Seven hundredths. Just seven hundredths separated at the Start of the world Ski Championships in Are, champion Mikaela Shiffrin and the fourth-placed Viktoria rebensburg. Only five-hundredths behind the gold medal winner was Corinne Suter. Or two hundredths of a second lead over Rebensburg, depending on your point of view.
The Bronze-travel: Corinne Suter and loses only 5 hundredths, and for the first Time on the podium. (Video: Tamedia/SRF)
could not start the interview with the SRF Suter hold their tears of joy. After a even more strong training performance that rewarded the 24-Year-old on the day of the race with a Bronze in the Super-G: “at Least I was able to show in a race, what I do else in Training.”
Twice and a lot of bad luck
Certainly, the past weeks have had an impact on Suter’s emotions. In mid-January, and lacked in Cortina d’ampezzo, a hundredth of a second for the podium, a little more than a week later in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, then 27 hundredths – but again, the ungrateful fourth place was the result. “In skiing, it is sometimes up and down. We have seen today, even in the case of Lindsey,” said Suter, with a view to the terrible fall of Lindsey Vonn.
your recipe for success was the mood around you hide. In particular, after the second place in the first downhill training in Are promise: “I was very nervous. The Start was moved, everything went so fast.” Now Suter may rejoice, therefore, over their first world championship medal. She does it with tears in his eyes, a Smile on his face and the words: “I am more than happy.” (fas)
Created: 05.02.2019, 14:38 PM
