Anja Paerson
Anja Paerson
Anja Sofia Tess Pärsonis a Swedish former alpine skier. She is an Olympic gold medalist, seven-time gold medalist at the World Championships, and two-time overall Alpine Skiing World Cup champion. She has won a total of 42 World Cup races...
cup overall situation
Everyone has been going on about the overall World Cup and the situation with the points,
confidence gives hope red self strength
It matters. The red bib always matters. It gives me self confidence and more strength at the start. I hope I can keep having the red bib.
feels good season winning
It feels pretty good to end this season by winning a Cup.
joy winning
Now I feel the joy of winning again.
meant week
I think this week was not meant to be.
anyone hope start thinking
I hope she's healthy. But I have to start thinking about myself and not anyone else.
attitude believe downhill fighting finish hoping positive top year
It was unbelievably close. I can't believe I won. I have been fighting the downhill all year and I didn't come here with a positive attitude ? I was hoping to finish top 10.
closer snow
I'm not very comfortable in my downhill, but with this snow you never know what is going to happen. I would like to be a little closer than I am right now.
anyone mental ups
I don't think anyone really understands my mental ups and downs.
enjoy fun last race run second stood time
When I stood up there before the second run I was tired. But I thought this could be the last race in a long time so I just wanted to enjoy it and have fun and I did.
cups events five focused good shape skip
What am I second? I am so focused on the Olympics, I don't know where I am in the standings. I will skip some World Cups if I have to -- I want to be in good shape for all five events at the Olympics. I will do a lot for that.
days difficult energy fighting needed snow
We were fighting hard. These two days were difficult with the snow conditions. I needed a lot of energy for these races.
home leading push
When you see the Austrians leading at home it kind of hurts. I'm going to come back in Zagreb and push for it.
compared felt last today
Today it felt like I skied, compared to the last two days.