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Skiing jewel wants her first victory: “She’s going to be a rocket”
Emma Aicher is regarded as a great talent on the ski circuit and has now made her big breakthrough in Kvitfjell. After the German celebrated her first podium finish on Friday, she went one better on Saturday with her first World Cup victory. The 21-year-old's performance has now received plenty of praise - including from former ski racer Viktoria Rebensburg. And her coach is already warning the competition.
"She skied her line very calmly, that was really cool," Rebensburg praised her young compatriot on Eurosport on Friday directly after the downhill in Kvitfjell. There, Aicher had claimed her first World Cup podium with second place - the German was just 0.15 seconds behind the day's winner Cornelia Hütter. But it was just a foretaste of her big coup.
The 21-year-old was even able to claim her first World Cup victory in the second downhill on Saturday. For a long time after the race on Friday, the German herself couldn't really believe that she had made it onto the podium for the first time: "It's a dream, it's what you work towards all the time. I am very happy. I tried to ride like I did in training. It felt good. I was a bit surprised, but it's cool that it worked out," she finally emphasized in the ZDF interview.
"She's going to be a rocket"
On Saturday, the joy and probably also the disbelief at the finish was even greater. Little by little, the 21-year-old's emotions were released. "I'm very surprised, it didn't feel as good as yesterday, but I think I hit the spots well where you can pick up speed. I tried to forget yesterday, I had to do it again today," said Aicher after the race.
It is the (provisional) culmination of a constant development. The top talent has taken a huge step forward this year. At the World Championships in Saalbach, she finished in sixth place in both the super-G and the downhill, narrowly missing out on a sensation in each case.
Even before her final breakthrough in Norway, German head coach Andreas Puelacher recently announced: "I maintain that Emma will be a rocket". A warning to the competition, which Aicher was now able to underline with her first World Cup victory.
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