Skistar Felix Neureuther is plagued by a guilty conscience in his still young role as father. Skiing is his job, Neureuther told the newspaper “Bild am Sonntag”, but it hurts when I get in the car and go to practice. Then I think about doing the right thing.”
Neureuther’s girlfriend, the biathlete Miriam Gössner, had given birth to their daughter Mathilda about a week ago,”This daddy feeling is extremely intense, almost indescribable,”said Neureuther, who will start the Olympic season next Sunday at the Giant Slalom World Cup in Sölden/Austria.
Despite his skiing commitments, he doesn’t want to miss it “when my child learns to crawl or stands for the first time. This is more important to me than victories and medals,”said Neureuther. People can no longer identify with the higher, further and more and have lost confidence in the IOC,”said the Partenkirchen researcher.
Neureuther (33) repeated his criticism of Olympia 2018 in Pyeongchang. He wants “clear words” from IOC President Thomas Bach, he said,”that you position yourself and say: If the situation remains so explosive, you have to consider that you would better cancel Olympia. And not just for companies and sponsors.”