Matthias Mayer Plant Sensation Comed: Forerunner at World Cup in Saalbach!

Matthias Mayer Plant Sensation Comed: Forerunner at World Cup in Saalbach!

Saalbach, Österreich - Matthias Mayer, the three-time Olympic champion, is planning his sensational comeback: At the Ski World Championships in Saalbach in February 2025, the 34-year-old Carinthian would like to run into the race as a forerunner. He reported this in an interview with the "Kleine Zeitung" and announced that he would train intensively in order to prepare for this special appearance. "I never stopped training, I intensified the training. And in January I want to train more Super-G," said Mayer, who in the past celebrated great success in alpine skiing, as krone.at reported.

Although Mayer is planning his return to the competitions as a forerunner, he is currently excluding a comeback as a World Cup driver, as Marcel Hirscher and Lindsey Vonn did. "This is a big decision. It is not enough to just snap your skis and you are a winner again. It is a tough way," he said. He sees his role as a forerunner more as a pleasure, without a competitive pressure: "I have no competition, my opponent is the mountain," he added. Previously, after health problems and an abrupt resignation in 2022, Mayer worked as a consultant for the Austrian Speedtam before he made a note in Kitzbühel in January 2024, which is why relevant nön.at reports about his plans and motivation can be heard.

His project in Saalbach will be a first test for his return to the competition. The interest in skiing in his country does not tear off, while Mayer puts his racing ski shoes step by step. The entire ski world looks forward to him!