“How dangerous is this format?” Ski stars are calling for a boycott

After the race, several athletes expressed their concerns on social media about the fairness and safety of the parallel giant slalom at the foot of Mont Blanc. For example, the blue course turned out to be faster. Even the winner, Loic Meillard, admitted this publicly: “The blue course certainly helped to drive fast.” Pinturault sharply criticizes the FIS This particularly annoyed local hero Alexis Pinturault, who had failed on the red course in the round of 16 against the German Alexander Schmid. On Sunday, the Frenchman let his anger out via Instagram. Pinturault had several questions for the FIS: “Since when is luck more important than performance in sport? And how dangerous is the format we are talking about? But most importantly, when will the athletes’ words be heard?”

The overall World Cup third-place finisher criticized the negligent conditions in Chamonix, which led to numerous falls and injuries. There were a total of 13 retirements on Sunday, including the near-crash of Tommy Ford (USA) and Thomas Tumler (Switzerland) in the semifinals. The Ahrntaler Simon Maurberger even tore his cruciate ligament. In addition, two Austrians, Stefan Brennsteiner and Marc Digruber (he was injured in the slalom on Saturday), were seriously injured in Chamonix. Many athletes side with Pinturault Pinturault received approval from several athletes on social media for his public criticism of the FIS. Manfred Mölgg, Matteo Marsaglia, Stefano Gross, Ted Ligety, Stefan Hadalin, Linus Strasser and Daniel Yule, among others, are on the Frenchman's side. Yule even calls for a boycott of the parallel event in the Instagram post and receives a “like” from Pinturault, among others.

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There were also wild falls among the women But there were many falls not only in the parallel giant slalom in Chamonix, but also in the women's Super-G in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. Sofia Goggia and Viktoria Rebensburg were injured and had to end their season. The winner, Corinne Suter, criticized the different piste conditions on the Kandahar in an ORF interview after the race. According to the Swiss, the athletes would find it difficult to adjust to this.

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“How dangerous is this format?” Ski stars are calling for a boycott

The parallel giant slalom in Chamonix heated up tempers in the Alpine ski circus - and not just because of Simon Maurberger's serious injury.

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