The Limited Times

Now you can see non-English news...

Andrea Filser left for the United States with positive vibes

2021-11-27T06:11:41.775Z


Perhaps the 18th place in Levi's slalom was the initial spark. In any case, Andrea Filser from SV Wildsteig is looking forward to the overseas races in the United States.


Perhaps the 18th place in Levi's slalom was the initial spark.

In any case, Andrea Filser from SV Wildsteig is looking forward to the overseas races in the United States.

Wildsteig

- Many decisions in the Alpine World Cup are currently true hundredths of a thriller.

Andrea Filser last felt this again in Levi (Finland).

While luck was not on her side on day one, as before in Lech, she was able to turn the tables in the second race, which she tackled with great concentration, and with 18th place and wonderful moments she was in the leader box, in which she was the leader for Was allowed to sit down for a few minutes, rewarded.

Alpine skiing: In Levi, Andrea Filser scored World Cup points for the first time in 2020

It already seemed bewitched. In the parallel competition in Lech, the racer from SV Wildsteig was missing just a single hundredth of a second to make it to the final. Last Saturday in Levi, the 30th place in the first round was only three hundredths away from qualifying for the final run. "With such a tight outcome, you can really look for these hundredths anywhere," says Filser. Mentally that is anything but easy. It is all too easy to brood and go crazy. “It was therefore extremely important for me to just concentrate on my strengths,” said the 28-year-old, explaining her recipe against hundredths of a blues. And of course it also helped to remember the positive feelings she has about the race location in Finland. In November 2012 she made her World Cup debut in Levi,At the end of November 2020, she picked up World Cup points there for the first time in seven long years. "Those are nice memories, that's why I always look forward to the races."

Last Saturday, my own anger about missing the second round was masked by the joy of Lena Dürr's podium.

"We are roommates, and it was just nice to be able to be happy for them from the bottom of my heart," reported the Wildsteiger.

Alpine skiing: At the Levi slalom, Andrea Filser was allowed to enter the leader box for a few minutes

All these positive vibrations made it easier for Filser to simply trust in himself the next day and start the first run at full throttle.

The hundredth of luck was on her side this time, at the same time as team mate Jessica Hilzinger she qualified for the second round in 29th place.

“Run two was really fun, because I was able to show my performance right from the start.” At the finish, the “1” lit up, and with it the sports soldier took her place in the leader box.

“That is the culmination of a good run and it feels so good,” she said of the uplifting moments in the place of honor.

Alpine skiing: Filser starts in the giant slalom on Saturday and in the slalom on Sunday

In the end Filser was behind Dürr, who was third on the podium, the second best of the four German girls in the final, achieved her best World Cup result to date with 18th place and traveled with a good feeling to Killington in the US state of Vermont (about 150 kilometers northeast of Boston).

There is a giant slalom on this Saturday and a slalom on Sunday.

"I'm looking forward to the two races," says Filser and hopes that this time the hundredths of a thriller - should there be another one - will have a happy ending for her.

KATHRIN EBENHOCH

Source: merkur

All sports articles on 2021-11-27

You may like

News/Politics 2024-02-14T09:20:21.582Z

Trends 24h

Latest

© Communities 2019 - Privacy

The information on this site is from external sources that are not under our control.
The inclusion of any links does not necessarily imply a recommendation or endorse the views expressed within them.