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...
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.
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.
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.
against clean fight hard stupid top totally train
It's totally stupid to say that. We all train very hard to get to the top in a clean way and in the fight against doping.
fight good medal tough
I'm happy. This has been a good Olympics. It was always a tough fight with the snow. I really wanted a medal today, but you can't have it all.
confident cup fight knees norway quite season
In Norway my knees were OK, but right now I feel a little pain. I'm going to fight through this World Cup season and I'm quite confident about this weekend's races.
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.
allowed games needed olympic people run second smooth start time trying
Every time at the Olympic games it's always something. Today, in the second run it was smooth but first run, people who should not be allowed at the start are at the start trying to do something, I don't know what. This isn't right. I needed them. It shouldn't be this way.
lost olympic today
I wanted to come here to be Olympic champion, but today I lost one of my opportunities.
feels good season winning
It feels pretty good to end this season by winning a Cup.
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.
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.
conditions today
Today was a better day for me, the conditions were much better.