Austrian Slalom Squad Concludes Leogang Camp

Manuel Feller, Michael Matt, Marco Schwarz and Christian Hirschbühl completed an intensive conditioning and strength training camp last week at the Hotel Forsthofgut in Leogang. In mid-August, the training group of Coach Marko Pfeifer will travel to the snow training camp in New Zealand.

"At the moment I feel better than I have in a long time." In summer the condition training is not always so funny, but nevertheless it is the prerequisite for the winter ", said the Tyrolean Manuel Feller after the training course.

Pyeongchang teammate and slalom bronze medalist Michael Matt is also in the thick of the sweaty preparation: "Hard training is just part of our job and homework has to be done. In the spring it was more stressful due to some appointments than in the past, but I can not buy anything from the medal in the coming season. " 

In mid-August the ÖSV slalom lords travel to New Zealand for a joint training course. For the Carinthian Marco Schwarz, it is an important part of the preparation: "If you are tormented every day during the condition training you are looking forward to the snow training again. Time in New Zealand is extremely important to me. There you can drive very large volumes and, moreover, the snow is very similar to ours in Austria. "

Also in training is the 28-year-old Vorarlberger Christian Hirschbühl: "I have set myself no fixed goals for the coming season. I want to get better in every single area and then I am very confident. Until we fly to New Zealand, I want to have done most of the conditioning training . " Marc Digruber was missing from the joint training course in Leogang. The Lower Austrian and his wife are expecting their first child together in the next few days.