Das spürt man schon, wenn‘s passt. Es hätte wieder gut ausgeschaut.
"I felt really good, had a good flow," Scheib describes. "Then I was a little too close to a gate. I have to look at it again to see if I got stuck with the guard or with my hand."
In the demanding steep section, last year's GS globe winner could not prevent a crash. She slid towards the safety net and remained there. After a short time, Scheib was back on her feet and skied down the mountain on her own.
She noticed immediately after the crash that she was going fast. "You can feel it when it's going well. It would have been a good one. But that shows once again that ski racing is a fine line," says Scheib, who is, of course, visibly disappointed.
Crash Quickly Shrugged Off
Scheib, who started the race as one of the favorites, assumes that she can quickly shrug off the DNF.
"In Copper Mountain I had a nasty crash and it was also relatively quickly shrugged off," Scheib recalls last season, where she finished second on the podium a day after the said crash.
"I have to analyze the mistake so that it doesn't happen again, but we move on," the ÖSV star looks ahead.
Scheib will compete in her next race at the end of November in Killington, where a giant slalom is scheduled.
Until then, she wants to try to preserve the good feeling from the first gates in Sölden.
"I had a good composure, which is also needed, and I want to carry that forward."
