“This is unacceptable”: ski trouble in Austria

As an Austrian route, Levi was not discredited in advance. After only three top 20 places in two slalom races and eighth place for Katharina Liensberger as the best result, the new women's head coach made an alarming finding: "Technically we are not at the level that we started from," said Thomas Trinker on Sunday after the start as a setback.

The aggressiveness he had expressed beforehand froze in the ice-cold north. “We expected a lot more. I would even say that what happened to us is unacceptable,” Trinker openly admitted about the botched start to the World Cup season on ORF. “It happened, it needs analysis and hopefully more attack in the next race.”

Several deficiencies for the ÖSV women Technical deficits, lack of courage to attack, too many mistakes overall - Trinker diagnosed the ÖSV technicians with several deficiencies after the delayed start to the World Cup. In addition, new names from other nations are also coming into the spotlight. “The other nations are not sleeping, they are doing their job,” said Liensberger, referring to the Croatians Leona Popovic and Zrinka Ljutic, who placed sixth and seventh directly ahead of her on Sunday.

“The competition is very strong,” said Trinker, knowing that in addition to the established forces, the Swedes and Norwegians also made a strong first impression, at least in familiar snow conditions. “We have to stretch ourselves a lot to keep up,” said Trinker and fired the first warning shot after the first station: “The potential is there, the girls have to use it now.”

Double winner Mikaela Shiffrin began her journey home in a completely different mood. “Killington is a special place for me. The expectations are high and will certainly not be diminished by the results,” said the American, who made it 2-0 in the first showdown with her long-term rival Petra Vlhova and is aiming for her sixth slalom victory in a row in Killington in a week becomes.

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“This is unacceptable”: ski trouble in Austria

The Levi World Cup is over - with Mikaela Shiffrin the big winner after two wins in two races. Unlike the Austrians, who were criticized.

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