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best friends at the top of alpine skiing: the story and exposed by Maria Riesch and Lindsey Vonn last winter was shattered as and as the German took over on the U.S. to finally win the overall in the World Cup for three points … The two skiers will always be the protagonists of the season, which begins Saturday in a giant slalom in Sölden, but their relationship so fascinating was thrown into oblivion: “This is not about friendship. I consider it a rival like the others, “said Riesch, who married her agent Marcus Höfle last spring in the absence of Vonn. “We discussed at length when we found in New Zealand this summer and we decided not to mention our friendship in public,” prefer to say it. If it points to the responsibility of the media in the evolution of the situation, her husband and coach Thomas Vonn admits: “They have perhaps been too much talking about their lives every weekend. “

The low-fat diet of Riesch If

discussed ski on the glacier on Saturday Austrian-Maria Riesch Höfle is still not back down from his cloud, “My life is a dream,” says the bride. “I've never started a season as relaxed and without pressure. I made the best of my dreams by winning the overall. This season, I'll try to find the balance between serenity and the desire to win more races and trophies. “Physically, the skier from Garmisch is also transformed: the victim of food intolerances, it adopted a new regime which displays seven pounds less than last year. “I have more power and less weight to carry around in the corners,” she laughs. Even if his ankle is still the suffering, she would prove the success of his regime by winning Saturday's first World Cup giant, a year after promising a top 5.

Extra hard to Vonn

Lindsey Vonn, who share nothing in speed, giant slalom is also the “weak link”. Frustrated by last season with two races canceled the finals of the World Cup, the U.S. has twice as hard this summer: more physical preparation in Salzburg with the Red Bull team, then to San Diego training center Olympic more work on the technical events, with adaptations and equipment, coach Jeff Fergus – who cares for her 100%. “If it reproduces what it does to drive in the race, she can win in all disciplines,” said her husband Thomas. With 41 wins already under his belt, Vonn could reach the podium in the history of the World Cup if it exceeds the Austrian Renate Goetschl (46 successful). It was hosted every year at Christmas, however, the clan will be a new program for the holidays.

Necessarily a duel? Lindsey Vonn

nevertheless refuses to summarize the World Cup in a duel. At the forefront of new rivals, the triple winner of the big globe up Slovenia's Tina Maze, Austrian Elisabeth Goergl and Swiss Lara Gut.

             A. T.-C. in Sölden