The spectators were phenomenal - a sea of flags, bengal fire, trumpets, cheers - you hear your own name through the helmet - unbelievable. I am lost for words.
Schladming for me is the most important race right after the Olympics. It is basically my home race - just a stone's throw away from me. That is why you want to show the best of you. Since I went out the past couple years, I really wanted to finish this time and be on the podium.
For me, it is really tough if I cannot show what I can really do and what I was prepared to do. But today's performance was really not satisfactory.
Next week-end in Kranjska Gora I will once again give my best and grab the ticket to the Olympics.
A short analysis of the first run:
Extremely close to the gates, first intermediate time .43 behind, steep section 1.36 seconds behind - unfortunately I skied on my edges too long and had too much direction going into the next gate. The result then was that I was 2.50 seconds out of the lead after the first run.
How was the second run?
With 7 hundredths of a second cushion and in 18th place after the first run, I ventured into the second run. But already in the first intermediate split, I was behind by 18 hundredths. Again, I carved out my turns too long so I was out by .31 seconds in the second intermediate split. Taking full risk in the final section, I clocked the 5th fastest time in the second run being behind .56 seconds, which meant the third fastest time overall when I got to the finish.
At the end, the time was good for an eleventh place finish.
Congratulations to Reinfried Herbst, Silvan Zurbriggen and Manfred Pranger for their great performances today.
And big time congrats for the specatators - the best spectators in the world!
Schladming
The spectators were phenomenal - a sea of flags, bengal fire, trumpets, cheers - you hear your own name through the helmet - unbelievable. I am lost for words.
Schladming for me is the most important race right after the Olympics. It is basically my home race - just a stone's throw away from me. That is why you want to show the best of you. Since I went out the past couple years, I really wanted to finish this time and be on the podium.
For me, it is really tough if I cannot show what I can really do and what I was prepared to do. But today's performance was really not satisfactory.
Next week-end in Kranjska Gora I will once again give my best and grab the ticket to the Olympics.
A short analysis of the first run:
Extremely close to the gates, first intermediate time .43 behind, steep section 1.36 seconds behind - unfortunately I skied on my edges too long and had too much direction going into the next gate. The result then was that I was 2.50 seconds out of the lead after the first run.
How was the second run?
With 7 hundredths of a second cushion and in 18th place after the first run, I ventured into the second run. But already in the first intermediate split, I was behind by 18 hundredths. Again, I carved out my turns too long so I was out by .31 seconds in the second intermediate split. Taking full risk in the final section, I clocked the 5th fastest time in the second run being behind .56 seconds, which meant the third fastest time overall when I got to the finish.
At the end, the time was good for an eleventh place finish.
Congratulations to Reinfried Herbst, Silvan Zurbriggen and Manfred Pranger for their great performances today.
And big time congrats for the specatators - the best spectators in the world!
Best regards
Your Marcel