Kiriasis: "I love the track of Sochi"

Q: Sandra in your career you've already won everything they could win in the world of bob. Last year, together with Franziska Bertels have won your first world bronze medal. For a winning like you what does that bronze? A: "According to me, every medal won has always been a great value. Bronze champion of last year for me has an even greater given that'' I got in my last participation worldwide. Remember how I was angry for two rounds of the first day. then on the second day of racing, I was able to catch up and take me to the medal. At that point, winning a bronze or silver did not matter, the important thing was to'' get on the podium. " Q: In the next season there will be the big Olympic event. What are the objectives of your team for the upcoming season? R: "C'''' is still a bit of time before you think about the Olympic Games. First you need to be competitive, so at this time it is important to test well the bob and possibly modify some technical details. Only at first round of the season will understand what we will be competitive with rivals.'' The important thing is to look at the short term and continue to improve every race. " Q: Are you satisfied with the new materials that appoint it in the next season? A: "I'm adapting well to the new materials, although there are still a couple of things to fix as the driving position. But this is normal, in the old bob it took me four years to find the perfect driving position . the end it's like getting on a'' new car and find the correct positioning of the mirrors.'' It will take some time but the'' adaptation is progressing very well. " Q: Are you satisfied with the summer training? What kind of exercises you have done in the summer? A: "We tried to train mainly on the push to try to minimize the gap from the start that we suffer against our opponents. We have worked very well in the course of the summer'' despite some minor injuries. Now we will look more possible to avoid bodily harm even if the risk of injury is much higher. " Q: You announced by'' a bit of time that you close a career in Sochi. Certainly say goodbye to the world of racing with a'' gold medal around his neck would be great. What do you think will be the main rival for his way to gold? A: "Surely shall include all the athletes who, like me represent Germany. According to me to have teammates so strong is good because it allows us to measure ourselves constantly in competition and training. Obviously between the rivals should not forget the Canadian and American.'s more I am convinced that would sprout some new name that no one could have predicted. Even the Dutch and the Swiss in my view have to keep an eye'' as well as Russian. breaking Quest'' then you are highly trained and will train on the Olympic track even if they have a lot of pressure on their shoulders. " Q: In February, you have won the pre-Olympics in Sochi on the new casing. On that occasion six seemed in good shape. Like the track? A: "At the end of the first descent I got off the bob with a huge smile and I said to myself:" Here I can really break the bank. "I felt immediately at ease on this track, I enjoyed a lot to discover the various critical points and above all I have exploited the fact that on that gut none of us had any experience.'' So in the last race of the season took to the track with the right energy from the start and won. could not get any better than . "