winter. And after a failure in the Aspen Slalom, the 2018 Olympic Slalom silver medalist even has to worry about participating in the World Cup final in Saalbach (A). Before the penultimate slalom in Kranjska Gora (Slo), Zenhäuser is in 27th place on the “zigzag” rankings; only the top 25 plus the junior world champion may start the final. The biggest problem with the “double meter”: his back problems only allow for a few training runs between races!
The best view
What Federica Brignone (33) showed on Sunday during the Super-G in Kvitfjell is nothing short of brilliant. The Italian has by far the worst visibility conditions in the chaos of fog, but she chooses the bravest line of all. This is rewarded with a victory. Yet Brignone is in danger of losing to Lara Gut-Behrami (32): She is 74 points behind in the Super-G World Cup and the train has probably also left the overall World Cup – Brignone is 326 points behind the Ticino woman.
The new bearer of hope
In the wake of superstar Marco Odermatt (26), Fadri Janutin (24) from Graubünden is getting closer to the top of the world. In Aspen, the trained roofer from Landquart achieved his best result in a World Cup giant slalom, finishing 14th. Because he was the man with the highest starting number in the top 15 (30) on Saturday, the 24-year-old received an extra bonus of $5,000 from the organizer. Extraordinary: the 2021 vice world junior champion gives his racing skis the names of pop stars. Janutin’s fastest giant ski is called Falco.
The most brutal fan
The many, long breaks in Kvitfjell may have some ski enthusiasts anxiously watching TV. However, hardly anyone on site is bothered by it: there is dancing, eating, laughing and sledding. So all peace, joy and pancakes? No! A little boy gives the cameraman the finger when he tries to put him in the best light in the live broadcast. The SRF commentator duo can’t help but smile. Men Marugg says: “Little joker!” And Stefan Abplanalp says: “But he showed it to the camera!”
The strong exotics
During the most recent North American tour, some athletes from small mountain countries are making it big: Louis Muhlen-Schulte (25) is 27th and wins the first giant slalom World Cup points in the history of the Australian Ski Association, the Lithuanian Andrej Drukarov (24), who studies law in Lucerne, reached the top 30 again in Aspen. In the slalom, in addition to Dave Ryding (37, 7th), another Briton, Laurie Taylor (28, 8th), is in the top ten. The Spaniard Juan Del Campo (29, 17th) ) appears in the top 20 for the first time.
The most beautiful fairy tale
Lauren Macuga (21, pronounced: Massuga) did not reach the top 10 of a World Cup race in 22 races. That changes this weekend – and how! The American races to places 5 and 7 and cannot stop shining. Especially on Sundays, she sits in the leader’s chair for a long time because of the long breaks and says: “It’s the first time for me. That was always my goal; it’s great that it has now been achieved.” You have to remember her name.
The boycott threat
ÖSV Secretary General Christian Scherer is in a pretty bad mood after a long conversation with FIS President Johan Eliasch. Why? Scherer is one of the biggest opponents of the speed opener in Zermatt-Cervinia, but Eliasch made it clear to the Tyrolean that the FIS, Swiss-Ski and the Italian Federation will also have two men’s and two women’s downhill events in the Matterhorn region next year. November wants to start. “I therefore pointed out to Eliasch that the top athletes had clearly spoken out against the Matterhorn races in November. Just like us at the ÖSV, you believe that you should ride here at a later time when the weather conditions are more stable. In my opinion, the opinions of the drivers should not be ignored,” Scherer said on ORF. Austrian downhill boss Sepp Brunner added in an interview with Blick: “I can well imagine that the majority of athletes will boycott the races in Zermatt!”
Suter? Yes, but this time Jasmina
She is under pressure, but can handle it: Jasmina Suter (28) defends her 25th place in the discipline rankings and can participate in the World Cup final. That is not a given, as Suter returned from a torn ACL this winter. This means that the name Suter is represented in Saalbach! Finally, speed demon Corinne Suter (29) is in the Maldives after tearing her cruciate ligament and Juliana Suter (25, Jasmina’s sister) resigned mid-season.
The Giant series
Marco Odermatt won the two giant slaloms in Aspen ahead of his teammate Loïc Meillard (27) and is therefore undefeated in this category for eleven races. But Blick expert Bernhard Russi makes it clear that Meillard from Valais should have beaten the superstar from Lake Lucerne in Colorado: “Marco made mistakes with both Aspen giants that we have not seen from him for a long time. But because he showed his excellent sprinting qualities in the last section and Loïc rode too well, he was able to continue his incredible series of successes. This means that Odermatt is just two victories away from the record of the Swede Ingemar Stenmark (67), who won fourteen World Cup titles in a row in the giant slalom between 1978 and 1980. And with no Marco Odermatt in the slalom, Meillard can also look forward to a victory at the end of the Aspen race.
Source : Blick
I’m Emma Jack, a news website author at 24 News Reporters. I have been in the industry for over five years and it has been an incredible journey so far. I specialize in sports reporting and am highly knowledgeable about the latest trends and developments in this field.
