Summer training

The summer training has really started now and I spend many hours on my beloved mountainbike and in the gym. Muscles get sore and I’m getting stronger I’m fortunate to train with one of the best fitness coaches, Roland Brunner who is always keeping me motivated and pushes me to do my best. So I’ll keep on working. Next winter will be coming soon.

Coming up next: FIS Meeting Dubrovnik

After spending a couple of days having meetings with my sponsor POC in Stockholm I’m on my way to Dubrovnik for the first FIS meeting of the athletes reps tomorrow. I was elected to one of the athletes representatives of Freestyle this winter and now our work has started and we’ll meet with the FIS for the first time. There are about 10 athlete reps from the different disciplines and different countries (Alpine, Ski Jumping, Cross Country, Freestyle,…)I hope the discussions will be good and successfull. The discussion between athletes has already started on www.democraski.com a plattform created by Ryan Blais (the male rep for Freestyle). Thanks Ryan! Great job!

I’ll keep you updated about what’s going on in Dubrovnik!

End of season

Finally the season is over now and snow is melting from the mountains. My end of season was abrupt with my crash at the World Cup final in La Plagnes where i tore my ACL. So the very successfull season ended with an unlucky knee injury. In the overall i therefore lost my 2nd position and ended on the 4th place. 

I’ve had surgery in the meantime in Hochrum where Dr.Hoser took care of me at once. Right now I’m doing my rehab working to come back for the next season. Looking at my goal: going to the Olympics 2010 still seems realistic and I’ll do everything for it. 

Thanks to everyone who is supporting me on the way to 2010!

WC in Meiringen

On saturday the WC in Meiringen- Hasliberg, Switzerland took place. In contrast to the race in Grindelwald the weather was super sunny and it was soo warm on the start that we could have raced with only t-shirts and surfshorts

As happy as I was about the weater that day as dissappointed I was about my result. I ended on 9th position and now I’m really hungry for revenge! 

Next and last chance for that will be in La Plange, France on friday!

For more results from Meiringen klick here ->

Grindelwald

We were supposed to have the race in Grindelwald today but the weather had caused some problems in the last days. The qualification could not be held yesterday so everything had to be done today. Unfortunatly the visibility was very bad and the conditions on the course were very difficult. Only the women´s qualification could be finished while the men´s qualification had to be cancelled after 50 riders.

The qualification results for the women are taken as the race results which feels a litttle bit boring as the race never took place. I ended on 7th position. Results here ->

Tokyo

After the World Championships we had the chance to spend 2 days in Tokyo which was really great. I enjoyed a rainy day in Shibuya- the freaky fashion district of Tokyo where future trends are created

Every time I’m in this city I’m surprised how crowded it is! 8 milion people live in Tokyo. That’s as many as in Austria!!!

World Championship Silver Medal

I took the silver medal at the World Championships in Inawashiro/ Japan today! After a hard time and 2 years of injuries I’m really proud of this achievement!

Fotos coming soon  

Results here

World Championships Japan

We have arrived in Inawashiro in the meantime where the World Championships will take place on monday the 2nd. It is really great to be in Japan again, food is always good and people are really friendly.

Trying to read the signs on the hill we discovered a funny chair lift here the first day

 

2nd in Branäs

Perfect course, perfect organisation, perfect race! That’s the conclusion from the competition today here in Branäs.

I made some mistakes in the final run and came 2nd in the end after leading almost the whole way down- not soo perfect BUT now I really have the feeling I can win again and maybe that will happen really soon

Here are the results and some images from today:

Women: 1.Ophelie david, 2. karin Huttary 3.Ashleigh McIvor

Men: 1.Lars Lewen 2. Christopher DelBosco 3. Michael Schmid

Branäs, Sweden

We have a lot of people working around us and helping us the whole year- physios, coaches, servicemen… They have part of our success but you never really see them on TV or in newspapers. 

Today I feel it is time to introduce you to our man of the day here in Branäs: FRED our serviceguy in the Saab-Salomonteam. He did an amazing job with the skis today.  We finished 1st and 2nd on both women’s and men’s qualification (Lars, Tomas, Ophe and me)!!! Check the qualificationresults here ->

Guy of the day: Fred!