Janica Kostelic
Janica Kostelic
Janica Kostelićis a former World Cup alpine ski racer and four-time Olympic gold medalist from Croatia. In addition to the Olympics, she won five gold medals at the World Championships. In World Cup competition, she won thirty individual races, three overall titles, three slalom titles, and fourcombined titles...
ProfessionSkier
Date of Birth5 January 1982
CityZagreb, Croatia
achieved best events expect five globe goal gold olympic season win winning
I did not expect to win the globe today. I achieved my goal of winning in all five events and then an Olympic gold medal. This really is my best season ever.
catch defend goal hill main position run satisfied sixth suited sure trouble winner
You can't be a winner every time. This hill isn't suited to me because it's so flat, and I had trouble with the light. So my main goal after I was sixth in the first run was to defend that position and I'm pretty satisfied that I did that. I wanted to make sure to catch 30 or 40 points.
downhill morning needed obvious racer ski stupid
It's kind of stupid what they did because it was obvious we couldn't ski downhill in the morning and they needed one racer to crash. It was not enough that two of the forerunners crashed.
consistent cup since title
It's my first World Cup title since 2003 and I have been really consistent in the slalom.
days last olympics race
The last two days I've been sick. I didn't feel well. This was the last race before the Olympics and I wanted to do something good.
advised doctor
My doctor has advised me to take a break,
fast halfway harder legs power push seem seems ski
I always seem to ski well when I am sick. I push myself harder and it seems to work. I had no power in my legs halfway down but the skis were fast and that is what counts.
bent changed finish knew second watched
I watched Bent and I thought I could finish second to her. I knew I could do well. I changed a lot from yesterday.
race wondering
The whole day was confusing, as we were wondering if we were going to race or not. It was windy but it was windy for everyone,
means won
It means more to me that he won a medal. I have more medals, so it means more for him.
far high jumps normal
It's nice. It's not dangerous, you go far and not too high. I like normal jumps. I like far jumps but not high jumps.
feeling
I need more power. I'm feeling really weak.
quit six
For now, I have six and we will see. Even if I quit now, I would be happy.
conditions difficult nicest seems
I was really surprised...but this is one of the nicest slopes for slalom and it seems the more difficult the conditions the better I do.