Drama at the Ski World Cup: Loïc Meillard fights for medal in the giant slalom!
Drama at the Ski World Cup: Loïc Meillard fights for medal in the giant slalom!
In a dramatic turn of events, the former ski world champion Mathieu Faivre announced that he will not take part in his home race in Val d’Isère. The 32-year-old Frenchman, who shone with impressive performance in the giant slalom in 2021, said on Instagram that he has been feeling uncomfortable on skis for a long time. This statement comes at a critical time, because Faivre failed in the last races in Sölden and Beaver Creek and is now not nominated for the "criterion of the first snow", such as reported.
In the meantime, the Swiss skiers delivered a disappointing performance in the giant slalom at the World Cup in Cortina d’Ampezzo. Loïc Meillard left the second run and only finished fifth. The pressure on the Swiss team was enormous because both Marco Odermatt, Justin Murisier and Gino Caviezel failed in the first run. The hope of a medal was now only on Meillard, which, however, lost more than seven tenths to the podium when he risked in the second run, but ultimately failed. Meanwhile, Faivre surprisingly won in the same competition and won the gold medal after winning the world championship title in the parallel race, so nau.ch.Swiss team under pressure
The first run was characterized by surprises: Alexis Pinturault, the leading one, left prematurely, while Faivre finished a narrow lead. Meillard could not optimize his performance. Despite all the adversities, the last competition for the men on Sunday remains in the hope that the Slalom specialists of the Swiss team can still shine. Under the pressure of these disappointments, the viewer increasingly focuses on the remaining opportunities for the Swiss team.
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