The racing director ponders: No ÖSV stars at Kronplatz?

“It's very difficult, it's a brutal amount of effort at the moment. “It’s taken on a whole new dimension that you can get everyone to the start healthy,” said Mitter. And that is currently not the case, because after Katharina Liensberger has recovered, Franziska Gritsch and Magdalena Egger are now in isolation and not competing in Croatia. Mitter knows that there are positive tests everywhere in society and that this can happen anywhere and at any time. “And just like in the population, this is also reflected in the ski circus.” The closer the Olympic Games get, the greater the nervousness is likely to become. Because at some point there will be too little time to be able to test yourself in time. Not only to reduce the risk of infections, but also for other reasons, Mitter is considering the supplies for the last World Cups before leaving for the games in China. Training instead of racing would be an option that needs to be looked at. Mitter mentioned that he had enjoyed doing this before major events in the past. But you have to look at the WCSL (start list), and of course the best training is the race, and the racing rhythm shouldn't be neglected either. Full program before the Olympics With Kronplatz and Garmisch-Partenkirchen, competitions are still on the program in the week of the first planned flights to China. “If you have a giant slalom on the 25th and fly to the Olympics with the technicians on the 28th, it's tight, you have to look at what you can lose or gain. The same applies to the speed riders, their last race is on the 30th. Those who also do the giant slalom at the Olympics would then fly on the 31st and the others on the 2nd,” Mitter listed. At the end of his quarantine, Mitter was back in the middle of the action. Somewhat disconnected from the everyday things that he usually has to deal with on a race day, he was able to watch his runners' journeys in peace on the television. “The findings are the same as on the slope, certain passages can perhaps be seen a little better, certain parts less,” said the women's boss, who of course also tried to help by telephone.

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The racing director ponders: No ÖSV stars at Kronplatz?

Tested positive for Covid-19 in Val d'Isere, Christian Mitter also missed the World Cup races in Courchevel and Lienz. The racing director of Austria's alpine ski women will be there again in Zagreb. But the topic of Corona has remained present.

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