Daron Rahlves
Daron Rahlves
Daron Louis Rahlvesis a former American World Cup alpine ski racer and freestyle skier...
definitely gold hard matter medal olympics walk win
This is hard to swallow. It's not the way I wanted it to end. If you win a gold medal at the Olympics it doesn't matter what else you've done. I definitely wanted to walk away from here on top.
came events mean reason remaining tough walking wheels
The wheels came off today, for some reason or another. (The remaining events don't) mean as much to me as the downhill. It's tough walking away from this one right now.
career highs mouth racer ski sour taste tough walk
I've got a pretty sour taste in my mouth right now. It's a tough one to walk away from. My career as a ski racer has been pretty amazing. On these big race days, you go through a lot of highs and lows.
bigger success
Why make that such a big story and not make a bigger story of the success we've all had?
best hell
What the hell -- I went out there and did the best I could.
goes skier
Bode goes out there and goes hard, and that's all you want out of a skier and a teammate.
red wearing
I'd like to be wearing the red (leader's) bib in downhill.
across came felt gate good line runs speed surprised
I don't know where the speed went today. I really don't know what to say. I got in the gate and I was ready. I came across the line and I was really surprised where I was at. I felt it was a good run, one of the better runs I've had.
speed
I don't know where the speed was today.
head knees shake start struggling thoughts wrong
I was struggling to keep my skis on the ground. My knees were going everywhere. I just shake my head at the way I was skiing. I had the wrong thoughts in my head. I just wasn't super-confident getting into the start gate.
bummed keeping people
I'm a little bummed out that they are keeping people off the hill.
allow biggest chance great leading race ski
Obviously, if I'm leading by 1.2 seconds, I like this hill. This race comes down to me. I'm my biggest challenger. If I allow myself to ski well and relax, I have a great chance to win.
biggest race
This race comes down to me. I'm my biggest challenger.
deal ready
We deal with this a lot. You just have to go back, relax, take a little siesta and get ready to go.