Michaela Dorfmeister
Michaela Dorfmeister
Michaela Dorfmeisteris a former professional alpine skier from Austria. Her specialities are both the downhill and the super-G disciplines, although she skis in and has had success in giant slalom...
curse focused hard head inspection log race
Before I set off I focused hard on my pre-race inspection to log everything in my head like a computer, I went over the curse 100 times in my head.
arrogant doubts full head knew telling thousand today voices
It would be arrogant to say I knew I was going to win. But if I was full of doubts before, today I had no doubts. I had the voices of a thousand little gnomes in my head telling me this would be my day.
flying
It's just a dream. I am flying like an angel. I got 100% from my two races.
afternoon gets light weather
In the afternoon the weather gets bad. The light is very important down here.
enjoying maybe secret ski smile start
Maybe that's my secret this season, I'm enjoying it every day. When you have a smile at the start and you're having fun, you always ski fast.
competition decision relaxed seems
My decision to give up competition seems to have relaxed me more than I ever expected.
course light snow soft today
The snow was soft today and you had to go with a lot of feeling. The light was not so good, but the course was good.
finish happy healthy high knees mistakes time
At the time I just reacted. But at the finish my knees were shaking. We are going at such high speeds. Mistakes like that should not happen. I'm happy I was healthy at the bottom.
crashed maybe reaction
I had the right reaction. If I had another reaction maybe I would have crashed with him and someone would have died, maybe.
both box home horse olympics
I was like a horse in a box before the race. Now I go home from these Olympics with two medals, and they are both gold.
achieved dream early entered last ski team
It's my last dream in ski racing. I have achieved all the other ones and done so much more than I thought I would when I entered the team in the early 1990s.
elusive kept medal nights sleep thinking
That elusive medal was probably the thing that kept me skiing. I didn't sleep for two nights because I kept thinking about it.
elusive kept medal
That elusive medal is probably the thing that has kept me skiing.
boyfriend home sick
I went home (after the championships) and I was sick for two-three days, so my boyfriend made me some tea. Now I'm back.