Linus Straßer grabbed his helmet in horror, drove to the edge of the Planai, leaned on his sticks and bowed his head.
What a contrast! A year ago, the man from Munich drove to a spectacular victory in the prestigious night slalom in Schladming, this time he received the maximum penalty for a ski racer: Straßer, who came out of the starting gate at high speed, threaded his way through the second gate in the first run.
“I have to, I’ll tick that off. It’s never happened to me before, and I intend it to remain a unique experience,” said Straßer, who, after briefly thinking about it on the edge of the slope, drove down to the valley in the dark, in the “BR” . No, he added there, “it’s not a nice experience, you look at it in disbelief.”
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But he also quickly emphasized: “I won’t let myself be saddened by the failure and I’m looking forward to the world championships.”
Setback before the World Championships in Courchevel
Until then, Straßer can regain his self-confidence in the World Cup slalom on February 4th in Chamonix – although this should not be necessary given the results of the season so far. Although he also dropped out of the slalom in Garmisch-Partenkirchen on January 4th, he is otherwise having a strong season.
Straßer has already collected two third and two fourth places this winter and thus pushed himself into the role of a medal contender. “Nobody can take these good results away from me anymore,” he said with discernible and audible frustration, even though he naturally remarked: “Such a threader is part of it.” And yet it was a second effective hit after the race in Kitzbühel two days earlier when he missed third place by a hundredth.
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