Another podium finish for Lindsey Kildow

Cortina d'Ampezzo, Jan. 15th - Once more Lindsey Kildow reached a podium in a speed event - but the young American was ready for more. She aims to win as soon as possible!”

“I'm happy but I also badly wanted to win today,” she said after the race. “The situation is more or less the same than yesterday after the Super-G. My main goal was to keep the red leader bib. It's really frustrating for me, because Renate Goetschl has now the leading bib in both Super-G and downhill! I also wanted to leave Cortina with both of them! I definitely failed. We have to see now - there are still a couple of races to come, like tomorrow for example!”

“I didn't loose my race today like yesterday because of a precise big mistake. I basically skied well. The only thing that I did wrong was that I made a small inside ski error, my ski went away from me a few turns but my line was right on and I skied the way I wanted to.”
“Maybe in the final part I kept my edges a little bit too much and I didn't let my skis run smoothly enough.”

“It's maybe true that I'm a little bit too hard on myself. But I don't want to seem like I don't appreciate what I'm achieving so far. Maybe, I just have to relax a little bit. I'll try tomorrow to make a better race plan. That could make the difference for me. I hope to be top-3 again, but my main goal is to win. Yet I want to be also happy with a 3rd or a 2nd place.”

No one is unbeatable

“Janica Kostelic on the podium in a downhill is a great story. She has been around for a while. She has the technical background to do well in downhill and in Super-G. It's like Renate Goetschl winning three races in a row here. She showed that it was definitely possible, and there is no reason why I couldn't do exactly the same in future. I have to clean some things in my skiing. But she was obviously on fire right now, and hopefully, I'll be able to stop her tomorrow!”
“No one is unbeatable - you can't have a perfect run all the time. It just doesn't happen. You always make a few mistakes. For me, it's just a matter of being able to put a run together. My main goal is to be strong at the World Championships, and I'm ready to get there. It's a matter of time. My ski is there. As long as I perfectly execute my mental and race plans, I can't do better.”
“There are a few things that I can fix. Like today, my run was OK but I could have finished with a 2nd place!”
“I don't know if winning in downhill is a matter of being experienced. Maybe the other girls need a longer time to get what I was able to reach in less time. I didn't need all those years. I already feel pretty comfortable right now. I'm already feeling ready. I also have a good race plan that I'm following with patience and intelligence. I know what to do and where.”

Carpe Diem

“Beside this first goal I mentioned earlier, I want to win the SG and the DH globes, and I'll be fighting for them the rest of the season. I'll not let my place to anyone. I wouldn't say that it was my goal at the beginning of the season. I didn't know how consistently I could be before Lake Louise. But I know now that I can be a contender.”
“There are so many things which happen since last year, and the first one is that the podium has become a usual thing now. I'm aiming for bigger goals. The podium I did last year here was the starting point of this whole thing. It's definitely great to come back here and achieve the same result. I can't wait to do even better. I'm on a "Carpe Diem" year; I definitely have to enjoy what I'm achieving.”

Manuèle LANG