The Lauberhorn show doesn’t work everywhere, says ski legend Bernhard Russi
The risk drivers live dangerously in Kitzbühel
The speed specialists put on a show for the spectators on the Lauberhorn descent. Also because they are ready for almost anything. This strategy works in the Bernese Oberland. In Kitzbühel, however, this bill could be expensive, says ski legend Bernhard Russi.
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Aleksander Aamodt Kilde: Hardly anyone celebrates driving at the limit like the Norwegian.
Bernhard RussiBlick columnist
Downhill and Super-G are high-risk sports. High speeds, icy slopes, hard surfaces and from time to time almost no crash areas!
Those who compete and move in it are a very special species. Daredevils, adventurers, types of players who are infused with a pinch of fatalism.
These athletes are always pushing the limit. In order to know this limit, one is forced to venture a step beyond the limit every now and then. On racing skis, this means carving further on the inner ski and not giving up the banked position, even if the important outer ski breaks away. Not even when half of the body is already touching the snow, to compensate for small mistakes with an even more direct line, or not to build in any reserve against a flight that is too far in a tricky jump, such as the Hundschopf.
Second at the Lauberhorn: Odermatt with a moment of shock at Hundschopf(01:05)
In Kitzbühel, the willingness to take risks must be reined in
The last two days in Wengen have shown that more and more athletes are willing to go beyond this limit. The dominator Aleksander Aamodt Kilde showed everyone where you can tap into the reserves to win and what is still possible in extremis. Where the limit is and the border area slumbers.
The Lauberhorn is often classified as difficult but not very dangerous. Despite this, the track has dropped 17 riders in the last two days. Luckily without serious injuries.
Now comes Kitzbühel with the Hahnenkamm. Also difficult, but many times more dangerous due to the steepness. I hope that the ultimate aggressiveness and all or nothing thinking will be curbed a bit.
Russi on the Feuz career: “He has a very special character”(01:53)
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