Innerhofer: “That was a big step”

In March, Christof Innerhofer tore his cruciate ligament at the Italian Championships in Cortina. The ambitious Puster native initially aimed for a comeback at the North American races at the end of November and beginning of December, but then took some time. The Gaiser also skipped the Val Gardena and Bormio descents and instead worked hard on his form. The chances of a comeback are now very good on the longest downhill run in the World Cup circuit, the one in Wengen.

A strong workout It became clear that the 35-year-old can keep up Thursday in final training Clear: “Inner” took fourth place, only half a second behind the fastest Matthias Mayer. “I’m over the moon with this training run,” says the Pusterer fisi.org quoted: “It is never certain that you will come back quickly after such an injury. I succeeded. I had a good feeling during the descent. I brought what I had in mind onto the slopes and was able to improve compared to Tuesday’s training.”

“I think there’s still room for improvement.” Christoph Innerhofer However, Innerhofer has not yet exhausted his full potential. “I think there is still room for improvement. Nevertheless, today was a big step forward,” said the ambitious skier. Paris is not looking at the overall World Cup Dominik Paris, who has not yet revealed his cards during training, also commented, albeit in relation to the overall ranking. “I don't look at it. That's why I'm not interested in what my competitors are doing. I'm concentrating on my races and at the end of the season we will settle the score," explains the Ultimo native, who is in fourth place in the overall ranking and 4 points behind leader Henrik Kristoffersen.

There will be a combination in Wengen on Friday, with the downhill run starting at 10.30:14 a.m. and the slalom at 12.30 p.m. The legendary Lauberhorn descent takes place on Saturday at 10.15 p.m., before the slalom takes place on Sunday (13.15 a.m. and XNUMX p.m.). You can watch all races in the live ticker SportNews follow.

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Innerhofer: “That was a big step”

Christof Innerhofer surprised in the final training for the Wengen downhill on Thursday and set the fourth fastest time. The Gaiser was then very satisfied.

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