Paris is in great shape as he won the downhill and finished third in the super-G in Kitzbuehel for a week and a half ago. Previously, he has a world CUP silver in downhill from the 2013.
– In this summer tore we with the material and made many changes. It worked very well from the start of the racing season, I felt that I could push on all surfaces, ” says Paris to the SVT.
” I have a good feeling on the skis, travels well and is fast.
immediately after his head. And just like all the other racers, he thought that it was difficult with the visibility because it was overcast.
“It was not possible to see the battles in the turns,” he says.
the Frenchman Johan Clarey could hardly believe it was true that he became the silver medallists.
” this I had not expected. I went good in the beginning but then made mistakes so when I came down and saw that I was second, I was very surprised, and happy, ” says Clarey to SVT.
He made history as the oldest alpine world CUP medallist, at 38 years of age. He took the record from Patrick Järbyn that was almost 38 years when he took world CUP bronze in the downhill in just Åre 2007.
took the Norwegian Aksel Lund Svindal two world CUP gold in Åre. In the year he makes his two last races of the world CHAMPIONSHIP will be determined in the same crates. Svindal was, however, almost the second after Paris on the 16th place.
” It was a tough race because the sun was shining when we inspected and it was dark. You cannot see the terrain and when you can’t prepare for it happening, the speed becomes higher, ” says Svindal to SVT.
” I was not sufficiently tough in the day.
Monsén and Köll hugging each other in målfållan – happy over their accomplishments. Photo: Daniel Stiller/Bildbyrån
between the swedes Felix Monsén and Alexander Köll on the 19:th and 20:th place, just over a second after Paris.
– It is among the most fun things I have done and it is absolutely fantastic to be in the game. We both knew that we wanted to show that the covenant fartsatsning been good, ” says Köll to SVT.
“I was crazy nervous at the start, and had to remind myself to enjoy,” says Monsén to SVT.
as the norwegians Kjetil Jansrud and Aleksander Aamodt Kilde.
– Always nice to tune to the norwegians a little bit, ” says Monsén.
Already before the competition knew the Swedish riders safe.
” We have been training incredibly much here over the years, this is our national stadium. We’re pretty sharp here at home in Åre, said Monsén on Tuesday.
Köll could just stick with:
” We have been running SM this year, I think it absolutely is an advantage.
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