ÖSV runners in Lake Louise train again well

Anna Veith trains in Lake Louise.© APAweb / AFP, Mark Ralston
Anna Veith trains in Lake Louise.© APAweb / AFP, Mark Ralston

Lake Louise. Austrian downhill runners also played a strong lead on Wednesday in the second training session for the Alpine World Cup downhill in Lake Louise. After Christine Scheyer's best time the day before and four of the top ten red-white-red ski teams, five ÖSV riders were successful this time. Best was Nicole Schmidhofer, second behind Kira Weidle.

However, the German was 0.59 seconds ahead of Styria. Nevertheless, Schmidhofer was satisfied with his trip. "I felt much better than yesterday," said the Super G World Champion. "I see that it's going very well, I'm trying to see every practice session as a race, the track was already very well presented. Schmidhofer was seventh on Tuesday at 86/100.

Behind Slovenia's Ilka Stuhec (+0.79), another Steirerin was fourth with Cornelia Hütter (0.83). This has increased compared to the eve of twelve ranks. "We tried something from yesterday to today, so it is the right direction," concluded Hütter. "But I hope to have more reserves." Only in the race, she wants to put the cards on the table. There, where she had won a victory back the previous year.

The video study was very important in the period leading up to Thursday's third training session, with varying conditions during the session. Had been in the hours before the sun, it closed with the start of the first runners. In Scheyer's race with number 29, there was little more than his 20th place (2.18). "It was dark and uncomfortable, and all those driving in the back were also late on the results list," said the Vorarlberg athlete.

Christina Ager was an exception with her starting number 36. Tenth (1.68). Previously, Anna Veith (7./+ 1.29) and Stephanie Venier (9./ 1.37) were at the start of the ÖSV camp. They had numbers 7 and 18. However, Hütter was en route with the 1, Weidle with the 2. "It was an increase, but it was not necessary to put too much," said the German. "The day of the race, it matters." She knew until now that she could be fast, but had not implemented it yet.