Henrik Kristoffersen gets a new coach

But as soon as Hirscher was gone, Kristoffersen's form was gone too. Need a settlement? In the winter of 2019/20 he was on the podium 9 times, but last season he was only on the podium 3 times. With a total of “only” 722 World Cup points, it was the third worst season of his career for the 26-year-old. His points record in the World Cup is 1298 points from the 2015/16 season.

Last winter, Kristoffersen caused a lot of frustration © APA/afp / JURE MAKOVEC

Kristoffersen's nerves are now evidently on edge, while his compatriots have jumped from success to success with team training. Aleksander Aamodt Kilde won the overall World Cup in 2020, newcomer Lucas Braathen celebrated his first World Cup victory in the giant slalom at the start of the 2020/21 season in Sölden and veteran Sebastian Foss-Solevaag is in top form at the age of 1 - in Flachau he celebrated his first World Cup victory in the slalom and at the World Cup in Cortina he won gold in the Slalom to Hirscher's successor. The fact that Norway also won the World Cup title in the team event without Kristoffersen is more than just a side note in this context.

That's why Kristoffersen is now turning his private coaching team inside out. As Swiss media consistently report, the Norwegian has now secured the services of the Swiss Jörg Roten. The 47-year-old was most recently responsible for Michelle Gisin, among others, under Luis Prenn from Puster at Swiss-Ski. The 27-year-old won her first World Cup victory in the slalom at Semmering last season and was on the podium five more times.

With the know-how from Valais, Kristoffersen hopes to get out of a slump and find his way back to his old strength. Then the ambitious Norwegian could fulfill his dream of overall victory in the Ski World Cup.

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Henrik Kristoffersen gets a new coach

After superstar Marcel Hirscher resigned in the summer of 2019, Henrik Kristoffersen was actually considered his logical successor. In the 2017/18 season alone, Kristoffersen finished second behind Hirscher 9 times.

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