Paerson: the final word

AP: No it's mine! I've had some hard days on the way to winning this.

AP: Of course it was. So many feelings at the same time&hellip I think I need to watch it on TV for it to sink in.

AP: No, not yet. It has been a hard few days. This morning I had problems with my knee but I put myself together and attacked trying not to let that disturbing me. Mentally it has been a great day, I had so much fun!

AP: Yes, now I am just going to have fun in the giant slalom.

AP: I was so focused and I knew that I was in the right mood like I was in Saint Anton and at the World Championships. I knew exactly what was going on, I had control of everything. I was standing at the start and there was nothing that could disturb me, I knew that the medal was mine, that I just needed to get out there and do it. Already before the second the run, I had been going through my dreams about winning an Olympic gold medal, I worked through them on the lift while going up to the start, so all I had to do was to focus on my skiing and I succeeded to do that, I was even standing at the start enjoying this precious moment.

AP: Yes I really am.

AP: I am completely speechless, so now I just want to watch when she gets her gold medal, I just want to enjoy that moment.

AP: Yes of course, it's a touching moment. It's a gold that is achieved and a dream come true for everybody. We have all our family and friends here, so it's just fantastic.

PW: It was time that somebody took over after me and it feels so great. Anja really deserves this.

PW: Yes&hellip I mean, you saw the fog! It was incredibly foggy and the skiers that were between place 10 and 3 after the first leg almost didn't have any chance because of the thick fog. But when Anja came everything went away and she got a bit of good luck!

PW: I think this was the best thing that could happen to her and now she can ski completely relaxed during the giant slalom and I think that she will grab another medal.

IS: Yes it was fantastic. Anja is a fantastic skier and this was the missing gold medal, so it's fantastic that she finally got it.

IS: I was very nervous, even more than when I was competing.

IS: When she was a little girl she was already much better than anybody else. She won all the races during her whole childhood, so we saw already then that she could become a great skier.

IS: No, not much really. We meet once in a while, but she is a great girl.

IS: Now they ski on the edges all the time because they have other skis than we had, so they can stay on the edge during the whole turn. We were forced to slide a little bit while going into the turn and then put the pressure on the edge. That is probably the biggest difference.

IS: Yes, there was an election in a French newspaper, l'Equipe , and I put him in third place, but after his gold medal here I've changed my mind and now I would put him higher. It's fantastic that he managed to take that gold medal in SuperG, I never thought he could do that!

IS: It's very nice. I meet a lot of good friends. And it is of course nice to watch the races. It was especially nice to see Anja winning the gold medal. And we'll have a party tonight!