It is so far not yet Manuel Feller’s season. The 32-year-old did not finish in the first three races, and in the fourth he did not even start due to physical problems.
You have to travel back nine years to find a similar negative run by the Tyrolean veteran.
Such a false start would have been extremely damaging to the young Feller, but the current slalom overall World Cup winner is calm and calm Don’t fall into activism or panic. Even if he doesn’t have a World Cup point yet.
“I’m happy that I can race again,” emphasizes Feller before the giant slalom in Val d’Isère (9.30 a.m./1 p.m., live ORF 1).
The ride in the Hochgurgl slalom, during which the 32-year-old slightly injured his hip, left its mark.
Feller is glad that he skipped the trip to the giant slalom in Beaver Creek (“the right decision”), but his form was already better. “I don’t feel quite the same as before.”
But the ÖSV team can also use a not-quite-fit Manuel Feller. There is currently not a huge selection of athletes in the giant slalom; in Beaver Creek, Austria only occupied six of the possible eight starting places.
„We need Manuel Feller in the giant slalom“He is one of our top performers,” says ÖSV men’s head coach Marko Pfeifer.
For Marco Schwarz A giant slalom event in Val d’Isère is still too early. The Carinthian will make his comeback in the slalom on Sunday after a cruciate ligament tear and intervertebral disc surgery.