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Alpine Skiing: Zettel rests up ahead of Olympic gold bid
Tuesday, 09 February 2010
Published 14 days ago at Vancouver 2010 - Olympic News
Jan 26, 2010
Vienna (AFP) - Austrian medal hope Kathrin Zettel has hung up her skis, at least provisionally, in a bid to kickstart her Olympic bid feeling refreshed and raring to go, Austrian ski bosses said Tuesday.
Zettel will be one of three Austrian women looking for a share of the alpine ski medals at the February 12-28 Games but she admits the prospect has forced her to reconsider her approach.
"I need a break. I'm going to slow things down a bit so I can hit the Olympics in as fresh a state as possible," said Zettel, currently third in the World Cup overall standings behind American Lindsey Vonn and German Maria Riesch.
Zettel, the reigning world champion in combined, will thus miss the combined, downhill and super-G races scheduled for Saint Moritz, Switzerland this weekend.
The 23-year-old has been one of Austria's most consistent performers this seasons achieving nine podiums in 16 races although it took her until January 17 to claim her first win of the season, a giant slalom in Maribor.
The next day Zettel won the slalom, but in her next two races, a super-G and giant slalom, she finished 38th and crashed out respectively.
Five races will be held for the men and women at Whistler, just outside Vancouver - the downhill, super-G, super-combined, slalom and giant slalom.
Austria won 14 of the 30 alpine ski medals at Turin in 2006.
Zettel, competing at her second Olympics, finished fourth in the combined won by Janica Kostelic ahead of Austrian Marlies Schild and Sweden's Anja Paerson.
Jan 26, 2010
Vienna (AFP) - Austrian medal hope Kathrin Zettel has hung up her skis, at least provisionally, in a bid to kickstart her Olympic bid feeling refreshed and raring to go, Austrian ski bosses said Tuesday.
Zettel will be one of three Austrian women looking for a share of the alpine ski medals at the February 12-28 Games but she admits the prospect has forced her to reconsider her approach.
"I need a break. I'm going to slow things down a bit so I can hit the Olympics in as fresh a state as possible," said Zettel, currently third in the World Cup overall standings behind American Lindsey Vonn and German Maria Riesch.
Zettel, the reigning world champion in combined, will thus miss the combined, downhill and super-G races scheduled for Saint Moritz, Switzerland this weekend.
The 23-year-old has been one of Austria's most consistent performers this seasons achieving nine podiums in 16 races although it took her until January 17 to claim her first win of the season, a giant slalom in Maribor.
The next day Zettel won the slalom, but in her next two races, a super-G and giant slalom, she finished 38th and crashed out respectively.
Five races will be held for the men and women at Whistler, just outside Vancouver - the downhill, super-G, super-combined, slalom and giant slalom.
Austria won 14 of the 30 alpine ski medals at Turin in 2006.
Zettel, competing at her second Olympics, finished fourth in the combined won by Janica Kostelic ahead of Austrian Marlies Schild and Sweden's Anja Paerson.