All ski races until Christmas: Schwarz is planning a monster program

Having only returned home to Carinthia on Tuesday evening from a five-week training camp in Chile, he traveled to Vienna on Wednesday morning for sponsorship commitments. “I’ll see at Christmas which direction it goes. Whether I complete all the races or whether it continues on the technical or speed side,” says Schwarz.

The 28-year-old reached the World Cup podium four times last winter. His performance at the World Championships in Courchevel/Meribel was strong, when he won silver in the combination, bronze in the giant slalom, as well as placing fourth in the downhill and sixth in the slalom and super-G. In the year without a major event, there are of course goals. “I want to build on the successes. Of course, balls are always beautiful. I want to carry out my program the way I want to. In the best case scenario in all four disciplines. Then we have to take stock.” Marco Schwarz at a sponsor event on Wednesday in Vienna. © APA / ALEX HALADA

The fact that the speed project that started last year ended with a podium finish gave Schwarz a lot of motivation to continue pursuing the project. “I installed a speed block right in the spring. I want to continue to implement that, but I also don’t want to neglect the technical disciplines. I really enjoy changing disciplines; in Chile I trained everything in a very balanced way. In Sölden it will specialize in giant slalom. After Zermatt I might train for speed one day or another. After that, it’s all going to happen in quick succession.” The start is planned for October 29th on the glacier in Sölden. “No one has any experience, that could benefit me.” Black about the runs in Zermatt-Cervinia He is “very excited” about the two for 11/12. Departures planned for November in Zermatt-Cervinia. “Nobody has any experience, that could benefit me because I don’t have that much speed experience. I've seen a few videos of them trying out the jumps, it looks interesting. The calendar offers many highlights, the home races are at the top of the list.” The World Cup final will be held in Saalbach-Hinterglemm, the World Cup venue in 2025. There is still a lot of time until then, for Schwarz it is now a matter of recovering a little and sleeping in and start conditioning training again on Monday.

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All ski races until Christmas: Schwarz is planning a monster program

Marco Schwarz wants to compete in every Alpine Ski World Cup race until Christmas and then evaluate his season planning. The all-rounder has already experienced the stress of travel.

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