Hangover mood at ÖSV: “The competition is simply better”

The giant slalom is a mega construction site, but that has not only been clear since Sunday. The new coaching team around Michael Pircher “cannot perform a miracle,” said men’s boss Andreas Puelacher. So the only keywords left are hope and hard work.

“You have to face the facts” Andreas Puelacher, head coach of the ÖSV men Stefan Brennsteiner was 17th as the best ÖSV runner, while Katharina Troupe, Stephanie Brunner and Ramona Siebenhofer took 15th, 17th and 19th place among the women on Saturday. The Sölden weekend was a failure for the ÖSV. “You have to face the facts. We're not in the giant at the moment, the competition is simply better than us," said Austria's men's racing director Andreas Puelacher.

<a data-caption="Von links: Andreas Puelacher , Edi Unterberger (Ex-Servicemann von Marcel Hirscher), Ferdinand Hirscher (Vater von Marcel) haben noch viel Arbeit vor sich. © APA / EXPA/JOHANN GRODER" data-fancybox="inline-69399" target="_image" href="https://s3-images.sportnews.bz/_images/scale/1280x1280/img/2020/10/von-links-andreas-puelacher-edi-unterberger-ex-servicemann-von-marcel-hirscher-ferdinand-hirscher-vater-von-marcel-haben-noch-viel-arbeit-vor.jpg"> From left: Andreas Puelacher, Edi Unterberger (Marcel Hirscher's ex-serviceman), Ferdinand Hirscher (Marcel's father) still have a lot of work to do. © APA / EXPA/JOHANN GRODER

Schröcksnadel remains calm “Leitinger was on his way quickly, Brennsteiner obviously wanted to score points today, but he drove relatively well,” said ÖSV President Peter Schröcksnadel in a mild manner. “I'm sure they can drive fast, they showed that at the top. They just didn't bring it down. But I’m sure they can.”

“We will have to be content with small partial successes,” said group coach Pircher, outlining the situation that awaits in the next few months. A tender ÖSV hope is Manuel Feller, who was missing in Sölden because of his back problems, which aggravated themselves again during the lockdown. The same applies to Marco Schwarz, for whom the start of the season was over at halftime after a completely botched run (39th). Hirscher's successes have obscured a lot Basically, it is clear that Marcel Hirscher has covered up a lot and diverted media attention away from the dark side of his successes. From 2010 to 2019, when the Superman from Salzburg was established in the World Cup, there was only one other ÖSV victory at the World Cup level (Philipp Schörghofer in Hinterstoder in 2011) and a dozen more podium finishes.

Anton Giger, who has been head of sports since Hans Pum's departure, has installed a new coaching team, with the former Hirscher coach Pircher and Hirscher's dad Ferdinand as the hoped-for guarantees for success. However, they will take time because their approach fundamentally intervenes, namely in the swing technique.

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Hangover mood at ÖSV: “The competition is simply better”

The balance of the Austrian Ski Association (ÖSV) as the organizational guardian of the start of the World Cup in Sölden is positive, but there is a hangover mood in sports after two unexpectedly heavy defeats.

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