Last year he didn’t even participate in the downhill in Val Gardena, but this year he’s going full speed ahead, starting with the first session of preliminary runs. “ I wanted to try and go as fast as I could in the trial runs so I could get a better feel for the high speeds on Saslong”, says Fill in a satisfied yet respectful tone towards one of the most important pistes of the World Cup. “Saslong is a lot more difficult than it looks because extremely risky and unpredictable”.
The 21 year old from Castelrotto was especially impressed with the second wall, “ Although the angle has been smoothed out by 20 cm., it’s still a really spectacular jump. Today I almost landed on the flat”.