Before her trip to Austria, Ester Ledecká announced that she would decide according to the training sessions whether she would start the Olympic winter at the first possible opportunity on the glacier in Sölden, Austria. In the scene of the traditional prologue of downhill winter, she confirmed: I’ll be at the start! The giant slalom, in which she will be the only Czech, will take place on Saturday from 10.00 (live on ČT sport). How are you doing and what is the news in the team? Watch the following video.
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Coach Tomáš Bank about Ester Ledecká and the Olympics in China.
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In the World Cup, the giant slalom has ridden only twice so far, each time in Sölden. She got stuck in the first round four years ago, last year she was the twentieth specialist in the speed discipline.
“Ester likes to race and has not raced since the World Championships, which is a long time,” coach Tomáš Bank recalls the end of last winter in Cortina.
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“And it’s better to go to the first race in Sölden, where we don’t care so much and it can only be more surprising than to go to the first important race after a very long time at the downhill in Lake Louise, where we already have some ambitions,” he describes the team strategy.
After the race in Sölden, Ledecká should move to Canada, where she will catch up with speed training. She could not go to her favorite training destination in Chile in the summer due to travel restrictions, she trained mostly in Stelvia, Italy, and Kaunertal, Austria.
Unlike last season, the coaching staff of Ledecká a spol. to cooperate with the team of the Slovak star Petra Vlhová. “It’s over,” confirms Bank.
“Why? I would ask Franz, “he smiles mysteriously at alluding to his Austrian colleague Gamper, who joined the team last year. The winner of the big globe for last season, Vlhová, broke up with Italian coach Livio Magoni after disputes and hired Swiss Mauro Pini. The bank is looking for new partners. “We have already seen someone, but it will not be Slovaks,” he knows.
| Downhill World Cup program |
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| Sölden (AUT): 24. 10 giant slalom, Lech (Rak.): 14. 11. parallel race, Lake Louise (CAN): 26th and 27th November congresses, 28th November super-G, Beaver Creek (USA): 3. 12. super-G, 4. 12. sjezd, 5. 12. super-G, Val d´Isere (Fr.): 11. 12. giant slalom, 12. 12. slalom, Val Gardena (It.): 17. 12. super-G, 18. 12. downhill, Alta Badia (It.): Giant slaloms on 19 and 20 December, Madonna of Campiglio (It.): 22. 12. slalom, Bormio (It.): Dec. 28, Dec. 29, Super-G, Zagreb (Chorv.): 5. 1. slalom, Adelboden (Swiss): 8. 1. giant slalom, 9. 1. slalom, Wengen (Swiss): 14th and 15th January downhill, 16th January slalom, Kitzbühel (Rak.): 21. and 22. 1. downhill, 23. 1. slalom, Schladming (Cancer.): 25. 1. slalom. |
| Beijing – Winter Olympics: 6. 2. downhill, 8. 2. super-G, 10. 2. combination, 13. 2. giant slalom, 16. 2. slalom, 19. 2. team parallel race. |
| Garmisch-Partenkirchen (Germany): 26th and 27th February slalom, Kvitfjell (Nor.) 5. 3rd session, 6. 3. super-G, Kranjska Gora (Slovenia): giant slalom on 12 and 13 March, Courchevel (Fr.): 16. 3. downhill, 17. 3. super-G, 18. 3. team parallel race, 19. 3. giant slalom, 20. 3. slalom. |
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| Sölden: October 23 giant slalom, Lech: 13. 11. parallel race, Levi: 20 and 21 November slalom, Killington (USA): November 27 giant slalom, November 28 slalom, Lake Louise: 3rd and 4th of December downhill, 5th December super-G, St. Mořic (Swiss): 11th and 12th super-G, Val d´Isere: Dec. 18, Dec. 19, Super-G, Courchevel: 21. 12. giant slalom, Lienz (AUT): 28. 12. giant slalom, 29. 12 slalom, Zagreb: 4. and 5. 1. slalom, Maribor (Slovenian): 8. 1. giant slalom, 9. 1. slalom, Flachau (Cancer.): 11. 1. slalom, Zauchensee (Cancer.) 15. 1. sezd, 16. 1. super-G, Cortina d´Ampezzo (It): 22. 1. sezd, 23. 1. super-G, Kronplatz (It.): 25. 1. giant slalom, Garmisch-Partenkirchen: 29. 1. sezd, 30. 1. super-G. |
| Beijing – Winter Olympics: 7. 2. giant slalom, 9. 2. slalom, 11. 2. super-G, 15. 2. downhill, 17. 2. combination, 19. 2. team parallel race. |
| Crans-Montana (Swiss): 26th and 27th February congresses, Lenzerheide (Swiss): 5. 3. super-G, 6. 3. giant slalom, Aare (Sweden): 11. 3. giant slalom, 12. 3. slalom, Courchevel: 16. 3. downhill, 17. 3: super-G, 18. 3. team parallel race, 19. 3. slalom, 20. 3. giant slalom. |
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