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By: Christoph Gschoßmann
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Linus Straßer amazes and is the German ski star of the moment.
Felix Neureuther has an explanation for his world-class performances.
Munich – Felix Neureuther has highly praised the development of ski ace Linus Straßer.
“If you win Kitzbühel and Schladming, you can applaud again,” said Neureuter in the
BR
program “Ringlstetter”.
Straßer is in the form of his life and is astonishing the ski world.
Linus Strasser |
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|---|---|
Born |
November 6, 1992 in Munich |
Association |
TSV 1860 Munich |
Profession |
Customs officer (member of the customs ski team) |
Height Weight |
183cm/75kg |
After the floodlit victory in Schladming just three days after the coup in Kitzbühel, even the Munich native was searching for words.
“It couldn’t be better,” said the 31-year-old about the classic double in Austria.
Neureuther explains the Straßer quantum leap: Slalom as a mentally demanding sport
To explain why things are suddenly going so well at Straßer, Neureuther simply said: “It's hot for Schnackler gmacht in the Hirnkastl”.
Skiing or slalom is “just complex.
You can't say: I'm physically in good shape and everything is fine.
Slalom is also incredibly demanding mentally.
Linus has learned from the mistakes of the past and won’t make them again.”
Straßer, who drives for TSV 1860 Munich, made national ski history as he was the first German to win the two prestigious slalom races in Kitzbühel and Schladming in succession.
Not even the most successful DSV slalom skiers were able to achieve this: Felix Neureuther and Armin Bittner.
Neureuther about Straßer: “And then you suddenly know how you work”
In the all-time German list of winners, Straßer caught up with downhill skier Thomas Dreßen, who had recently ended his career, with five successes - four slaloms and one city event.
Only Neureuther (13), Markus Wasmeier (9) and Bittner (7) are ahead of him.
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Neureuther also explained that at some point “the Schnackler was born, the famous one”.
“And then you suddenly know how you function.
Suddenly you're at the start and you know: "It doesn't matter what happens, I'm prepared."
Felix Neureuther and Linus Straßer in 2015. © imago sportfoto
Straßer feels invulnerable right now
Straßer's ideas over the past few days suggest that further victories could follow.
The father of the family told ORF
after the Schladming victory that he felt “bulletproof”, i.e. invulnerable
.
“You can put whatever you want on me.”
According to Neureuther, Straßer had to learn that it was wrong to always assume victory before the start.
“Linus and I have something in common.
You have to learn this because otherwise you will build up so much pressure on yourself in advance that you will no longer function in the race.” It is important not to concentrate on winning, but rather on the details such as the turns in the race.
Neureuther about Straßer: We as ski fans can look forward to that
Straßer demonstrated this impressively at the nighttime spectacle.
Neither pouring rain nor a difficult course setting and a tricky slope in the finale could stop Straßer.
He won by 0.28 seconds from the Norwegian Timon Haugan - the rest of the competition was already more than a second slower than the German.
“These are moments for a lifetime,” said the triumphant.
According to Neureuther, Straßer is “set up for the next few years, in terms of his mindset and his tools.
We can look forward to that as ski fans.”
(cgsc with dpa)