Am 30. November 2019 Thomas Dreßen made an impressive comeback in the Ski World Cup. Exactly one year to the day after he tore his cruciate ligament in Beaver Creek, the man from Mittenwald won the downhill from Lake Louise and thus his first race after the forced break.
In 1:46.81 minutes Dreßen was 0.02 seconds faster than the Italian Dominik Paris. Third place was shared by the Swiss Beat Feuz and Carlo Janka (+0.26).
“That it works like this: amazing. I don’t even know what to say, it’s just awesome,” said the German after his coup. For Dreßen, it should actually be about making it back to the top after his retirement.
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The success for the Kitzbühel winner from 2018 was of correspondingly high importance. “Kitzbühel is of course unique,” said Dreßen in an interview with “ARD”. “But I would almost say that this is the most beautiful victory.”
In the following winter he should also be at the top of the podium in the downhills at the home games in Garmisch-Partenkirchen and in Saalbach-Hinterglemm and, with a total of five victories in the supreme discipline, rise to become Germany’s most successful downhill skier in the World Cup to date.
Dream comeback: This is how Dreßen won the downhill in Lake Louise
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