After the Olympic disappointment, Domme is back on track: “For two weeks I completely disconnected. I didn’t enjoy it in China, giving everything and paying back 80% is frustrating ”
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For two weeks he didn’t want to know. No more races, no more training, just time to spend with the family. For Dominik Paris, Beijing 2022 was a bitter disappointment, the frustration for the 6th place in the Olympic descent and for the 21st in the super-G had prostrated him as perhaps never before. In front of the journalists, passing through a mixed zone after his last race, he had replied with a whisper, explaining that it was not really the case to think about the next chance, in Milan-Cortina 2026, of a descent that will take place in “his ”Bormio, because his first thought at that moment was if and how to continue.
Three weeks later, “Domme” returned to current affairs. Over the weekend he will be the protagonist of the speed races in Kvitfjell, Norway (Friday and Saturday descents at 11.30, Sunday super-G at 11), in the last test he also set the best time. It is still too early to say if the desire has returned, but the tone is definitely different. “I’m fine, last week I trained, here in Norway I did two more days and then rehearsals. The sensations were good, then we’ll see in the race. I like this track a lot (three wins, two downhill and one in super-G, with the brace of 2019, ed), you feel good here, the hotel is close to the slopes, we are in nature, there is tranquility. And the race track is fun. In China it seemed to be outside the world, here at least we are inside ”.
What did you do after returning from Yanqing?
“For two weeks absolutely nothing, I disconnected completely, I was with my children, I went for a ride with friends. A bit of cross-country skiing in my part of the world, even if there is little snow this year. Every now and then I do it, not too much because you are always there to push and in the long run it becomes tiring. In 2021 it was more beautiful, there were trees loaded with snow and a soft track, this time it was harder ”.
Rehearsing with Rise of Voltage?
“No. We wished we could but couldn’t find each other. At the end of my season we will have more time ”.
Did you take Niko skiing?
“Yes, once we went together, he seems to be enjoying himself.”
With a cool head, how did you close your trip to China?
“It wasn’t easy to get used to those conditions. Basically I was not at the top like two or three years ago. It is not shot well, when you try to do things well at all costs but they don’t come naturally to you, in the end you just struggle and the more you struggle, the worse it is for your head. I didn’t enjoy it, you can say sure. There were some passages that I felt, but basically that descent wasn’t much fun ”.
Were you affected by the controversy related to the arrival of Casse and what was reported by Matteo Marsaglia?
“It didn’t bother me to get to know them, but I think what happened wasn’t good for us. He certainly left some marks on the team. These are moments that affect everyone, some more, some less “.
After the super-G he questioned his presence in Milan-Cortina 2026. Have you changed your mind?
“I still don’t think about what will happen in four years. I feel the need to completely disconnect for a moment. Now I finish the season and I want to do it well at all costs, I’ll think about the later. Getting to 2026 will not be easy, age goes forward and does not go back (she will be 36 years old, ed), I don’t know how body and mind will respond, if I still have the desire. The first thing is fun, the more you do well the more you want. If in the next 4 years I win everything then there will be, if I get hurt and things go wrong then it will go away. These are very personal things ”.
The president of Fisi Flavio Roda also mentioned her among the athletes who will try to convince them towards 2026 by going to meet them as much as possible. Can this change things?
“If the Fisi will help you feel good, be motivated, then it will be easier to have fun and have the desire. First of all, however, there are my head and my body that must be present. When you give everything you have and still yield to eighty percent of your potential, then you end up behind. It was like this in Beijing, it’s been like this all season ”.
Has it been like this for two years, since after Kirchberg’s injury?
“Yes, I have not been the same as two years ago or even five years ago, except in some races. They command the head and the body. When I was young when I had back pain I started the same, when I didn’t go even stronger. Now it doesn’t happen. When one has certain sensations, he also goes down on one leg. Look at Feuz, his confidence, he can do everything. I have not succeeded. I still do not reach the maximum yield capacity, I still lack a little. But maybe you find it suddenly and then everything changes “.
March 3, 2022 (change March 3, 2022 | 19:27)
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