7 Quotes by Tanja Poutiainen

When I crossed the finish line, my first though was I got a medal. That is a huge thing for any athlete -- and it is for sure historical for the Finnish alpine team.

She's very far ahead. But anything can happen in skiing.

That was a good run but it was really difficult -- it's really icy up there,

We still have the second run to come of course, but I've had a great summer and I feel in good shape. It's just nice to get the season started.

To have done so well in the technical disciplines is really making me think about training seriously to compete in the super-G, ... But I don't think that will be until after the (2006 Winter) Olympics.

It was a perfect way for me to come back from taking a break at home,

I'm not thinking about the overall. My goal is to win the giant slalom and slalom cups.