The Swiss women’s downhill team continues to sharpen the coronavirus. Tuesday’s slalom of the Slalom World Cup in Zagreb, Croatia, will definitely be missed by Camille Rast, Aline Danioth and Melanie Meillard, all three of whom went into isolation after positive tests for COVID-19.
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Lara Gutová-Behramiová, who fought hard with Petra Vlhová for a big globe for the overall triumph in the World Cup less than a year ago, is still out of action for the coronavirus. In the end, for the first time in history, the Slovak won it, but the experienced Swiss made up for it with two world champion titles.
Of the trio Rastová, Daniothová, Meillardová, Rastová is doing best in the Olympic slalom season so far. There is a sixteenth in the evaluation of the most spinning discipline, recently in the Austrian Lienz with the victory of Petra Vlhová she finished seventh.
It is not yet certain whether American Mikaela Shiffrin, who is also pausing for a positive coronavirus test, will start on the Sljeme hill above Zagreb on Tuesday. She had it shortly after Christmas and according to her Norwegian partner Alexander Aamodt Kilde, she is almost in good health, she only feels tired of the symptoms.
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One of the race directors of the International Ski Federation (FIS), Markus Waldner, is sounding the alarm in this regard. According to him, the current more contagious variant of the coronavirus omicron will soon start to spread rapidly among men and make a clearing in the ambitions of individual athletes in the World Cup. And the Winter Olympics are set to begin in Beijing in early February.
“It is only a matter of time before the omikron penetrates evenly among men, because it is already manifested in the women’s part of the World Championships. The World Cup is currently hanging in the balance, but it is even worse with the Olympic perspective. If all the world’s best athletes manage to get to Beijing, it will be a small miracle, “said Waldner according to orf.at.
Slovak Petra Vlhová has not yet overcome the coronavirus. Like other skiers, she is vaccinated twice.
On Tuesday in Zagreb, the first round of women’s slalom will take place from 12.30 pm and the second with the top 30 will come at 4.05 pm. Petra Vlhová will defend the victories from the last two years in one of the most prestigious races of the season.
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