“Maybe I’m actually an artist.”
After his incredible double in downhill on the legendary Kitzbühel slope (Austria), skier Cyprien Sarrazin wants to savor his new status as best downhiller after having succeeded in the “run of (his) life”.
How would you describe the feat you have just achieved with this double?
I don't know but it's crazy!
I had fun, I showed you what I like to do and it's up to you to say what it was but for me, it was a blast.
Marco (Odermatt, 2nd at 91 hundredths) passed right in front of me so I didn't see but I heard +wow wow+ as if he was making mistakes.
I told myself he had had a big run but I stayed focused on myself.
I said to myself +do your run, be safe+.
I really wanted to be safe today.
Everything went perfectly and easily.
I said that Wengen (three podiums in three days) was crazy.
Kitzbühel is
fucking awesome!
Your teammates, the staff and many observers say that you had one of the best rounds here, what do you think?
That's the best compliment anyone can give me.
Doing that, yes I may be an artist actually.
I cut curves, it's what I love to do and it's what I live for.
I felt there was something going on today, a bit like in Bormio (his first downhill success at the end of December, Editor's note).
I saw green at the finish and I screamed.
And then the celebration (he then went up on the railings to celebrate with the public), I thought about it yesterday between two and four in the morning.
I said to myself +What could you do?+.
I wanted to do a bit like Marco Odermatt who threw himself at it in Wengen.
We are under pressure for two minutes, we have been going for two weeks and then I knew that I could let go of everything after having done the run of my life.
What’s next for the program?
For now, priority is tonight.
We're going to go drink and party.
I'm going to stay calm this week and then do the Super-G in Garmisch (Germany), and after the descents in Chamonix and Kvitfjell (Norway).
Then I might go to the United States to do a giant to fill this long month without a descent.