"Incomprehensible!"

Schladming: Straßer goes off on his own coach

Linus Straßer was annoyed about the course set by his coach.(Bild: GEPA)

Huge frustration for Linus Straßer! The German, who was still leading after the first slalom run in Schladming, lashed out at his coach after the race.

"It's a really stupid situation to be giving an interview right now. I'm not doing my coach any good," said Straßer in an interview with BR after the race. "Simply incomprehensible. We don't have that many good ones, then you're in that position. It was exactly the same at the World Championships, I don't try to do anything special, then I expect the same from my coaches. If you already have the advantage and then give it away like that ... but so be it."

Watch the video interview here:

DSV coach Stefan Kogler surprised everyone in the decision with an unrhythmic, extremely twisting run and thus completely contrary course setting. The two best times of the two runs were ultimately seven seconds apart, five of the top 30 were eliminated.

Triple missed
In the end, Straßer missed out on the Schladming triple after his victories in 2022 and 2024 and had a gripe with the course: "I couldn't make the most of my superiority over the others in the second run." There is a need for discussion among the Germans ...