At 40, Johan Clarey, who was the fastest French skier in the race (in January 2013, in Wengen, the descender had been flashed at 161.9 km / h) was, this Sunday, become the first forty-something to climb on a World Cup podium.
Second in the descent.
And not just anywhere, in Kitzbühel, on the legendary Streif, this track which fascinates and frightens every year, requires an acute mixture of risk-taking and control, which does not tolerate the slightest inattention or approximation.
A temple of speed.
XXL performance.
His 8th World Cup podium since his debut in 2003. The most brilliant, he who was vice-world champion in super-G in 2019.
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Johan Clarey relishes these late harvests: “
It's a lot of work, many years of hardship.
I'm in my best years, but I can't explain it.
It's not easy every day, but I still have the same passion
. ”
And to affirm that, further than the world championships (from February 8 to 21 to
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