Is this the next ÖSV star?

Stefan Eichberger doesn’t really know what’s happening around him. The life of ÖSV ski racer is a single aha moment, new impressions constantly bombard him. The premiere in a World Cup Super-G, the first World Cup points, his maiden voyage over the Camel hump in Val Gardenahis first major press conference.

Staffing gap

But in view of the acute current downhill crisis, the novice Eichberger quickly becomes a beacon of hope who is supposed to save the honor of the battered ski nation. That’s a little too hasty for Stefan Eichberger. “The World Cup is thought very far ahead. You’ll have to finish in the top five for that.”

Do you really have to?

It can now be assumed that there will be runners in the Austrian World Cup squad whose names many Austrian ski fans didn’t even know until recently: An entry from Raphael Haaser (cruciate ligament overstretching) is more than uncertain, Daniel Hemetsberger are plagued by chronic knee problems and the staffing gap is enormous. “It could be that we have people at the start of the World Cup who have no chance of winning a medal,” explains head coach Marko Pfeifer. “We need every man.”

Stefan Eichberger doesn’t want to put any pressure on himself. His career should slowly pick up speed; life as a racer is difficult enough as it is. Like most of his colleagues of the same age, he already has one Cruciate ligament tear behind him.

In this respect, it can Lukas Feurstein almost lucky. The third in the Super-G in Beaver Creek “only” suffered a broken metacarpal during training and can start today with a special cuff.