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00:00The strafe is very difficult. In the last days he had some pain in the back, so we tried to
00:22calm down and move, doing some exercise and core exercise. That's it. He looks great, so he's ready for the race.
00:42My back feels really good. I had issues the last three days, but we managed to, with the physio,
00:49to kill the pain, and now I think I have a good chance to do a good race.
01:00I woke up a bit earlier, before the alarm, because I probably knew it was strafe day, so a bit nervous,
01:09to be honest, but it's good. It means it matters to me.
01:12So, I'm ready for the strafe.
01:19The most dangerous downhill on the planet. Downhill at the strafe.
01:23There's nothing bigger in the ski world.
01:25This is an absolute fly.
01:27You have to go to the limit.
01:30Close to 90 bars an hour. On to his heel.
01:33The strafe is the most dangerous race on the World Cup calendar.
01:36It's a place where legends are made.
01:38First ever World Cup victory, and it comes on the strafe.
01:41It's the place to be, and for Downhill, it's the place to win.
01:43Finally, it's the place to win.
01:52Kittsbuehl town is a beautiful village within the Austrian Alps. It's very luxurious.
02:04When race day comes, all that goes out the window, and it's party time in Kittsbuehl.
02:08In the stands and the crowd, it is mad.
02:18It is 100,000 people that have been drinking since five in the morning,
02:23all wanting to see the world's best ski racers chuck themselves down at the most iconic slope.
02:29When you're going up with this gullola, and you start being above the trees,
02:41then it's a bit of vertigo, you know?
02:47It's a weird feeling, because you always want, you always dream to race here,
02:51but then also you have to race here.
02:53So, of course, the race has an aura of danger and adrenaline.
02:59So, I think it's just an illusion.
03:03It's just a really nice hill to ski around.
03:06Turns are beautiful. It just flows naturally.
03:09Okay.
03:26Bitte kurz um Aufmerksamkeit, danke.
03:29Auch in den Hintern rein, bitte.
03:31Good.
03:32Material check, all's passt.
03:34Alles komplett.
03:37Gut.
03:38Das Wichtigste gleich, ganz am Anfang,
03:40programmgemäßer Ablauf, das heißt,
03:43ihr seid um 10.45 Uhr auf Position, bitte.
03:4610.45 Uhr.
03:48Der erste Kameraläfer, also los geht es dann um 11.15 Uhr,
03:51dann noch Vorläufer und Rennstart um 11.30 Uhr,
03:54aber gerade 10.45 Uhr auf Position sein.
03:56Außen auch bitte, da ist es nicht ganz so strikt,
03:59aber die Pisten werden irgendwann geschlossen
04:01und da sollt sich nicht mehr viel bewegen.
04:08Die Aufgabe der Bergrettung ist einmal der Pistendienst,
04:11also so die Ski-Patroule, sagt die FIS dazu.
04:14Also wir sind zuständig, wenn sich ein Rennläufer verletzt
04:17und eine Behandlung und einen Abtransport braucht
04:19und das machen wir gemeinsam mit den Rennärzten
04:21und mit der Christophorus-Flugrettung.
04:24Und meine spezielle Aufgabe oder die Aufgabe der Einsatzleiter,
04:27ich bin nicht der Einzige,
04:28ist einfach die Koordinierung der ganzen Bergretter,
04:31die auf der Strecke stehen,
04:32damit die auf den richtigen Platz kommen,
04:34das machen, was sie machen sollen.
04:39Also wir sind insgesamt 30,
04:41aber das ist jetzt Piste in den Publikumsbereich.
04:44Ausgenommen der ganz unterste Teil, das macht das Rote Kreuz,
04:47also da, wo man keine Ski- oder Seilbahn braucht,
04:50zum hinkommen.
04:54Der Kitzbühler Ski Club wurde 1902
04:57begonnen.
04:59Es begann mit Franz Reich,
05:01der Founder unserer Club,
05:02und er war beschäftigt mit Skiing.
05:05Nobody knew Skiing since that time.
05:08Und he wrote a letter to Norway
05:11to get the pair of skis.
05:13And he started skiing in the valley
05:15and he made the first descent
05:18of the Kitzbühler Horn.
05:20It's the mountain on the opposite side of the Honeycomb.
05:23And this was one of the first documented ski routes,
05:27I would say, in the Alps.
05:29And this was when everything started.
05:31Since then it developed.
05:33I mean, the first Honeycomb race,
05:35the first international Honeycomb race
05:37was held in 1931.
05:39I think the Streif is that famous
05:43because in the 1950s
05:44there was the,
05:45we call it the Wunder Team,
05:47where a bunch of crazy skiers
05:49that were the best in the world
05:51and everybody wanted to compete
05:53against those great skiers.
05:55So, and this of course helped Kitzbühler
05:57and the Honeycomb race to grow
05:59and get a little bit more famous.
06:02You know, when they used to race down Kitzbühler,
06:14they used to have wooden picket fences
06:16and those iconic sort of ragdoll crash moments
06:18of people chucking themselves down this hill.
06:21I mean, nowadays, yes, we go a bit quicker,
06:23but we've got big old safety nets that save us,
06:25whereas before you didn't.
06:28Of course, key racing is dangerous,
06:30but I think everybody who goes down
06:32knows about the risk.
06:34Our goal as the organizer
06:35is to keep it as safe as possible.
06:37And when you imagine that in the 70s
06:39there just was nearly no safety installation,
06:43maybe some hay balls that froze overnight,
06:46and now we have the most up-to-date netting,
06:48fencing to keep the race course as safe as possible.
06:55It's a place where legends are made.
06:57My favorite Streif legend
06:59would be Didier Küche.
07:04Of course, Miller, Swindle, my idols.
07:12But also, Supre Saracet, for me,
07:15one of the craziest brands down there.
07:21Dominic Paris, he is the bull in the China shopper ski racing.
07:24He's the powerhouse.
07:25He's the strong man,
07:27the one that chucks everything at this one from a power perspective.
07:31And when he's on his A-game down Kittsfield,
07:33not a lot can live with him.
07:36He's a powerhouse athlete.
07:382013 was the first victory.
07:42It was such an amazing feeling.
07:44I was a young guy and I was skiing very well.
07:50I had a lot of fun to ski and I had the perfect plan
07:53from the top to the bottom with, I don't know,
07:5550,000 people in the finish.
07:58It was really emotional and one of my biggest wins,
08:03what I ever did.
08:05The second one in 2017 was much different.
08:11I had a good run until the over-Hausberg.
08:13I had a little mistake.
08:15I lost a lot of time.
08:16Over-Hausberg and into the Hausberg jump here.
08:20Oh, there's a mistake from Paris.
08:22Almost went down.
08:24After the other guys did a lot of mistakes
08:26and so at the end I was too lucky.
08:28That is quite special.
08:312019 was another special win
08:41because I was fighting through Bertoltz the whole winter.
08:46The rougher, the tougher, the better
08:49for this Italian skier, Dominic Paris.
08:52Absolutely brilliant.
08:54The track record is done by Fritz the Cat Strobl in 1997.
08:59Yeah, the cat.
09:13I know him.
09:14Yeah, I know everything about him.
09:16The day he did that run and watching a documentary
09:19it was like nobody could ski like him that day
09:22and he's for sure one of the legends of this course.
09:25The race course changes every year a little bit.
09:30For some reason we had to set gates a little bit wider.
09:33We had to make some changes on the turns.
09:36I think that this record from Fritz will stay forever.
09:40You are surprised by your talent?
09:43Yeah, I come naturally from my perspective
09:46from a relatively calmness.
09:48But I can feel myself in the athletes and in the athletes
09:52where they have to strengthen the strength.
09:54And from my perspective it's incredible,
09:58what that is for a mental and psychical pressure.
10:02It's just physical, it's the problem.
10:03So that I'm not going to put into the face.
10:08Also kooperlich will I't so much as if I'm in the face.
10:11However, what I'm thinking about getting into the face
10:12of the instant, with a more Hut,
10:13with a focus.
10:14You can have high levels.
10:15That doesn't work.
10:19There are 60 people who are looking at the show.
10:23They risk their health.
10:26I wouldn't say their life.
10:28But they offer something like that,
10:30that you can just pull the hook.
10:33And that's really incredible.
10:45Because it's more than one race.
10:47It's all three races together.
10:48The Streif, this is the name of the race course.
10:57To make the Streif in full gas,
10:59you have to be perfect in technique.
11:02You have to have a very strong mind
11:04and you have to have the balls going down there full speed.
11:11The Streif is probably the hardest slope to conquer
11:14because its start is the most incredible.
11:1820, 30 seconds.
11:20It has everything.
11:25You go 0-60 in about five seconds through gravity alone.
11:28You jump 40 metres off a precipice.
11:34You then have to try and negotiate
11:36two of the toughest turns on the World Cup tour.
11:45The first 40 seconds of the Streif,
11:49it's all about guts.
11:50It's all about imposing your will.
11:53And do it.
11:54Not even a single doubt.
11:59The second part of the Streif is all about relaxing
12:01and finally gliding and try to be smooth
12:04and push the terrain, move on the jumps.
12:06And then you got the last 20, 30 seconds
12:08where it's basically just commit
12:10and put your teeth together
12:12and hope it works.
12:18The crowd's already, you know, roaring you on
12:20from halfway down.
12:24And, yeah.
12:25When you're safe on the finish line,
12:27celebrating that you make a good one.
12:30The Streif, it's always a special slope
12:34because all the story, what is behind,
12:36it's unique and that, I think, makes the difference.
12:40The Streif.
12:55Also, das ist jetzt unsere Position.
12:58Da müssen wir eigentlich jetzt warten
13:00und hoffen, dass nichts passiert.
13:03Suchen, dass vielleicht der Ski da vorbeikommt.
13:05Und dann ...
13:13Bei der Berrettung ist die Kameradschaft, glaube ich,
13:15an oberster Stelle.
13:16Und da haben wir ein super Team.
13:17Also, das passt.
13:28Wir spielen jetzt unser Szenario einmal durch.
13:31Er bringt uns jetzt mit dem Quad rüber
13:33und dann fahren wir mit den Ski
13:35bis zur Übergabestelle von der Rettung,
13:37wo wir die Patienten dann übergeben können.
13:39Und dann bringen wir uns wieder zurück auf Position,
13:41dass wir dann wieder auf Bereitschaft sind.
13:48So, what I'm really proud of,
13:50I think we have one of the best
13:52safety and security chains in the world.
13:54We have a helicopter crew here on-site.
13:57We have our mountain rescue crew,
13:59the Bergrettung,
14:01with emergency doctors on the racetrack
14:04to really have the best safety standard we can offer.
14:08Welcome to Kitzbühel,
14:11and welcome to the strife.
14:13Bib number one,
14:14about to chuck himself down,
14:16the most dangerous downhill on the planet.
14:18It is full attack and full intensity
14:21from the second you push out of the gate.
14:23Wow, that is nasty.
14:37Please get up.
14:39There is a slight compression.
14:41There is a bit of pressure on him.
14:42There is a bit of pressure on him.
14:43And then he has a,
14:44what he has got here,
14:45he has got a mic of pressure on the left.
14:47With the left.
14:48With the left.
14:49With the left.
14:50And then...
14:51With the left.
14:52And then...
14:53With the right.
14:54So, when he can't even go away from the back,
14:56he can actually put him in the back.
14:58And then with the back.
15:00And then transport him.
15:01He is the fastest transport
15:03that is more or less
15:04for the athlete in the gang.
15:06You can feel the tension.
15:19You can feel the stress.
15:23You get the adrenaline pumping you,
15:25so you are actually getting really focused.
15:30For me, the last moments before the start,
15:33it's all about relaxing.
15:37The body must be hot and burning,
15:40but the mind needs to be chill.
15:42Because the good skiing is always in a relaxed spirit.
15:50We already did a million visualizations,
15:52so yeah, the last moment is just
15:54be there, be present and trust.
15:56Now Henrik van Appen from Chile.
15:59I was really, really pumped.
16:01I had a great plan.
16:02The Henrik van Appen going quite well
16:04down the run.
16:05I was going pretty fast.
16:06I think I was going to be top 20 probably.
16:13I did the Ausberg-Kanta strong.
16:15I landed just where I needed to land.
16:21Henrik van Appen actually throwing away
16:22a really good opportunity there.
16:23He was inside the point.
16:24Tried to be clean.
16:26Tried to not slide.
16:27Went for it.
16:28But I made the technical mistake.
16:30My body went before my skis.
16:32So my ski never actually come back.
16:34And I missed the game.
16:35It's the worst feeling in the world
16:40when you think you can do it
16:42and things like this happen.
16:49You don't have to do it again.
16:51I will do the same,
16:52but just like push harder on the ski,
16:53you know.
16:54I'm trusted more.
16:59Actually, what I'm proud of is
17:01I think I represent the spirit of strife.
17:03I went follow for it.
17:05Three quarters of the course was really good.
17:07Next year I will destroy this course.
17:09Take my word of it.
17:21Oh no!
17:22Oh no!
17:23This is a real gladiator sport.
17:25The strife has shown again that it goes faster than a jump.
17:29And unfortunately,
17:30the most jump glimpsed out.
17:32And the two were here,
17:33and they brought up the transport.
17:35But here,
17:36the rescue kit and our training
17:37worked perfectly.
17:38And our people have a great job.
17:41I love it.
17:45Next up,
17:46James Crawford.
17:47Definitely a racer.
17:51We know that this man can mix it with the best.
17:53He's never won a World Cup.
17:54He's been on the podium four times,
17:55and he's flying on the top section.
17:57This exit is very wide.
18:02Losing quite a lot of speed here.
18:07Sometimes you're not where you want to be.
18:09Just got to trust in your technique.
18:13Stomp on that right footer.
18:15Try desperately to get the timing on this next left footer.
18:20And he's still got a massive advantage.
18:21Oh!
18:22Has to chuck up sideways.
18:23Needs to try and stay clean
18:24as he comes on to traverse.
18:25A couple of turns now.
18:26Just needs to stay committed.
18:27Oh!
18:28Oh!
18:29Oh!
18:30Oh!
18:31Oh!
18:32Oh!
18:33Oh!
18:34Oh!
18:35Oh!
18:36Oh!
18:37Oh!
18:38Oh!
18:39Oh!
18:40Oh!
18:41Oh!
18:42Oh!
18:43Here's aère zu twins.
18:45Oh!
18:46Oh!
18:47Crenford bling.
18:48The speed is good!
18:49This could be Canada's first victory since the turn of the century.
18:55Here comes James Crenford,
18:57and he leads to Kids Mill.
18:59His first ever World Cup victory,
19:01and the Canadian is in absolute disbelief.
19:04He's on Cloud 9...
19:06For the people who are ski fans,
19:07they have to come to Kids Mill to watch this at least one time.
19:10I've watched this at least one time.
19:12A day to remember!
19:16Kitzbühel does funny things to people.
19:18That is almost unbelievable.
19:20I just love the feeling of crossing the finish line and be happy and be alive.
19:32He has not been super on him, I have to say.
19:34It is Kitzbühel as he can wish.
19:40We are happy with the winners, but I think with the Canadiens, we have to go to London.
19:49Just a little bit, just a little bit of a party.
19:54They like to party hard and they'll end up in a pub called The Londoner.
19:58And it's tradition that the winners end up behind the bar, shirts off, serving drinks.
20:03Once it gets to about 10 o'clock, what goes on in The Londoner stays in The Londoner.
20:10So far as you can see, there are people here who celebrate a party for this spectacle,
20:18what the Skifahrer here have done.
20:21One more beautiful than the other one.
20:28And we have to have the courage to go down and bring it together.
20:34That we have to train a whole year.
20:36Hut up, I must say.
20:38It's a really cool thing.
20:40When you win the Honeycomb race here in Kitzbühel, I would say the chance are not so bad to be all so good at the Olympics.
20:48Borneo, on the man side, is one of the toughest race course.
20:51The Streif is a very good preparation for the Olympics.
20:54If you talk to somebody about ski racing and they know nothing, they've probably heard of Kitzbühel.
21:01It's one of those that sort of transcends lots of different sports.
21:08The tradition we have here at Kitzbühel and the Streif, the Honeycomb race for me absolutely is the monument of ski racing.
21:16At Kitzbühel and the Streif is the monument of ski racing from Los Angeles.
21:38The Wings have an opportunity to offer an upcoming year's prophecy
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