The last time she had such a long break was at the beginning of 2018. Petra Vlhová has a hard root. At the age of 26, she did not have any serious injuries and therefore she is taking part in one World Cup race after another.
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The next one will be presented today and tomorrow in Courchevel. Two huge slaloms (the first rounds start at 10.00, the second at 13.00, the broadcast is broadcast by JOJ Šport) will be her first races in almost a month.
The last time she took such a break from the elite carousel was almost four years ago. That is, at a time when she was watching speed disciplines only from the position of a spectator. She returned to it in the current year.
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“And I’m enjoying it,” admits Vlhová. “This year is a little different, quieter. I have more time for myself and my team. It’s completely different. If I continued as I did last season, I would be disgusted by everything. “
Previous three speed weekends in Lake Louise, St. Louis. She watched Moritz and Val d’Isere from a ten-day training camp in Copper Mountain, USA, or Sestriere, Italy, where she tuned four huge slaloms in Courchevel for four days.
“I’m not rushing as much as before. I’m not so tired, I can focus more on training. I’m happy with that, it suits me.
I can improve. I believe it will turn out. I don’t think there will be a problem with a longer break. I hope to win, “smiles the Slovak skier.
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Last year in Courchevel she was third, in the second race she did not finish the first round. The local hill likes it because it offers a plain, a slope and terrain waves.
As before, he will now be able to try the piste in the Savoy Alps twice. Tomorrow’s race will be a substitute for the canceled huge slalom in Killington.
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“I was angry that we were released on the first round in Killington. It was beyond the tolerable. The most important thing is that I will have a chance to get some points or a podium, “added Vlhová.
During her absence from the start, the forces regrouped in the overall evaluation. The defender of the big globe loses 295 points from third place to the first Soffia Goggio. Between Italian and Slovak is American Mikaela Shiffrin.
“I set myself not to go to the big globe, but the Olympics medal. We have chosen a different path, I will not complete all disciplines, although after the new year I will also go the speed ones. I’m not under pressure. I have nothing to make of it, “concluded Vlhová.
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Vlhová will have the 1st round at the start, which we will monitor online, unit. Her biggest rival Shiffrin will set off on the track with five. See the start list.
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