Linus Strauss won the Slalom Classic title in Slotting

Linus Strauss won the Slalom Classic title in Slotting

LInnocent Strasser already knew this feeling when the German national anthem sounded at the awards ceremony. His victory at night in slalom was his third World Cup victory and his second in slalom. He’s still far from usual, but he seemed almost quiet on stage. With a happy smile, he enjoyed the ceremony after taking second place to Norway’s Atlee Lee McGrath, who was crying with joy.

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“Incredible race,” Strasser said Tuesday. Something like that is in the eye of the beholder, but it certainly was for him because he finished fifth in the first round and had to tremble a few minutes after his ride in the final, waiting to see what the match would be like. Do. But the four athletes in front of him were out or far behind.

The 29-year-old from Munich was one of the gold medalists at the Beijing Olympic Winter Games in Beijing, which began a week after the Blaney victory, although the field was very tight. There were six different winners in six slaloms this winter, so the number of potential medalists is very high. But whoever tops the final race before the highlight of the season is hunted down a little more than the others.

He will try not to do more than the slalom in Beijing, he said. Strasser talks about “doing my thing” – just like he did in slotming. According to him it was “centered on me, blocking my ski, mountain and everything”. He won, and even the smallest chapter of his journey to Scotting returned to him after the race. When he stopped at a gas station a ski fan followed him: “Today you will win, Strasser,” he said.

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