2023-12-17 05:05:00
Sunday back for Romane Miradoli. Injured last March and operated on for a rupture of the cruciate ligaments of the left knee, the last French winner in a speed event (super-G of Lenzerheide in March 2022), returns to competition this Sunday in the super-G of Val d’ Isère (11 a.m.).
“We see day following day,” said Marco Viale, his group manager on Thursday. Decision taken Friday following downhill training: the resumption for Romane Miradoli is this Sunday in super-G. After an abortive return during the previous weekend in Saint-Moritz – “I didn’t have a great time being there and not racing”, she admits – and while she is not sufficiently ready for this Saturday’s descent: the skier from Flaine will put on a competition bib nine and a half months following her fall on March 1, 2023 in Kvitfjell (Norway).
Later than she envisioned. “If we might have done everything we wanted, I would have resumed in St. Moritz,” she continues. Like everyone else, we suffered from the conditions which meant that I missed skiing a little. The coaches hadn’t told me, but they didn’t see me running until January. » Indeed, since his return to the stage on September 20, the days of speed can be counted on the fingers of two hands. Two days downhill, as many in super-G, and therefore three official training sessions.
“As soon as it picks up speed, I get up a little”
“I’m short of kilometers,” summarizes the 29-year-old skier. And therefore confidence. “I have trouble finding speed because I don’t dare. All the curves that I can cut, ultimately I take them a little higher and more in control. As soon as I feel it picking up speed, I pick myself up a little, especially on tracks like this (the OK) where it hits a bit. »
That, and obviously difficulty setting pace over a full race. This is also why she did not compete in Saturday’s descent and her 1’43” effort for the best, and will resume in the shorter super-G.
“For the future, I have no doubt,” she explains. After Val d’Isère we will have training in giants, and speed at the beginning of January with the Italians before going to Altenmarkt. » And this time to launch your season in earnest?
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