Ski racer Nicole Schmidhofer will not take part in the World Cup speed races on the weekend in Val d’Isere. The Styrian will instead collect training kilometers and wants to qualify for the Olympic Games in January in Zauchensee (15/16), Cortina (22/23) and Garmisch-Partenkirchen (29/30) with good performances Beijing create. After the “grandiose” 15th place in the Super-G at Lake Louise, St. Moritz was disappointing for her.
The fact that she sustained the complex knee injury on December 18, 2020 in Val d’Isere probably also played a role in renouncing France, she admitted in an online media appointment on Wednesday evening. “It dug a bit in me. In general, I’m happy when December 18th arrives, it was very present in the last few weeks. It was a tough journey, I’m glad that I’m physically so well. ”She is good on skis, and technically she is not far away. But there is still a lack of trust and conviction in the transitions and situations where compression goes into it. That was evident in St. Moritz, where she landed 33rd and 31st in the two Super-Gs outside of the points. “The head wants, but the body is still pulling back, that comes out from within. With many kilometers I hope that things will get better and that things will become more natural. ”Now it’s about getting on the skis. “And that is only possible over many trips, for the top 20, 30 that is currently not enough. I felt very quickly at the level where I am now, but the last steps are very, very small. It is difficult to unpack the patience. ”She is currently training in Tarvis downhill, six trips per day are possible, next week in Austria they will work in the super-G area. “There will be three racing weekends in January that will be very good for me. I have to make sure that I can go to the limit and attack. I have to look where the little brake is installed. If I want to go to the Olympics, all three race weekends have to be good, everyone wants to be there, ”said the 32-year-old world champion from 2017.
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