Tanja Poutiainen
Tanja Poutiainen
Tanja Tuulia Poutiainenis a retired World Cup alpine ski racer from Finland. She specialized in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom, and was the silver medalist in the women's giant slalom at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino...
difficult good run
That was a good run but it was really difficult -- it's really icy up there,
good great nice run season second summer
We still have the second run to come of course, but I've had a great summer and I feel in good shape. It's just nice to get the season started.
break perfect taking
It was a perfect way for me to come back from taking a break at home,
far happen
She's very far ahead. But anything can happen in skiing.
compete seriously technical training until
To have done so well in the technical disciplines is really making me think about training seriously to compete in the super-G, ... But I don't think that will be until after the (2006 Winter) Olympics.
athlete crossed finish historical huge sure though
When I crossed the finish line, my first though was I got a medal. That is a huge thing for any athlete -- and it is for sure historical for the Finnish alpine team.
giant goal thinking win
I'm not thinking about the overall. My goal is to win the giant slalom and slalom cups.