I lost races because I wanted too much to win them in beating my rivals.

I have a strong lead so far, and I would be proud to win it because it remains the summit for a skier. I also aim to collect several smaller crystal trophies at Are, especially the GS Cup.

When I was a child, all I wanted was to enter the Austrian team and to compete on the World Cup tour. I had to fight hard to reach this. I wanted badly to win each race.

It's good to ski for fun, but I still want to win races as often as possible.

I trained well this week but I think it will take some time until I recover my best rhythm in this specialty.

I still have many goals left, especially the Overall World Cup standings.

I'm happy to belong to this group of top champions having excelled here.