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Lech (dpa) - The German ski racers have suffered another setback in the Alpine World Cup and will have to adjust to a tougher pace in training in the future.
At the parallel event in Lech / Zürs, all seven starters of the German Ski Association missed the knockout phase.
A 22nd place by the experienced Lena Dürr was not enough in the qualification for the decision runs of the best 16 in the evening.
Already at the start of the season in the giant slalom in Sölden and most recently at the weekend in two slaloms in Levi, the DSV women were clearly behind the competition.
"Here you had to drive to the limit, and we are not," said the German alpine boss Wolfgang Maier.
The lack of aggressiveness and willingness to take risks are not new - therefore the training is now being changed.
«There are only intensive time trials.
With every training run you have to try to be the champion », Maier told the German press agency.
The talent is there, the bite is missing.
Other nations such as Austria train harder just because of the internal competition.
"Less technical training, more competition training," announced the DSV sports director Maier.
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Behind Dürr, Andrea Filser (28th) and Jessica Hilzinger (46th) also missed the final in the qualification in Lech / Zürs.
Martina Ostler, Lisa Marie Loipetssperger, Fabiana Dorigo and Leonie Flötgen left.
As a very small salvation of honor, it could be cited that the parallel giant slalom in Vorarlberg, Austria also met fellow favorites like the Swiss Wendy Holdener and Alice Robinson from New Zealand.
“That was a relatively close race and it wasn't just ours that fell by the wayside,” said Maier.
Petra Vlhova secured victory in the evening, celebrating her third victory in a row after the two slaloms in Levi.
In the final, the Slovak defeated the surprisingly strong American Paula Moltzan.
Third place went to Lara Gut-Behrami from Switzerland.
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On Friday the German men try to do better.
Stefan Luitz and Alexander Schmid had already shown their class in parallel giant slaloms last season: Luitz finished second in Alta Badia, Schmid third in Chamonix.
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