Benjamin Raich
Benjamin Raich
Benjamin Raichis a retired champion World Cup alpine ski racer and Olympic gold medalist from Austria. With 14 medals won at Winter Olympics and World Championships, 36 World Cup race victories, one first place and five second places in the World Cup overall ranking, three victories of the slalom World Cup, three victories of the combined World Cup, two victories of the giant slalom World Cup and the highest score of career World Cup points, he is considered among the...
caught cold easy few focused found happy improve mistakes momentum motivated quite run second stay strong totally wonderful
Some of us are quite tired, it's not so easy to stay totally focused and motivated after our wonderful Olympics. I caught a cold this week, so I have to be happy with today's performance. I had a strong second run this afternoon. This morning, I made a few mistakes but I found some momentum to improve my standings.
ridiculous total typical
This is typical of these world championships -- it's total chaos. It's ridiculous that something like this could happen.
experience
I won't go for tactics, I know from experience that it doesn't work. I'll just go for it all.
feels good overall taking today top
It feels good taking the overall lead. But it's not today -- I need to be at top but at the end of season.
consistency hard nice regarded several shows sure worked
Sure it's nice to be regarded as a leader. I've worked hard for this and it shows I have consistency in several disciplines.
bit combined good news
I was disappointed after the combined and a bit down, so this was good news for me.
believe moment perfect
I think it's the perfect moment for all the Austrian team. I can't believe it.
atmosphere continue fight good
We continue to fight together. Hermann is not that old, and I'm not that young anymore. We've experienced a lot of things together. There is a good atmosphere between us.
course easy good
It was not easy to get a good rhythm. The course was more icy than I expected. I underestimated the course. It was at times very slippery.
hard
It was not easy. It was a very long, very hard course.
It was not easy. I had a lot of pressure, but now I have the medal.
almost finish fixed fourth tough
It was perfect. It was almost fixed yesterday. It was very tough up there and very close. I think the fourth place finish was okay.
among cup fighting finals goal happy leading months nice
It's nice to be leading the World Cup and you're always happy to be among those fighting for it. It's a big goal but the finals are still two months away.
behind boost far gives looking obviously pedal wider
It obviously gives me a boost -- looking at my wider family, I'm lagging far behind and now I've really got to put the pedal to the metal.