Emma Aicher is the German surprise at the Ski World Cup. She only missed the podium twice, does it work in the team combination with Lena Dürr?
Long flowing turns, waves, grippy snow and sunshine – that’s the right terrain for Emma Aicher. The German youth hopes are currently shining at the Ski World Cup in Saalbach-Hinterglemm. The sun slope on the Zwölferkogel lies the 21-year-old, or as a sure of it, it is just as usual, it is “very nice.“
Until the World Cup she hadn’t even scored this winter on the departure. But in the training sessions in Saalbach-Hinterglemm, she already showed her potential in the supreme discipline and underlined this on Saturday (08.02.2025): In the upper area she was on the road with the best time and had the medals in view until the home. In the end, only 27 hundredths were missing on the bronze, im Super-G On Thursday (06.02.2025) she also had only 28 hundredths of her as the sixth coup missing.
Aicher remains casual
But Emma Aicher does not want to know anything about that, she cannot be put off by headlines and expectations. After the race she is casually in the target area and pragmatically answers the questions of journalists: “The three that are on the podium did it even faster. It was fun, I am satisfied.“
Emma Aicher’s dad was more than satisfied. Andreas Aicher was feverish in the stands, the long waiting time up to the start number 30 a real agony for him. While Emma’s run then clung to the gang, jumped up and down nervously and in the end proudly stretched his fist into the air. “Congratulations, I’m proud of you. Great driven, it’s great“, the emotions gushed afterwards.
Aich could not have wanted better support: “He’s been on the slopes since I was small. He was there in many races over Christmas and here at the World Cup. It means a lot to me that it is there.”
Cross -country skiing for Aicher too slow
Aicher’s ski career started in Sweden, and the DSV starter grew up in her mother’s home. Her parents still live there. It was also you who brought Aicher to skiing, although her dad would have preferred to pursue another sport: “I actually like cross -country skiing, but that was too slow.“
Because Aicher likes the “Speed”, Therefore, it also takes the high load as All -rounder in order. Aicher starts in all disciplines, it likes the short turns, but also the long as in the departure in Saalbach-Hinterglemm. Similar to her idols: Mikaela Shiffrin and Michelle Gisin. Again and again the load seemed a bit too much for Aicher: in the departure to the World Cup, no points, four excretion in the slalom and only scored in two out of five giant slaloms.
Weidle learns from Aicher’s looseness
Aicher has the best performance, it seems, for the season highlight. “That was probably the best descent she has ever driven in her life“Said teammate Kira Weidle-Winkelmann after the departure. The two athletes form the small but fine German Speed team. And even the 28-year-old vice world champion can be from Youngster Emma Aicher still learn something: “Sometimes she still has this young naivety, where I could learn something from time to time, don’t worry so much, just go on it, let the ski run.“
Papa Andreas Aicher also knows exactly what strengths his daughter make up: “She is pretty quiet, doesn’t care that much, has not excitedly, can drive down her stuff and has a very good feeling for the snow.“
Favorite role in the Team combination
Emma Aicher also needs all of this in the second week at the Ski World Cup in Saalbach-Hinterglemm, then she counts especially in the new team combination (Tuesday, February 11, 2025, from 10 a.m. in the live ticker) together with Lena Dürr Large medal favorite. One each speedThe driver and a technician start as a team in the new format.
The 21-year-old does not want to talk about possible medal opportunities, she prefers to put her statements on the route: “I’m looking forward to next week, I just want to ski well again. Then we see how far it reaches.“