Overall ski champion Vlhova hires rival's former coach

May 3, 2021 GMT
VIENNA (AP) — Overall World Cup champion Petra Vlhova has hired the former coach of Lara Gut-Behrami, one of her biggest rivals, going into an Olympic year.
The Slovakian skier said on her Instagram page Monday she has started working with Swiss coach Mauro Pini. The announcement comes a month after she parted ways with her longstanding coach Livio Magoni.
Pini coached Gut-Behrami in her early years on the circuit and later worked with Tina Maze, the 2013 overall champion. Gut-Behrami won the overall title in 2016 and finished runner-up to Vlhova in last season’s standings.
Vlhova said she is “convinced” Pini will help her achieve her goals, which include winning her first Olympic medal at the Beijing Games next year.

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