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...
beat everywhere heck today
I think I beat her in only one place today - the start. She beat the heck out of me everywhere else.
conditions today
Today was a better day for me, the conditions were much better.
compared felt last today
Today it felt like I skied, compared to the last two days.
careful felt hope hurts jump knee land last runs scared six strong today
My knee is better today and I felt more comfortable today and I wasn't as scared as I was yesterday. But it still hurts when I land that last jump here and I have to be careful and really take each day at a time. I have six more runs to do and I really hope that my knee is strong enough for all six.
lost olympic today
I wanted to come here to be Olympic champion, but today I lost one of my opportunities.
course enjoy fight hard individual mistakes today trying win
It makes it hard to enjoy the fight for the individual races. I was really trying to win today but I just made mistakes because the course was so tough.
bother came condition felt hard pain
It didn't bother me a lot today. It's hard to say about my knees' condition because it's going up and down every day. When I came here I felt pain in my knees.
meant week
I think this week was not meant to be.
feels good season winning
It feels pretty good to end this season by winning a Cup.
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.
anyone mental ups
I don't think anyone really understands my mental ups and downs.
crash crossed head hit waiting
I crossed my skis really bad. I was waiting for the crash ... for my head to hit the snow.
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.
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.