20 minutes – opponents scold after Swiss double victory

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Can you understand Pinturault’s criticism?

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For the competition, the result looked like a lottery and provoked resentment. Alexis Pinturault tweeted: «I feel rocked. We athletes are seen as characters in a show and not as actors in a sport. How long has happiness been more important than performance in sport? And how dangerous is the format? »The Frenchman is one of the big players in the ski circus, he has won medals at world championships and Olympic games, as well as 27 World Cup races. You’d think his word was weighty. Instead, he asks: “When will the FIS finally listen to the athletes?”

Today I feel like being fooled … we (athletes) taken for pawns of a show and not actor of a sport! Since when in sport luck is more important than performance? And how dangerous is the format? But above all @fisalpine when will the words of the athletes be taken into account? – Alexis Pinturault (@AlexPinturault) February 9, 2020

The overall World Cup leader Henrik Kristoffersen, who also failed in the round of 16, agreed with his rival by answering: “Totally agree.” And former ski racer Kilian Albrecht, now manager of Mikaela Shiffrin and a critic of the format for a long time, wrote: “Again shows the FIS is unable to organize a fair race. Wake up!”

After Tumler and Meillard had won the first round over time, they then benefited in rows from falls from their opponents. Tumler even in all three runs until the final (in the semifinals he almost got cleared by Tommy Ford), Meillard only had to eliminate the strong Aleksander Kilde over the entire race distance in the quarterfinals.

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