Alexis Pinturault, intervista sulle ancore del Plateau Rosà

Today is a special day because we're here with somebody that already has made a piece of history in alpine skiing and still have to make some

77 ski World Cup podiums 34 victories Medals at Olympic Games, World Championship, the story is long and this is Alexey Petunov

Did you like my introduction? It was good. Good to see you back. How are you feeling

Feeling is okay. That's the first camp and just the first days on the snow. So it's going pretty well, I would say

Of course, I still have some pain with deflection, but it's getting anyway better when I'm skiing. It's okay and

It's following the way of what we were expecting for. Yeah, it was a complex

Injury, and it took seven months. Yes seven seven months Mostly because of the meniscus, I destroyed both of meniscus

of course some other things but All in all I'm back here on snow and that's the most important. That's the most important thing. Fantastic

Good to see you back and you seem to enjoy it as well. So that's fantastic. So everybody knows Alexey

he doesn't need much of presentation, but If you have to go back to your career, what was your result that still stick to you into your mind

That you still are proud of yourself? Yeah was was many but I

think My first Olympic medals the victory I get when I won the overall globe

So when I won the GS but then I won the GS globe and I won the overall all at the same day and

The last day was probably the my world champion title at home in France in Kosovo

Fantastic exactly at home and I saw you so many times doing some amazing performance in the second run

How would you suggest for the young at least to manage to learn how to manage the pressure

When you lead in the first round we have a little gap you have to go for it

Yeah, you first you have to go for it. That's for sure. But I think it's coming a lot with the determination

You need also to handle the situation. So knowing the situation is also really important. So you have to learn it

Being in this situation is making you bring Getting better and stronger

And you don't need to be too hard on yourself, especially the first times because everybody is missing everybody's struggling

so just take it easy take it as it comes and there is

It will come to also some other opportunities other chances So it's just about a mix of everything and the pressure is important to make the right thing at the right moment also

Yeah, fantastic you have shown some Some really nerves particularly remember one slalom in what is there you were you were first

But the guy behind you was like 200 of a second and he was on fire And but many times he nothing for you

so that's why I asked this question because I think that the psychological aspect is one of the most important in skiing to

relearn yourself to really get to Yeah in skiing for sure, but I think in many sports as well. So

We all have our own specificities and I think the most important is to practice and to be sure about ourselves and

And then the determination is also really important. You always been a fantastic skier technically

And so now you're approaching to this moment of your career where you're considering becoming more of a speed skier

If I understood correctly, so no more slalom for you. Yeah, no no more slalom for me

Yeah, no no more slalom for me Now I want to focus on GS, Super G and downhill already last year

of course, I get this injury so it changed a little bit the plan but the idea remained the same and

Now the first step or the next step will be to be back for Beaver Creek and

We will skip Zolder and we will be back for the first speed and the second GS

Okay, see because growing up Speed has been always the only kind of weakness point, wasn't it

You were strong pretty much everywhere. But if we find a little..

Yeah, downhill was the discipline I always left on the side because

about the overall globe I needed to focus on the best disciplines where I was able to get most points and

Because of this reason I was skipping downhills because at our level it's nearly impossible to do everything

You have to make some choices and that was the choices to leave the downhill on the side

Yeah, and to focus on GS slalom and also Super G. So now the goal is changing a bit

I'm not focusing much anymore on the overall globe. So that's the reason why I

Take more liberty to go and to try The downhill discipline and having some results in these disciplines too now

And you already won so much in your career So what's left what's missing for you that you think is missing that you would have wanted to win and what's gonna come

You're surely hungry for more let's say and we love that your passion is still here. Yeah, sure

I mean, of course It's changing a bit Especially for the next season because with the injury you have to deal with you have to take how it comes

But the main goal for my end of the career will be probably the Olympics

First it will be in Europe. That will be the first Olympics. I will know in Europe. I was always in Asia or

Russia but Russia we can also count it as a Asia country so always a little bit special and far away from our basis or Alpine skiing basis

So that's the reason why that will be for me really important. We're making these

Olympic Games at home or in Milan, but not far from home in our Alps

It makes something really special I guess and I'm still mixing the gold

So if I can be competitive and reaching the gold medal that will be the end

Yeah, we're coming at the end of the lift and we're Alexey like we talk for hours for sure but

So we wish you all the best to achieve all the all of you saying you're looking for and also congratulations for being a dad

So I hope you stay as long as your kid will understand having a father like you a champion. Thank you

Bye. Bye. Yeah, and that's the wishes for the upcoming season. Ciao, Alexey