Alexandra Meissnitzer (born 18 June 1973) is a retired World Cup alpine ski racer from Austria. Her specialities were the downhill, super-G, and giant slalom disciplines. (wikipedia)
I had a good run, especially on the upper part of the course, but Michaela was just too strong.
We all know everyone was not competing in the same conditions.
Today I had a lot of confidence. I took it pretty relaxed. I think it's priceless to start a season good because then the pressure goes away.
She has magic knees. I think it's a miracle she's already racing, and she did a good job.
It was really on the limit today. One of my teammates got hurt, but I don't think it was too dangerous to race. I'm totally happy I got third.
She was really one of the girls I would have said would win a medal.
We had pretty high hopes and there was a lot of pressure on us to take medals. It's difficult when you know the whole of Austria is expecting a medal. It's perfect now.
