"Miss the feeling"

Like Hirscher? Neureuther on the chances of a comeback

Marcel Hirscher and Lucas Braathen are returning to the World Cup, and there has been speculation for weeks about a possible comeback by US superstar Lindsey Vonn. What are the chances of Germany's skiing legend Felix Neureuther returning? The likeable Bavarian has now commented on this.

In the podcast "Pizza & Pommes" on Bayerischer Rundfunk, Neureuther openly admitted: "I miss that feeling when you're standing at the start and the place is really on fire down there. There are 30,000 to 50,000 people there. That's so crazy. I would love to have that again."

Nevertheless, a comeback is not an issue for him, says the 40-year-old: "If I was physically ready for it to make sense now, maybe I would change my mind. Maybe then I would also like to make a comeback. But I'm no longer in a position to do so."

Felix Neureuther(Bild: APA/EXPA/JOHANN GRODER)

In an interview with the German Press Agency, Neureuther also said that he has "a family with three children", "with whom I really enjoy spending time. All the effort that the World Cup would entail bears no relation to my current life."

Hirscher? "Huge story for the sport of skiing"
The fact that his good friend Marcel Hirscher is making a comeback is "a huge story for skiing", as the man from Salzburg is "one of the characters and protagonists that we urgently need". The fact that Lindsey Vonn could start as a forerunner at the races in Beaver Creek in December would "also be a huge story", says Neureuther.

"If you can trust anyone to do it, it's definitely her," said the German about a possible Vonn comeback. But: The US-American has "an artificial knee joint and it's different whether you ski a proper downhill run or a few gliding turns on the slope".