Wednesday, January 27, 2016

Kristoffersen impresses alpine ladies: – For a show! – Dagbladet.no

(Dagbladet): Henrik Kristoffersen (21) accounted for another feat when he won the slalom race in Schladming on Tuesday. Not only he took into the extenders seconds he lay behind leader Felix Neureuther, but he also took the season’s sixth World Cup victory.

Still, the record seven world cup victories in a season. It can stand for fall if Kristoffersen continues great form.

It does not go unnoticed, of course. Kristoffersen is hailed by its predecessors and experts.

– He delivers, delivers and supplies. It’s raw. Especially when he manages to defend himself after the 1st half. It shows strength, said former top alpinist Hans Petter Buraas to Dagbladet after the victory.



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But also Kristoffersen friends ski circus rejoices over 21-year-old outrageous performance. After the victory in Schladming was the alpine women who have fieriest the trigger.

– Congratulations on a fantastic winning streak, Henrik! Printer alpine queen and World Cup leader on the women’s side, Lindsey Vonn, on Twitter.

– For a show, you two! Printer rival Tina Maze.

Earlier this season hailed another top skier, Lara Gut, Kristoffersen after podium position in giant slalom in Alta Badia. She has in fact given 21-year-old nicknamed “little brand”.

– Ha-ha, it’s certainly something I can live with, grinned Kristoffersen confronted with the nickname.



– Unbeatable and incredible

Now that Aksel Lund Svindal lose the rest of the season after cruciate ligament injury he suffered during the fall in Kitzbuhel, it’s Kjetil Jansrud and just Henrik Kristoffersen who fights the very top in the battle for the coveted overall sphere of the World Cup .

The biggest challenger is Marcel Hirscher, who once again yesterday had then beaten by “Spjælingen from Rælingen.” After Kristoffersen victory in Kitzbuehel Sunday posted Hirscher’s picture on Twitter where he takes “stranglehold” on Kristoffersen in frustration.

– Unbeatable and incredible! writes the Austrian skier, who also won the World Cup four years in a row. He now leads the World Cup 98 points ahead Kristoffersen. Kjetil Jansrud follows behind.

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