Second Val Gardena training: Fill & Co. approach it - AUDIOS

Peter Fill was more than one and a half seconds faster on Thursday than on Wednesday and took fourth place in 1.58,46:31 minutes. Fill himself knows full well that the XNUMX-year-old from Castelrotto cannot buy anything from it. Last year he was also the second fastest after the final training. Afterwards it snowed on Saturday night, Fill had to play snow plow for his colleagues with a low starting number and came second to last. "I think you always need a bit of luck. I've had a bit of bad luck in the past few years, but now I hope that I can drive fast in the race too," said Fill in the finish area. The racer from the high plateau achieved seventh place as his best result in Val Gardena - but he achieved that in the Super-G.

Werner Heel achieved the eighth fastest time in the final training for the downhill on Thursday. “The deficit worries me a bit, the placement is okay,” said Heel. Now we just have to wait and see how the slopes and weather develop. Nevertheless, the 31-year-old from Walten is confident that a good result is possible. Heel, who came third last year, is one of the contenders for victory, especially on Friday in the Super-G, which will start at 12.15 p.m.

Svindal and Guay are the favorites

However, there were no top results for Christof Innerhofer and Siegmar Klotz in the second training run. Innerhofer achieved his 29nd time one day after his 32th birthday, while Klotz finished 49th. Dominik Paris, who fell into the safety net on Wednesday and suffered severe bruises and a torn muscle, did not take part in the second training session, as announced.

Erik Guay and Aksel Lund Svindal once again put their stamp on Thursday's training run. This time they swapped positions: Guay, who has already been on the podium twice in Val Gardena, was the fastest in 1.57,48:0,22 minutes, Svindal achieved the second time (+XNUMX). The Scandinavian has already done so twice in the Ladin Valley Won Super-G but never made it to the podium in the downhill. The World Cup leader wants to break this spell on Saturday; the Canadian Guay could challenge him for victory.

The Americans can also be expected, as they have some very hot irons in the fire: Travis Ganong (5th), Steven Nyman (11th) and Bode Miller (17th) conjured up a compact team result for the Saslong.

FIS World Cup Alpine Skiing in Val Gardena (ITA), 2nd downhill training for men: 1. Erik Guay CAN 1.57,48 2. Aksel Lund Svindal NOR 1.57,70 3. Manuel Osborne-Paradis CAN 1.58,20 4. Peter Fill ITA/Castelrotto 1.58,65 5. Travis Ganong USA 1.58,65 6. Kjetil Jansrud NOR 1.58,86 7. Tobias Stechert GER 1.58,87 8. Werner Heel ITA/Walten 1.59,11 9. Hans Olsson SWE 1.59,19 10. Joachim Puchner AUT 1.59,32

32. Christof Innerhofer ITA/Gais 2.00,32 35. Silvano Varettoni ITA 2.00,57 44. Matteo Marsaglia ITA 2.01,35 49. Siegmar Klotz ITA/Lana 2.01,96

not at the start: Dominik Paris (Ulten)

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Second Val Gardena training: Fill & Co. approach it - AUDIOS

After a mediocre start at the start of the two training runs on the Saslong on Wednesday, Peter Fill and Werner Heel were able to approach the favorites 24 hours later. And after another good result, these are the Norwegian Aksel Lund Svindal and the Canadian Erik Guay.

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