Elena Fanchini: "I see the light after a very long tunnel"

Routes from & nbsp; & nbsp fisi.org statements; Elena Fanchini, which won the first of two women's World Cup downhill of & nbsp; Cortina d 'Ampezzo.

Friday 16 January 2015 4 minutes reading time

"Yesterday I saw a video of a victory Isolde Kostner and I was inspired. It brought me good - says a beaming Elena -. Today they are playing to win. With the 'lowering of the start I knew that you could not make any mistakes because & eacute ; we would all come to a few cents away and every mistake you would pay dearly. I left very satisfied and I have not thought about what they could have done the other. The track was beautiful, very well prepared as always here in Cortina. In fact, I want to do congratulate the volunteers and organizers who always put us in the best conditions to do some good races. Return to victory after nine years & egrave; how to see the light after a tunnel long. I had the bib number 30 when I won in Lake Louise, was the 2 December 2005. The 'Last year I started the season very well, with two podiums at Lake Louise and Beaver Creek, but then a series of falls made me lose the security. Quest''anno again I did not feel safe, but since last weekend in Bad Kleinkirchheim I felt that I was returning to the feelings best. I wanted this victory, and today I prepared to do the maximum. Victory & egrave; arrived and I still can not believe it. Isolde called me on the phone after the race and made me compliments. She & egrave; a great champion and a beautiful woman. Now I feel anch''io matured and I want to improve even in super-G and make the place for the World Cup in that discipline. I told Nadia that today we return to the podium all three because & eacute; with what we have in the past few years, this & egrave; a great satisfaction. I think of the pain that we had with the death of our cousin Claudia, four years ago, definitely a piece of this victory & egrave; even for her. Every day I come to the gate with a lot of heart, because & eacute; some physical problem mad 'I always have, but now I live there: 6 operations at the knees, 3 knee, are felt and I can not load them with weights because & eacute; not stand up. I have to handle me and today I managed to make the most of that too. Yes, I was good. " Source: http://www.fisi.org/sci-alpino/news/flash-news/7439-elena-fanchini-oggi-torno-a-vedere-la-luce-mi-sono-ispirata-a-isolde-kostner

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