Vali Höll, women's downhill World Cup Champion

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Payson McElveen

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4.8 • 767 Ratings

🗓️ 29 September 2021

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

At just 19 years of age, Vali Höll is no stranger to the World Cup podium. In 2018, she won every Junior World Cup race and went on to win the overall title two years in a row, occasionally beating the fastest Elite times. Her 2020 season was cut short by injury and further complicated by the pandemic and studying for her final year of high school. She tells Payson about the rehab process at the Red Bull High Performance Centre in her native Austria and her rocky start to elite racing during ...

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0:00.0	Before every race, like, people were texting me, like, now you're going to finally win it.
0:04.1	And I'm like, guys, like, chill.
0:06.3	I'm still just 19 years old and it's my first elite season.
0:10.1	What about next year?
0:12.3	Just wait a bit.
0:13.8	Like, I mean, I'm new.
0:15.8	It's showtime, everybody.
0:18.0	Showtime!
0:20.6	You've been living in a dream world, Neil.
0:24.2	This is the world as it exists today.
0:29.2	Life moves pretty fast.
0:31.5	You don't stop and look around once in a while.
0:34.1	You could miss it.
0:37.2	Listen, we're talk about practice.
0:40.4	Repeat on the dude's room.
0:41.9	Donnie, you're out of your element.
0:44.2	I see, you think this has nothing to do with you.
0:48.2	Don't ever trash talk black Jesus.
0:52.9	This is the Adventure Stash with Payson McElvin.
0:57.5	Hello, everyone.
0:58.5	Welcome back to the show.
0:59.9	I want to take a quick minute to say a very heartfelt thank you to all of y'all who wrote
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