Austria’s new skiing hope: “I am only a hunter for myself”

The Vorarlberg native, third in the discipline rankings last season behind Petra Vlhova and Mikaela Shiffrin, also landed on the podium twice in third place at the weekend in Levi. “Now you have a feeling of where you are at the moment, which shows that the direction is right, you have to keep working,” said the 23-year-old, who is looking forward to her home race in Lech/Zürs. “That’s not where I want to be yet” Katharina Liensberger Once behind the Slovakian Vlhova and the American Shiffrin, the second time behind Vlhova and the Swiss Michelle Gisin, Liensberger took the podium in the races north of the Arctic Circle. “Starting the season with two podium places is incredible.” Her performance on the steep slopes was impressive, but she can still improve on the flat ones. “That's not where I want to be yet.” In any case, she put her strong training performance into practice, something that she hadn't yet managed to do in the giant slalom in Sölden (23rd in the half, failure in the final).

Mikaela Shiffrin, Petra Vlhova and Katharina Liensberger were on the podium on Saturday. © APA/afp / JUSSI NUKARI

As third on the World Cup start list, Liensberger is not only the best Austrian, but on paper she is also the first pursuer of Vlhova and Shiffrin in the slalom. “I am only a hunter for myself. I want to show my best performance. Of course, you ultimately want to perform well. It is of course my goal to be at the top at some point and to see myself there. There’s definitely still a long way to go until then, but I’ll work on it.”

She wanted to take small steps, just as she has always done so far, she assured in an interview with journalists before the Levi weekend. And after that – and especially after her fifth place in the World Cup, which was also third for the fifth time – she thought that there was now “room” “for the next level”. She will work for this every day, just as she is already working very hard.

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Austria’s new skiing hope: “I am only a hunter for myself”

Katharina Liensberger has confirmed herself as the strongest force in Austria's compact slalom team. It should stand up to the big two in the future.

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