Online Clippings from Thursday

Aksel Lund Svindal from Norway is at the center of the articles that went online in the course of the afternoon: for once as the double winner of the training runs but also as the one to capture the gold in tomorrow’s Super-G, which he already won three times in the past. 

Svindal is chasing his first Val Gardena/Gröden victory in the classic Downhill discipline (http://www.nachrichten.at/sport/wintersport/Svindal-jagt-den-ersten-Groeden-Sieg;art104,2061547) writes an Austrian news outlet on its internet portal: “The Norwegian is still missing a gold in the classic discipline.” American and Canadian media covered the news via Associated Press: Norway and US dominate Val Gardena downhill training (AP, http://news.yahoo.com/norway-us-dominate-val-gardena-downhill-training-133928910.html ), Erik Guay 11e à l'entraînement à Val Gardena (AP, http://www.lapresse.ca/sports/ski-et-surf/ski-alpin/201512/16/01-4931826-erik-guay-1 ).

Today’s training run was also covered by Swissinfo with news from SDA Agency (“Lead in training for Svindal” http://www.swissinfo.ch/ger/alle-news-in-kuerze/trainingsbestzeit-fuer-svindal/41843392 ). The Austrian Standard offers an APA dispatch: “Norwegian in the lead after second training” (http://derstandard.at/2000027696255/Norweger-und-US-Amerikaner-dominieren-zweites-Groeden-Training ), the Neue Züricher Zeitung: “Marc Gisin is the only one who convinces in the Training” (http://www.nzz.ch/sport/marc-gisin-der-beste-schweizer-im-abschlusstraining-von-groeden-1.18664709 ) while the Swiss boulevard magazine Blick reports that the Swiss team also disappoints in the 2nd training (http://www.blick.ch/sport/ski/dominante-norweger-in-val-gardena-schweizer-enttaeuschen-auch-im-2-training-id4474793.html ). 

All eyes on the Downhill also at Laola.at who quotes Steven Nyman: “I am definitely one of the favorites to win here”, aiming for his fourth gold in Val Gardean/Gröden (http://www.laola1.at/de/red/wintersport/ski-alpin/news/nyman-peilt-in-groeden-vierten-sieg-an/ ). The Austrian Kleine Zeitung, on the other hand, zeroes in on the ÖSV Men’s Svindal and Val Gardena complex (http://www.kleinezeitung.at/k/sport/wintersport/skialpin/4889688/OSVHerren-im-SuperG-gegen-Svindal-und-GrodenKomplex) stating that the team wants to end the dry spell it is facing in Val Gardena/Gröden. German skiers are optimistic for the classic race on the Saslong (http://www.thueringer-allgemeine.de/web/zgt/wintersport/detail/-/specific/Deutsche-Skifahrer-optimistisch-vor-Klassiker-in-Groeden-2006614878 ) writes the DPA clearly in the Wiener Zeitung saying that “There is only one”.