I sat down with my trainers to check my past seasons and to see what could be done to keep me motivated and in good shape. I had to find a new motivation, a new momentum.

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

Franz Klammer was my great idol in my younger years.

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

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.

The crowd is wonderful. There is always a superb atmosphere in the finish area. It's good for the World Cup. I missed it a lot when I had to rest and it's so nice to be back here.

When you have won everything in your career, what's left? Why go on?