Janica Kostelic
Janica Kostelic
Janica Kostelićis a former World Cup alpine ski racer and four-time Olympic gold medalist from Croatia. In addition to the Olympics, she won five gold medals at the World Championships. In World Cup competition, she won thirty individual races, three overall titles, three slalom titles, and fourcombined titles...
ProfessionSkier
Date of Birth5 January 1982
CityZagreb, Croatia
fun great looks love
She's such a great personality, ... She looks like she's always having fun and I love the way she skis downhill, technically.
advised doctor
My doctor has advised me to take a break,
conditions difficult nicest seems
I was really surprised...but this is one of the nicest slopes for slalom and it seems the more difficult the conditions the better I do.
good huge injured shape skeptical
I was skeptical about my first race; I didn't have a very good preparation. It's a huge surprise. My shape wasn't so good because I was injured most of summer.
clear cup goal overall race taking time win
I am taking each race one at a time but it is clear that my goal is to win the overall World Cup title.
achieved best events expect five globe goal gold olympic season win winning
I did not expect to win the globe today. I achieved my goal of winning in all five events and then an Olympic gold medal. This really is my best season ever.
fast halfway harder legs power push seem seems ski
I always seem to ski well when I am sick. I push myself harder and it seems to work. I had no power in my legs halfway down but the skis were fast and that is what counts.
quit six
For now, I have six and we will see. Even if I quit now, I would be happy.
happy otherwise tiny
I'm really happy about my first run. I only made one tiny mistake. Otherwise I skied very fast.
compete definitely feeling percent reason start sure tired
I definitely don't feel well. There's no reason to compete while I'm feeling like this. I'm very tired and I'm not 100 percent sure I'll start tomorrow.
feeling
I need more power. I'm feeling really weak.
best felt gave problems race second thinking
I gave it everything I had. I felt really bad. I had problems with my stomach. I was thinking about not doing the second run, but it was one more race and it was the best I could do under the circumstances.
I just don't want to do the downhill.
days last olympics race
The last two days I've been sick. I didn't feel well. This was the last race before the Olympics and I wanted to do something good.