RUSSIA: WINTER OLYMPICS - SOCHI 2014 - Veteran Austrian slalom skier Marlies Schild delighted to finish her Olympic career with silver

Record ID: 174098

  • Title: RUSSIA: WINTER OLYMPICS - SOCHI 2014 - Veteran Austrian slalom skier Marlies Schild delighted to finish her Olympic career with silver
  • Date: 22nd February 2014
  • Summary: (SOUNDBITE) (English) AUSTRIAN SLALOM BRONZE MEDALLIST KATHRIN ZETTEL SAYING: "It was a horrible five minutes in the finish area. I did my best into both runs and I knew there was a little chance to get a medal but Marlies was very strong and there were a lot of good racers on top after me, so it was really the hardest time in my life yesterday." ZETTEL BEING INTERVIEWED (SOUNDBITE) (German) AUSTRIAN SLALOM BRONZE MEDALLIST KATHRIN ZETTEL SAYING: "It's a great feeling, indescribable to have actually done it, won a medal. It was very very difficult, I cried a lot, it was really emotional." ZETTEL BEING INTERVIEWED
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  • Location: Russian Federation
  • Country: Russia
  • Topics: General,Sports
  • Reuters ID: LVAATXWAMIS0TRAOTRHX74N3TBBZ
  • Story Text: Veteran skier Marlies Schild said she was delighted to have bowed out of her final Olympics with a silver medal in Friday's slalom.
    The 31-year-old won was runner up in the slalom in Turin, and picked up another silver in Vancouver four years ago.
    This time around she was edged out by American teenager Mikaela Shiffrin, but said she could have few complaints.
    "I am very happy that I made a medal yesterday," she told journalists on Saturday (February 22).
    "It was a tough race for because conditions were not how I love it and I had some problems in the first run and in the second run I kept going like I know to go and it worked really well and I am happy with a silver medal."
    Schild made her Olympic and World Cup debut way back in 2002, and says she plans to retire either this season or next.
    Although doping is less prevalent in professional sport than it once was, there have been three failed drugs test at the Sochi games in the last 24 hours.
    Schild believes doping will never fully cease.
    "I think it will never stop," she said. "I have a sport where doping is not necessary and you can be really good without it. But there are some sports where some people want to get stronger with doping and that is really bad. I think it will never stop."
    School's fellow Austrian Kathryn Settle was third in the slalom. The 27-year-old hasn't had the best of seasons, and faced an anxious wait to see if she would medal after completing her final run relatively early.
    It was a horrible five minutes in the finish area," she said.
    "I did my best into both runs and I knew there was a little chance to get a medal but Marlies was very strong and there were a lot of good racers on top after me so it was really the hardest time in my life yesterday."
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