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...
extremely greatest olympic victory
I am speechless, overjoyed. This makes me extremely happy. The Olympic victory was my greatest goal.
classic difficult dream goal major means mine reached victory
I reached a major goal of mine today. It's a dream come true. It's a classic and a victory means a lot on such a difficult course.
coach fourth overall perfect result title training victory
For me it was a perfect day. It wasn't easy, but fourth is OK, especially as the overall title is now fixed. This is a result of all the training I've done with my coach and my family. This is also a victory for them.
apart blew blowing gust lost snow strong suddenly victory wind
There was a strong gust of wind that suddenly blew into me and I lost my line. The snow was blowing so hard. It's disappointing, because apart from that, everything was going well. I was on my way to the victory.
both cup last olympic realize season
As the Olympic champion, I also wanted to be the World Cup champion. This season and last season have both been extraordinary, I think it's going to take a while before I really realize what I have a achieved.
five hard season words
I did well all season and I'm up to five globes now. That's unbelievable and I think it's very hard to find the right words to say how I feel.
good today
I'm a little surprised. But I know he is a good slalom skier, and today he made a good downhill. It's a very good winner.
behind chances forward leave middle mistake passage quite silly
I had a silly mistake in the middle passage and that is the one that you have to take right. That didn't go quite well and my chances have not improved, but I want to leave that behind me and look forward to the slalom.
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.
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.
believe moment perfect
I think it's the perfect moment for all the Austrian team. I can't believe it.
experience
I won't go for tactics, I know from experience that it doesn't work. I'll just go for it all.
bit combined good news
I was disappointed after the combined and a bit down, so this was good news for me.