Val d’Isere!
19. December 2009
I realy don`t have much luck here. The combination didn`t work out so well.
I realized that right after the downhill race in which I was a hefty four
seconds behind which was shocking for me, to say at least.
All that was still managable until that “lethal vertical”, but that`s when
bad luck struck.
I was skiing so fast that I could have broke trough to the fourth place, but
it just didn`t work out this time. I went for all or nothing, realy pushing
myself to the max, but sometimes things just don`t work out the way we want…
Downhill was canceled today which I think was best for the competitors.
There is a lot of talk about safety lately, but It`s still not reaching
levels as it should regarding the world cup.
Comments and complaigns from competitors are still not considered to the full
extend. The risks are huge, race schedule is intense and we all want best
results, breaking our backs to squeeze out our max to reach our dream, but
it`s easy to say that dreams already ended for some this season.
The sad thing is that the program ant venues of the events are usualy
determined by people that don`t realy ask themselves what this means for the
racers and their teams who have to cope with all that as best as they can.
Exhaustion and so called jet lag are hardly ever considered, although they
represent a great trouble.
I think that there is much better organization even in sports that are
considerably less risky than skiing.
My suggestion is that we look up to tennis. Main events are carefully planned
at exactly determined time, dates and venues. There are also diferent rules
when competitors change continetns, etc…
Tomorow is the last race before we are hedding home. I would be very happy
if I could return from this long and exhausting tour with rankings among first
three in super G. Anyway, we will have to wait until morning.
Keep the thumbs up for me!
Best regards to all!
Tina 
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