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MATHILDE GREMAUD:
Every time, right before drop in,
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everything around me goes quiet.
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All the noise is gone,
and it's just me in the moment.
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Then I drop.
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I feel the wind, the speed,
the adrenaline.
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No thoughts, no questions.
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Just freedom and being in the moment.
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Before medals, expectations,
or setback,
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skiing was never about women.
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It was about feeling free, flying,
and having fun.
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[MUSIC FADES]
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[CHANTAL GREMAUD SPEAKING IN
FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
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[MATHILDE GREMAUD SPEAKING IN
FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
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[CHANTAL GREMAUD SPEAKING IN
FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
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[STÉPHANE GREMAUD SPEAKING IN
FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
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[LAUGHS]
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[UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING]
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MATHILDE GREMAUD:So I started
when I was two years old.
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My parents were taking me and
my oldest sister skiing every weekend
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for more than ten years.
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It was just a hobby for me.
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[STÉPHANE GREMAUD SPEAKING IN
FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
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[EXCLAIMS]
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[LAUGHING]
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When we were old enough,
I guess, to escape,
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we're just going in the woods
and going skiing without poles.
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I think, we're super cool
and we did a lot of stupid things,
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like trying to go down
where we've never been.
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At some point,
I asked my dad for twin tips.
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I wanted freestyle skis
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and I saw that there was a comp
and my mom took me
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and I met some people that were
organizing camps for young people.
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It's called Ski Romand in Switzerland
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and they had a group
of freestyle skier,
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and I would train together
and go to the comps together.
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Yeah. My first impression of her was,
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I was like,
"Yeah, she's got some style."
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I remember
everybody was looking at her like,
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"Oh, my God. Who is this girl?
She's amazing."
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We could see straight away,
how she skied on the slow course,
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like, very good ski technique.
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She had already her kind of own style
how she skied,
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and she had already some guts.
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WOMAN 1:Elinah...
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WOMAN 1:Grabbing front speed.
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My progression was pretty fast.
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For two years,
I was riding with that team,
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and then I got selected
for the Youth Games.
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It didn't really go well.
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I think, I landed one messy run,
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and then I saw the runs
from the other girls
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and got to meet them
and see their level and everything,
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and I was a bit bummed
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because I was like, "Come on.
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I could have been on that podium,
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if I had landed the run
that I wanted to."
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So that really started for me
that fire of competing in the...
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Yeah, the hunger for...
yeah, chasing a podium.
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And then after that event,
something changed.
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Something sparked.
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I was like,
"Wait, maybe I can do this."
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"Maybe I can turn my passion
into my life."
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That's when the question hit me,
"How far can I actually go?"
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[ALL CHEERING]
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Youth Games is a competition
where you get invited.
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There's a lot of media coverage.
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-Thought on that?
-You know it's...
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It's very elite.
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And a lot of expectation to perform
and do well at those events.
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It can change a lot
in someone's career.
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[ALL CHEERING]
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MAN 3:
Let's give it for Mathilde Gremaud!
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COMM 1:
Mathilde Gremaud sitting in second
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has looked fantastic thus far...
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-Oh, no way!
COMM 2:What!
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COMM 1:Mathilde Gremaud.
Switch Double Rodeo 1080.
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Are you kidding me?
And finishes in Top 5.
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Oh, my goodness.
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I'm not seeing a situation
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where Kelly Sildaru
is suddenly placed on her field.
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MATHILDE GREMAUD:I ended up winning
that year at X Games, Norway.
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I tried for the first time ever
on snow when I switched up 10.
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I wanted it, and I got it.
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After a while, I realized, like,
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"Okay. This is really my place now,
and it's right."
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When did you decide
you were gonna try that?
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I decide just before.
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Just before you dropped in?
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Yeah. Full send.
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[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING]
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Two weeks after the X Games,
I tore my ACL.
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[GLOOMY MUSIC PLAYING]
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That was, I think,
the moment where I realized, okay,
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this is my job
or this is what I am doing now,
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and I cannot do it anymore.
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Everything hit me at once.
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The success I had in my first season,
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the potential I could
maybe see a bit in myself,
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or the dreams
I was starting to build.
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I didn't think it was gonna go
that well, and it did,
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and now it's taken away from me.
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At the doctor, I did an MRI,
and then he was like,
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"Well, it doesn't look good,
and there's nothing in there.
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Your knee is loose."
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Obviously, I heard people
talking in the Olympics,
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"Oh, Mathilde, ah,
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she could be there and
she could do well and stuff and..."
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I quickly realized
that dream might be over,
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and I would have to wait
another four years if I even could...
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Then I had surgery, and that was,
for three weeks, it was hell.
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[GLOOMY MUSIC CONTINUES]
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WOMAN 2: Press bump... leave.
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MATHILDE GREMAUD:At that time,
the goal was just to make sure
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I could just be at the start.
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That was the only goal, nothing more.
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MISRA NOTO TORNIAINEN:For us,
that the path was clear
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what we have to do.
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She just learned that Switch Double.
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First try, she landed,
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and it's like a key point
in her career.
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Like, okay,
first double in the competition,
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you're landing it.
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So tell me why it shouldn't work out.
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[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING]
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The course was a very tricky course,
very high rails,
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and no space between obstacles.
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Then in the last training,
her last run,
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she had a crash on a race,
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slipped out end of the rail,
and crashed to her head.
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MATHILDE GREMAUD:I hit my head
really hard. I was so scared.
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I was like, "I just don't remember
what happened,"
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and this is really,
really, really scary.
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SARAH HOEFFLIN:
I just remember going to see her,
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and she was so upset.
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We actually wondered whether,
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maybe this level of upset
might have been a concussion.
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So we were not really sure
if she can compete next day.
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And then I saw the doctor.
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He was like, "Look, from my side,
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there is no reason
why I should not let you compete."
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When I was at the start
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after everything that had happened
with the knee injury
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in the previous day...
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I was so thankful
to stand at the top.
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And the final started,
I dropped it on my first run,
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and I did a pretty decent run
with the Switch Dub 10
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on the last jump.
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I was very well on my way to a medal,
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and I didn't realize first and second
were Sarah and me,
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and it didn't change.
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That was pretty crazy.
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That was very unexpected for me.
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It was a crazy comeback.
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I mean, after ten months,
first time competing after ACL.
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Still a young athlete,
first really big competition,
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and she just got second.
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It was a crazy day.
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[ALL SINGING]
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You're now an Olympic medalist.
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Attention and how people
will talk about you
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is very different than before.
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Standing on that podium,
I proved to myself that I belong,
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that I am a professional athlete.
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The fire was lit.
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And now,
I wasn't just chasing medals.
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I was on the right path.
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I wanted to see
how far I can push the limits
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and play my part in the progression
of women's sports.
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It's always a big risk involved
to learn big tricks on the jump
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because so much can go wrong.
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There was this Switch 14
that was pretty attractive to me.
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Searching for videos of the trick
on Instagram
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from other boys who did it
and screen recorded it,
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and I watched it a couple times
to get the rotation in my head.
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And then after some time,
I picture my body doing it.
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[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING]
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I was doing some work in my head
to visualize it
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and the second part of the trick
was for me not the problem,
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it was the first part that I had
to learn that was really new
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and then I had to put it together.
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It's really important
to have goals like that
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because it keeps
that passion also alive.
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[MELLOW MUSIC PLAYING]
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MAN 5:Come on, let's do it!
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[SCREAMS]
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[CHEERS]
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Come on, let's do it!
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[UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING]
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[LAUGHING]
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Uh, When I landed the trick,
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it was just, like,
I couldn't believe it.
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I was on my feet, I was...
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I couldn't keep my arms down.
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I was just like, "Yeah!"
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And, yeah, it was...
my heart was beating fast.
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That was fun.
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I think, my reaction just seeing her
do the Switch 14 the first time
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was just shock.
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I was like, "There's no way."
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First try, stomp right away.
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And that's
the classic Mathilde style,
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like whenever she does something
for the first time,
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it's automatically perfect.
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There's no wobbles,
no nothing, it's textbook.
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SARAH HOEFFLIN: I think, Mathilde
just has this analytical brain
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that it just allows her
to get the tricks
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and to visualize them
and to land them.
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Having Mathilde do the Switch 14
or some other tricks
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that she's added just pushes
the rest of the field
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and we're all like,
"Wow, that was impressive.
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I want to push myself
to try something new
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and in the same way that she did."
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MATHILDE GREMAUD:There is a moment
just before gravity remembers me.
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I am weightless,
suspended between earth and sky,
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fear and freedom.
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In that moment, I don't fall,
I don't land, I just fly.
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When I was 20,
I had landed the world first.
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I was the youngest free skier
to win an Olympic medal.
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It felt like anything was possible.
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My thought exactly,
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"This is amazing, let's keep going."
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But just when I thought
I had found my rhythm,
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I was faced with something
I wasn't prepared for.
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The way leading up into Beijing
was a bit of a rollercoaster.
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Not really progressing
how I imagined to or wanted to
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and then Misra came with this idea
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and he was, like, "You know,
I think, we should build a small team
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on top of the team you have now
and go together to Beijing.
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And we get two gold medals
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and we let everyone know
that you're the best."
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[MELLOW MUSIC PLAYING]
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MISRA NOTO TORNIAINEN:
It was like, "Hey, Mathilde,
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I see everything in you
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and the goal should be clear.
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You should aim for double gold,
Big Air and Slope."
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And that's what we trained for.
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He gave me the idea
and I was really motivated by it
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and he talked to our federation
about it
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where he had been working for years
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and I think that's a discussion
that didn't really go as planned.
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The answer
from the ski federation was,
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"We cannot confirm that you're
getting a credential for the games."
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We went a few weeks without really
talking about the project
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and, in the meantime,
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he kind of got some other offers
and mainly one.
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I got asked by another top athlete.
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Within a few weeks or months,
I had to take a decision
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and, for me, at that point was like,
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"Hey, I have the opportunity with
another top athlete to go to Beijing
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and be there and fight for gold."
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I decided against Mathilde
and go with another athlete.
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For me, it really came so unexpected
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and with the discussions that we had,
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it was so clear for me that
if he was not going to do it with me
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because it didn't work out,
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he was definitely not going to do it
with someone else.
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MISRA NOTO TORNIAINEN:
All what I was trying to do was
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to show her that I understand her
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and I felt very sorry that's all what
I could have done at that point.
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I did not feel good,
I feel really betrayed.
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MISRA NOTO TORNIAINEN:
Seeing her on the mountain
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not speaking to each other
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but still feeling it in my heart
when she did well,
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I'm happy for her.
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You know, it was a struggle in
my body as well or in myself. Yeah.
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MATHILDE GREMAUD:For a while,
I was not very optimistic.
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I just didn't think about Beijing.
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Then at some point,
it also felt like a challenge.
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I turned to Greg.
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We just shake hands and we said,
"Okay, let's go get double gold."
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But we were laughing.
It was just to be, like,
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"Okay, we're on the same path,
on the same road together.
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Let's go get it."
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MATHILDE GREMAUD:
The whole preparation
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was actually not a preparation,
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it just felt like surviving
a little bit.
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GREG TÜSCHER: I mean, I tried
to be not to feel the pressure
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and I really tried to be
as calm as possible
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as taking even as a joke.
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Be like, "We're just skiers.
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We do another competition.
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And, yeah, I mean, let's go for it.
Let's try our best.
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If we win, we win.
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If we lose, we don't lose,
we just learn and we keep going."
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MATHILDE GREMAUD:There was nothing
I could change anymore
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when I was in the bib.
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I was, like, "It's today or why not?"
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We started with the Big Air
and I got the bronze and...
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I... it was insane, insane, really.
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Like, there is an interview of me
doing it
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and I'm just falling
and I was just like,
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"I'm so relieved and this is amazing"
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and it was... was it my birthday?
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It was my birthday.
It was my 22nd birthday
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when I got the bronze medal
in Big Air.
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It was, yeah, I was like,
"Okay, today I have it all.
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I'm healthy.
I have another Olympic medal.
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It's my birthday.
I'm happy. I'm fine."
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And I was just, like,
all the emotions came up
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and really it was insane.
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And I was, like,
I could not stop crying and, and...
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then, I think,
as this was such a big relief,
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I was so empty after it.
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But I still had another event to go
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and I was just emotionless
for a few days,
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didn't want to ski,
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I just wanted to lay in bed
and do nothing
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but the Slopeside was still coming.
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During the quali day, yeah,
she lost it, she was crying,
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she was in doubt
and she really didn't want to do it.
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I was like, "Yeah, leave it.
Get it out, get it out!"
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And she said, "Sorry, Greg,
I think, I'm not going to do it."
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And I was like, "Okay, that's fine.
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If you don't want to do it
then don't do it, but..."
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I said,
"Please just do one little run.
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Just for me, just do it, do it.
Easy."
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So, first run she goes down in quali,
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she's doing nothing just 360s
on the jump
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and I was like, "Okay, it's over.
It's over for Mathilde."
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Next one,
okay in four years or whatever.
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And then second run,
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I was like,
"Yeah, just do Switch Half,
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just do a Right 900, easy."
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I squeezed into final in 12th place,
in 12th go to final.
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For me, I was like,
"All right, this is it.
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I did it but I didn't even try,
like, I'm so stupid."
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You would think from
outside perspective that you're,
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"Yay, I'm lucky to get in.
Now I can move forward."
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But if you're riding and
you're feeling kind of sketchy,
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you miss a grab.
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I think, all that's kind of
disappointing as an athlete
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because you feel like
you didn't show the world
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what you're actually capable of.
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But then I was in final
and the final was the next day,
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so I had to switch it
and I said that once,
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and then I finished the day.
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I went to bed
and I woke up in the morning
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and again it was bit weird,
it was perfect,
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and I look outside
and it was like, "Perfect."
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I saw her at breakfast and
I knew deep inside that I don't know.
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I was like, "Okay, this is it.
This is the day."
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It was a great day on the skis
and everything went as planned
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and, yeah,
I ended up winning gold after all.
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I was in... I was watching
all the coaches on the screen.
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I... When she said gold because...
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I went out and I started screaming.
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I was like, "Fuck, yeah. Fuck, yeah."
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Yeah, with the quali day,
the crying, all of this going out,
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so much emotion
that I had to get it out as well
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and I took her in my arm
at the bottom
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and I wanted to throw her
in the fence.
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After qualifying in 12th,
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no one was really expecting me again
to bounce back.
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That was crazy. Beijing was
a big emotional rollercoaster.
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[ALL CHEERING]
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CROWD:Mathilde! Mathilde! Mathilde!
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When it dies down,
it's definitely a weird feeling
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because you're kind of
in the spotlight for so long.
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In the beginning
when you get so much attention,
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you kind of get used to it.
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When you don't have it anymore,
you're kind of still looking for it.
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You come home with two medals
and one gold.
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And it's like,
"Yeah, it's a big, big high."
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It's the highest you can have.
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It definitely at some point hits
when you're like,
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"Okay, this is very positive,
but now I'm empty."
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You don't really know what to do.
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And as you reach the highest
you can reach,
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then you ask yourself what is next.
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After the Olympics,
you are the hero for some weeks,
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maybe months, and then you have
to go back to your routines.
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Feeling alone is something
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that Mathilde
and probably lots of athletes feel
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when they have accomplished
something special.
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And then suddenly
have the time to feel that,
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"Okay, I'm not interested
for many people besides sports."
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And that's where the circle
is closing itself
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because "Who am I?"
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I think, post-Olympic blues
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is completely incomprehensible
to anyone.
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It's like winning the lottery
and complaining about it.
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You know, and saying,
"Oh, I'm so depressed."
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People just don't get it.
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People can only imagine
winning the lottery and being happy,
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you know,
being able to do all these things,
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having this freedom
that you didn't have before.
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MATHILDE GREMAUD:
What did I do for that?
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I guess, I started hanging out
with some friends
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that I hadn't seen in a while.
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[UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING]
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Put the ski life a bit on hold.
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During the week,
I was working and working out.
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And on the weekend,
I was escaping a little bit.
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And it was really, really cool.
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It was insane.
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[BOTH LAUGH]
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[MUSIC FADES]
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MATHILDE GREMAUD:
Going to the 23-24 season,
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I think I was super unconfident.
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I didn't really have trust
that I could do well.
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00:22:32,640 --> 00:22:35,120
I landed perfectly, but I was...
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my legs were separated
to my upper body.
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I had the Olympics in 21-22
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and then
I won the World Champs in 22-23.
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All the journalists were telling me,
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"Well, the only thing you don't
have are crystal globes."
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And I was like, "Thank you, I know."
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Instead of just losing energy,
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thinking, "Can they just stop
asking me this question?"
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I tried to use it as a motivation
and be like,
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"Okay, if they want it,
then they are going to get it."
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MAN 6: Are you feeling ready?
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You cannot ask me this question.
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I'm kidding. Yeah, I don't know.
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I never had to really answer
that question before, so...
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Yeah, ready, not ready.
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It's just happening next week,
so I have to do it.
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I want to do it.
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[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING]
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[CRYING]
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Yeah, she called me before, she was,
like, "Should I come or not?"
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And I was, like, "Yeah, I mean,
at the end, you decide,
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but, I mean, if you want to be close
to your family,
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that's totally understandable.
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But at the end, she is dead
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and she probably wanted you
to keep going with your life
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and to keep doing what you love."
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[UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING]
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[CROWD CHEERING]
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To put that on the side,
to go and win...
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Yeah, I think,
that takes a lot of resources.
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[UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING]
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MATHILDE GREMAUD:
I somehow could use some memories
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to give myself energy.
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It was really weird.
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It kind of felt like I was not there,
but I was definitely there.
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And, yeah,
it's just like those moments
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where you don't really know
what's happening to you
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but you're still doing it.
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[UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING]
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The three first event of the season,
I ended up first.
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The fourth one, I ended up second.
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After those four events, I was like,
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"Okay, I just need to keep
the streak going."
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[UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING]
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COMMENTATOR 3:...Oh, my goodness.
It's a Double Ten.
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Hi.
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ANNOUNCER 1:...in second place.
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[ANNOUNCER 2 SPEAKING IN
FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
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[UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING]
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Six or seven wins. Every podium.
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I mean, it's history, it's awesome.
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Got the overall for the Big Air,
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the overall for the Slopestyle,
and overall Park & Pipe.
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00:26:20,040 --> 00:26:24,080
No one had ever grabbed
three globes at once.
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It turned out to be
the best season ever.
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GREG TÜSCHER:
Then at the end of the season,
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you get everything explode
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because you put these feelings,
you put everything here into the box,
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00:26:44,400 --> 00:26:48,640
you close it,
then you have to proceed it.
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You have to proceed
all these feelings at some point.
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At the end of the 2023-24 season,
as soon as I took my bib off,
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I kind of hit a wall.
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Like, I couldn't really get out
of my house anymore
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00:27:02,040 --> 00:27:04,080
and out of my bed as well.
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00:27:04,240 --> 00:27:05,920
It was super challenging for me.
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00:27:06,080 --> 00:27:09,520
I didn't feel safe
and I didn't feel...
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00:27:09,680 --> 00:27:13,240
Yeah. I felt, like,
something would happen to me.
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00:27:13,400 --> 00:27:19,120
So I was super anxious
and hypochondria was in the mix.
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00:27:19,280 --> 00:27:22,840
Probably due to
my dad's sister passing away
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at the beginning of the season.
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And I tried to ski as good as I can
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and I ended up having the best season
of my career so far.
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00:27:30,680 --> 00:27:34,480
So it was super weird
that I was feeling like that.
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00:27:34,640 --> 00:27:37,440
I didn't really know
how to deal with everything
479
00:27:37,600 --> 00:27:39,320
and what was really going on.
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00:27:39,480 --> 00:27:42,960
I think, just for her
not being able to get out of bed,
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it was quite scary, I guess,
because she's not used to it.
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00:27:47,120 --> 00:27:50,920
She's always so energized
and happy to move,
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and, I think,
that was a bit scary for her.
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She was going to the doctors,
but they couldn't find anything.
485
00:27:57,560 --> 00:28:01,600
She was just so low in energy
and didn't know why.
486
00:28:01,760 --> 00:28:04,160
CHRISTOPH BJERLER:
There were multiple situations
487
00:28:04,320 --> 00:28:05,680
leading into this.
488
00:28:05,840 --> 00:28:10,640
Probably also to unconsciously
try to fill up and step up
489
00:28:10,800 --> 00:28:13,600
to all the great success
she had a year before.
490
00:28:13,760 --> 00:28:17,000
Then she had things happening
in her private life,
491
00:28:17,160 --> 00:28:18,640
losing a family member.
492
00:28:18,800 --> 00:28:23,040
What we have been working with
was finding a way between
493
00:28:23,200 --> 00:28:29,680
how do her private and
real life situations that affect her,
494
00:28:29,840 --> 00:28:31,960
how does that affect her
performance-wise
495
00:28:32,120 --> 00:28:33,520
and mental health-wise,
496
00:28:33,680 --> 00:28:36,200
and then trying to build bridges
between these
497
00:28:36,360 --> 00:28:39,600
because she is, like, I said,
she's not only an athlete,
498
00:28:39,760 --> 00:28:40,960
she's a human being.
499
00:28:41,120 --> 00:28:44,720
And it is about if she's got
the interest in filling up
500
00:28:44,880 --> 00:28:49,920
and going for performance,
it is important to build bridges
501
00:28:50,080 --> 00:28:54,320
between her private human being
and the athlete,
502
00:28:54,480 --> 00:28:58,200
and try to find who am I
and how do I work with this.
503
00:28:58,360 --> 00:29:00,920
I was super unconfident
about my achievements
504
00:29:01,080 --> 00:29:03,280
and what I was actually worth.
505
00:29:03,440 --> 00:29:07,880
And I could see all the medals,
stupidly said,
506
00:29:08,040 --> 00:29:10,240
but I could not really see
what was behind them
507
00:29:10,400 --> 00:29:12,960
and what I could do,
and what I was worth.
508
00:29:13,120 --> 00:29:17,160
And that's only through other people
as well that you hear that
509
00:29:17,320 --> 00:29:22,640
and you start to get that
into your head as well,
510
00:29:22,800 --> 00:29:26,800
that, yes, you did great things
and people are proud of you
511
00:29:26,960 --> 00:29:28,400
and you have to be proud of yourself.
512
00:29:28,560 --> 00:29:30,480
Mathilde being hard on herself
is something
513
00:29:30,640 --> 00:29:32,200
that is probably,
514
00:29:32,360 --> 00:29:35,960
yeah, one of the things
we have talked about the most,
515
00:29:36,120 --> 00:29:39,760
especially because
she's one of her biggest own critics.
516
00:29:39,920 --> 00:29:43,640
Being hard on yourself is important
to also reach the goals,
517
00:29:43,800 --> 00:29:47,160
and there is some fine line
between reaching the goal
518
00:29:47,320 --> 00:29:49,440
without being too hard on yourself.
519
00:29:49,600 --> 00:29:51,840
If you stick on the negative side,
what happened,
520
00:29:52,000 --> 00:29:56,680
and you beat yourself up being
the bad person in that moment,
521
00:29:56,840 --> 00:29:58,600
it doesn't bring you further
522
00:29:58,760 --> 00:30:02,480
and you won't be able to get out
of this and maybe learn from it.
523
00:30:02,640 --> 00:30:08,080
Because the downsides of the sports
is also the most learnable places
524
00:30:08,240 --> 00:30:10,360
where you can take most out of it.
525
00:30:11,120 --> 00:30:12,280
MATHILDE GREMAUD:
You kind of have this feeling
526
00:30:12,440 --> 00:30:13,760
that you want to be alone.
527
00:30:14,920 --> 00:30:18,200
But actually, it's really good
to have people around you.
528
00:30:18,360 --> 00:30:22,880
It's super important
to very early on, I think,
529
00:30:23,040 --> 00:30:25,400
try to find a balance
with having your own time
530
00:30:25,560 --> 00:30:27,280
and having time with other people,
531
00:30:27,440 --> 00:30:31,120
because, I think, we all need advice
from other people,
532
00:30:31,280 --> 00:30:33,160
we all need distraction
from other people,
533
00:30:33,320 --> 00:30:35,040
and we need love from other people.
534
00:30:35,200 --> 00:30:39,440
So you cannot get any love
if you're by yourself.
535
00:30:39,600 --> 00:30:41,560
[WOMAN 1 SPEAKING IN
FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
536
00:30:41,720 --> 00:30:43,160
[LAUGHS]
537
00:30:43,320 --> 00:30:46,280
[WOMAN 2 SPEAKING IN
FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
538
00:30:49,080 --> 00:30:51,440
MATHILDE GREMAUD:Most of my career
has unfolded far from home.
539
00:30:52,000 --> 00:30:55,120
On different mountains, in front
of people I didn't even know,
540
00:30:55,280 --> 00:30:57,120
away from my family.
541
00:30:58,800 --> 00:31:02,200
But, in February 2025,
the world champs come to Switzerland.
542
00:31:02,360 --> 00:31:05,280
For the first time,
I get to fly in front of the people
543
00:31:05,440 --> 00:31:06,800
who've been there
since the beginning.
544
00:31:06,960 --> 00:31:08,320
This one matters.
545
00:31:08,480 --> 00:31:09,760
It's more than a title.
546
00:31:09,920 --> 00:31:12,880
It's about showing my best
right here at home.
547
00:31:13,040 --> 00:31:14,520
But just four weeks out,
548
00:31:14,680 --> 00:31:17,320
an unexpected fall
puts it all at risk.
549
00:31:17,480 --> 00:31:21,480
[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING]
550
00:31:24,320 --> 00:31:25,720
[MUSIC STOPS]
551
00:31:25,880 --> 00:31:28,880
I did a really not chill trick.
552
00:31:29,040 --> 00:31:33,080
I got motivated to do
a Switch Four on.
553
00:31:33,240 --> 00:31:36,560
I came around,
but I hit the tip of my ski.
554
00:31:36,720 --> 00:31:39,560
I ended up crashing pretty hard
with my whole body,
555
00:31:39,720 --> 00:31:42,920
but unfortunately,
my head hit the ground as well.
556
00:31:43,080 --> 00:31:45,320
I can still notice a few things
557
00:31:45,480 --> 00:31:50,400
that I don't think are quite ready
to be at my best, like, on my skis.
558
00:31:50,560 --> 00:31:54,560
It's been a bit of a tough one
to accept the world champs at home,
559
00:31:54,720 --> 00:31:58,920
but my health has always,
always, always been my priority,
560
00:31:59,080 --> 00:32:01,400
and it will keep being so...
561
00:32:04,680 --> 00:32:06,160
COMMENTATOR 4:
Good morning, ladies and gentlemen,
562
00:32:06,320 --> 00:32:09,480
and welcome to the FIS Freeski
Slopestyle Qualification
563
00:32:09,640 --> 00:32:11,000
here in beautiful St. Moritz.
564
00:32:11,160 --> 00:32:14,400
The course is looking perfect,
arguably the best of the year.
565
00:32:14,560 --> 00:32:16,400
And today,
the ladies will be battling it out
566
00:32:16,560 --> 00:32:18,160
for the top eight spots.
567
00:32:22,520 --> 00:32:23,960
MATHILDE GREMAUD:
I don't think I've ever been
568
00:32:24,120 --> 00:32:25,600
that nervous in ten years.
569
00:32:25,760 --> 00:32:30,880
So normally, I'm pretty quiet,
and my legs are little like...
570
00:32:32,520 --> 00:32:34,160
It's okay.
I think, it's a good feeling,
571
00:32:34,320 --> 00:32:36,920
but, I mean, it's good,
and at the same time,
572
00:32:37,080 --> 00:32:39,160
it's absolutely disgusting feeling.
573
00:32:39,320 --> 00:32:43,680
Her self-confidence
is not where you think it would be.
574
00:32:43,840 --> 00:32:46,600
If someone will be Olympic champion
and world champion,
575
00:32:46,760 --> 00:32:50,080
sometimes they're over the roof
or they're super cocky,
576
00:32:50,240 --> 00:32:51,560
but she's not.
577
00:32:51,720 --> 00:32:53,040
But at the same time,
it's also a problem
578
00:32:53,200 --> 00:32:57,360
because sometimes
it's in her own way to perform.
579
00:32:57,520 --> 00:32:59,960
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
580
00:33:06,240 --> 00:33:07,400
COMMENTATOR 4:And here we go.
581
00:33:07,560 --> 00:33:10,800
The reigning world champion
from Switzerland, Mathilde Gremaud.
582
00:33:10,960 --> 00:33:12,200
Coming in for the Switch Dub Nine.
583
00:33:12,360 --> 00:33:16,520
Oh, no. That is not the start
that Gremaud was looking for.
584
00:33:16,680 --> 00:33:19,160
And it has been
a very tricky season so far,
585
00:33:19,320 --> 00:33:21,840
suffering that concussion injury
four weeks ago.
586
00:33:22,000 --> 00:33:23,400
Not an ideal start.
587
00:33:23,560 --> 00:33:25,320
Didn't go as planned, obviously.
588
00:33:25,480 --> 00:33:27,320
She crashed on Switch Dub Nine.
589
00:33:27,480 --> 00:33:30,640
So for second run, we were like,
"Okay, let's go, Switch Five."
590
00:33:30,800 --> 00:33:33,840
A more chill run,
but really clean top to bottom.
591
00:33:34,000 --> 00:33:37,880
And not aiming for first place,
but aiming to qualify.
592
00:33:38,040 --> 00:33:40,320
[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING]
593
00:33:41,640 --> 00:33:43,680
All right, all right.
All right, all right, all right.
594
00:33:43,840 --> 00:33:45,600
Looks good. You look good.
All the way down.
595
00:34:01,960 --> 00:34:04,680
Yep. I got this.
596
00:34:18,160 --> 00:34:23,680
I was so fucking nervous, bro.
Oh, my God. Oh, my God. That was...
597
00:34:23,840 --> 00:34:25,960
COMMENTATOR 4:So second
and final run for Gremaud.
598
00:34:26,120 --> 00:34:28,720
Needs to score
if she wants a spot in the finals.
599
00:34:28,880 --> 00:34:30,560
270 on, 270 off.
600
00:34:30,720 --> 00:34:34,240
Pressure mounting for Gremaud.
Puts down the Switch Seven.
601
00:34:34,400 --> 00:34:35,960
No problems there.
602
00:34:36,120 --> 00:34:37,720
Coming in for jump number two,
603
00:34:37,880 --> 00:34:40,440
this is where it went wrong
in run number one.
604
00:34:40,600 --> 00:34:42,680
Brings it down a notch
to the Switch Five.
605
00:34:42,840 --> 00:34:45,400
One rail left for Gremaud,
coming in switch.
606
00:34:45,560 --> 00:34:48,520
270 on. Oh, she's got away with that.
607
00:34:48,680 --> 00:34:49,920
Not maybe the cleanest run,
608
00:34:50,080 --> 00:34:51,800
but, I think,
it's gonna be a decent score,
609
00:34:51,960 --> 00:34:54,160
so it's all up to the judges now.
610
00:34:57,200 --> 00:34:58,560
Nervous times.
611
00:34:59,840 --> 00:35:02,160
And it's a 70.92.
612
00:35:02,320 --> 00:35:03,800
So into second position.
613
00:35:03,960 --> 00:35:05,240
Okay, she's second.
614
00:35:05,400 --> 00:35:10,320
Oh, my God, yeah. I'm relieved.
I was like this...
615
00:35:10,480 --> 00:35:12,240
When I landed the last jump,
616
00:35:12,400 --> 00:35:14,280
I was like,
"Come on, this cannot go wrong."
617
00:35:15,680 --> 00:35:19,160
I unlocked all the little problems
618
00:35:19,320 --> 00:35:21,680
so that I could ski freely
and not think about the outcome
619
00:35:21,840 --> 00:35:25,640
and just be like...
I'm here standing on my two legs,
620
00:35:25,800 --> 00:35:28,800
and I will be at the bottom standing
on my two legs with a landed run.
621
00:35:28,960 --> 00:35:30,840
And, yeah, that was cool.
622
00:35:31,000 --> 00:35:33,440
Mathilde is built for competing.
623
00:35:33,600 --> 00:35:38,680
And, I think, she needs that pressure
and those nerves to put it down.
624
00:35:38,840 --> 00:35:41,200
I was quite nervous,
to tell you the truth.
625
00:35:41,360 --> 00:35:44,840
But I know Mathilde,
like she can perform when it counts,
626
00:35:45,000 --> 00:35:46,440
when she's under pressure.
627
00:35:46,600 --> 00:35:49,160
Big respect because
she put it down when it counted.
628
00:35:49,320 --> 00:35:52,280
So, yeah, that's great.
Looking forward for final.
629
00:35:52,440 --> 00:35:55,840
[MELLOW MUSIC PLAYING]
630
00:35:58,080 --> 00:35:59,840
COMMENTATOR 4:It's finals time,
ladies and gentlemen,
631
00:36:00,000 --> 00:36:03,280
on quite simply the best
slopestyle course of the season.
632
00:36:03,440 --> 00:36:07,960
This is the FIS World Championships
Women's Freeski Finals.
633
00:36:13,520 --> 00:36:15,360
Let's go. You got this!
634
00:36:15,520 --> 00:36:16,920
COMMENTATOR 4:
So Mathilde Gremaud dropping in
635
00:36:17,080 --> 00:36:18,240
for her first run of two,
636
00:36:18,400 --> 00:36:20,800
her family and girlfriend
in attendance.
637
00:36:20,960 --> 00:36:22,000
COMMENTATOR 5:And here we go.
638
00:36:22,160 --> 00:36:24,600
One of the most successful riders
of all time.
639
00:36:26,600 --> 00:36:28,680
COMMENTATOR 5:
Coming in now, 630 off the rails,
640
00:36:28,840 --> 00:36:30,480
setting herself up, switch.
641
00:36:30,640 --> 00:36:32,840
She put it down
in her second qualifying run,
642
00:36:33,000 --> 00:36:35,040
going for the Switch 720.
643
00:36:36,400 --> 00:36:38,840
COMMENTATOR 5:Uno problem mid-speed
here for Mathilde Gremaud.
644
00:36:39,000 --> 00:36:41,320
Switch, left, double nine.
645
00:36:43,760 --> 00:36:45,800
COMMENTATOR 5:Alarming for Mathilde.
646
00:36:45,960 --> 00:36:48,520
She's gonna go Right Double 1080.
647
00:36:48,680 --> 00:36:50,400
This is looking like
a really good run.
648
00:36:50,560 --> 00:36:53,240
Two hits left. Alley Five. Okay.
649
00:36:53,400 --> 00:36:57,640
Coming in switch, the first skier
to attempt the gnarliest rail.
650
00:36:58,400 --> 00:37:02,320
Yes! Ladies and gentlemen,
a full pull from top to bottom
651
00:37:02,480 --> 00:37:05,320
in the first run
for the Olympic champion,
652
00:37:05,480 --> 00:37:08,240
Mathilde Gremaud
from Gruyère in Switzerland.
653
00:37:08,400 --> 00:37:12,480
[FOREIGN LANGUAGE]in books.
654
00:37:12,640 --> 00:37:13,760
One down.
655
00:37:13,920 --> 00:37:16,960
It was super clean top to bottom,
so phew. Let's hope.
656
00:37:17,120 --> 00:37:19,240
MATHILDE GREMAUD:
I believe that winning and failing
657
00:37:19,400 --> 00:37:21,560
is actually just
what I'm going through
658
00:37:21,720 --> 00:37:23,760
to become a better version of myself.
659
00:37:23,920 --> 00:37:27,120
It's definitely through my sport
and everything that I go through
660
00:37:27,280 --> 00:37:29,120
that my personality is being shaped.
661
00:37:29,280 --> 00:37:31,840
I want to be able to share
that with people,
662
00:37:32,000 --> 00:37:35,240
and I want to try and inspire them.
663
00:37:35,400 --> 00:37:37,160
I think, having something to work on
664
00:37:37,320 --> 00:37:41,840
and, like, a bit of a challenge
and a goal is always super important.
665
00:37:48,080 --> 00:37:49,840
COMMENTATOR 5:
So second run for Gremaud.
666
00:37:50,000 --> 00:37:51,960
Now she is sitting
in that top position.
667
00:37:52,120 --> 00:37:55,400
However, the field of talent here
is incredible,
668
00:37:55,560 --> 00:37:59,280
and she's no means comfortable
in that top spot.
669
00:37:59,440 --> 00:38:01,840
So starting off very similar
in run number two.
670
00:38:02,000 --> 00:38:04,920
Looking good through the top section.
671
00:38:05,080 --> 00:38:07,560
[UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING]
672
00:38:09,400 --> 00:38:10,720
And it's that Dub Ten again,
673
00:38:10,880 --> 00:38:14,520
puts it down into the shark
fin feature, here she goes.
674
00:38:16,000 --> 00:38:17,440
Oh, looking to step that one up.
675
00:38:17,600 --> 00:38:19,200
Oh, no. She's gone down!
676
00:38:19,360 --> 00:38:24,520
Oh, that is gonna be nervous times
for Mathilde Gremaud.
677
00:38:24,680 --> 00:38:26,480
Unable to put down run number two.
678
00:38:26,640 --> 00:38:28,960
However, she is still sitting
in that top spot,
679
00:38:29,120 --> 00:38:31,440
but with an incredible field
left to come.
680
00:38:32,560 --> 00:38:33,880
MATHILDE GREMAUD:
There's always other skiers
681
00:38:34,040 --> 00:38:36,360
that might be able to take everything
from you,
682
00:38:36,520 --> 00:38:39,560
and Megan Oldham is very, very good.
683
00:38:39,720 --> 00:38:40,880
And she's a strong skier.
684
00:38:41,040 --> 00:38:44,200
And I feel like
she always has good surprises.
685
00:38:46,320 --> 00:38:47,480
MEGAN OLDHAM:
Competing against Mathilde,
686
00:38:47,640 --> 00:38:52,280
I find it motivates me to go out
and feed off of her energy.
687
00:38:52,440 --> 00:38:53,640
So she's doing big tricks.
688
00:38:53,800 --> 00:38:55,560
I see her doing her Switch Dub Ten,
689
00:38:55,720 --> 00:38:58,840
and then I go and I'm like,
"Okay. I wanna be up there with her.
690
00:38:59,000 --> 00:39:02,200
I'm gonna go try
a new harder trick to keep up."
691
00:39:02,360 --> 00:39:04,880
There is the youngster,
Flora Tabanelli,
692
00:39:05,040 --> 00:39:11,520
which is Italian and has been really
showing her strength this winter
693
00:39:11,680 --> 00:39:13,480
and she could always strike.
694
00:39:29,200 --> 00:39:30,720
COMMENTATOR 5:
So run number two for Megan Oldham,
695
00:39:30,880 --> 00:39:34,040
a former X Games gold medalist,
of course, from Canada.
696
00:39:34,840 --> 00:39:37,920
Does she have enough
to knock Mathilde off that top spot?
697
00:39:38,080 --> 00:39:40,080
So not sure where Mathilde is,
698
00:39:40,240 --> 00:39:45,600
probably hiding nervously somewhere
as she watches Megan drop in. 270 on.
699
00:39:46,600 --> 00:39:49,720
Oh, no. Little inconsistency there
in the landing.
700
00:39:50,760 --> 00:39:52,200
At this level of competition,
701
00:39:52,360 --> 00:39:54,680
I shudder to think that that's not
gonna be enough for Megan,
702
00:39:54,840 --> 00:39:57,040
but she will continue her run.
703
00:39:57,200 --> 00:39:58,840
Coming into the shark's fin,
704
00:39:59,000 --> 00:40:02,680
going absolutely huge
and going a bit too big.
705
00:40:02,840 --> 00:40:05,080
So Megan Oldham
unable to put it down.
706
00:40:05,240 --> 00:40:07,720
So, I guess, Matilde Gremaud
breathing a sigh of relief.
707
00:40:09,080 --> 00:40:10,080
Dropping in next,
708
00:40:10,240 --> 00:40:12,920
we have the young phenom
Flora Tabanelli from Italy.
709
00:40:13,080 --> 00:40:16,640
Definitely a threat
to that top spot for Gremaud.
710
00:40:16,800 --> 00:40:20,280
Starts off nice with the Switch Two
on two off the top rail.
711
00:40:20,440 --> 00:40:24,680
Jumps are really where
she excels as you can see there.
712
00:40:24,840 --> 00:40:26,920
The Switch Dub by 09.
713
00:40:27,080 --> 00:40:28,680
And now on the last rail, 270 on.
714
00:40:28,840 --> 00:40:30,200
Comes off a little bit early.
715
00:40:30,360 --> 00:40:33,040
What do we think?
Is it gonna be enough?
716
00:40:33,200 --> 00:40:35,040
Nervous times
for everyone all around.
717
00:40:35,200 --> 00:40:37,040
Scores coming in, though.
718
00:40:38,200 --> 00:40:39,520
It's gonna be a 66.34.
719
00:40:39,680 --> 00:40:41,080
It's a fourth position.
720
00:40:41,240 --> 00:40:43,680
And, ladies and gentlemen,
that is official.
721
00:40:43,840 --> 00:40:48,160
Defending her world title,
it is Mathilde Gremaud.
722
00:40:48,320 --> 00:40:50,000
[ALL CHEERING]
723
00:40:50,160 --> 00:40:52,600
[UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING]
724
00:40:54,120 --> 00:40:55,680
VALENTINA HÖLL:Oh, my God.
725
00:40:55,840 --> 00:41:00,480
It's been so emotional and
more downs and downs and downs,
726
00:41:00,640 --> 00:41:01,800
and barely any ups.
727
00:41:01,960 --> 00:41:03,960
And she didn't even know she would go
728
00:41:04,120 --> 00:41:05,680
and even start for world champs.
729
00:41:05,840 --> 00:41:08,880
And then, you know,
doing basic Mathilde stuff,
730
00:41:09,040 --> 00:41:11,720
showing up
and fucking winning everything.
731
00:41:13,040 --> 00:41:15,040
Champion.
732
00:41:19,840 --> 00:41:21,200
I don't really know what to say
733
00:41:21,360 --> 00:41:26,120
that it was a kind of a hard road
leading to the world champs.
734
00:41:26,280 --> 00:41:31,680
And I didn't know if I was gonna be
able to compete, so I don't know.
735
00:41:31,840 --> 00:41:34,400
It's insane.
Today's skiing was really fun.
736
00:41:34,560 --> 00:41:38,520
ANNOUNCER 3:The gold medalist
of FIS 2025 Freeski winner,
737
00:41:38,680 --> 00:41:43,560
Slopestyle world champion
representing Switzerland,
738
00:41:43,720 --> 00:41:47,720
it is Mathilde Gremaud!
739
00:41:47,880 --> 00:41:50,720
[ALL CHEERING]
740
00:41:50,880 --> 00:41:54,840
[UPBEAT MUSIC CONTINUES]
741
00:42:03,880 --> 00:42:05,600
MATHILDE GREMAUD:As soon as
I dropped in for first run,
742
00:42:05,760 --> 00:42:08,400
I felt like, I was in the right place
at the right moment,
743
00:42:08,560 --> 00:42:10,600
which is an absolutely great feeling,
744
00:42:10,760 --> 00:42:13,440
and it's a good state
when you feel like that.
745
00:42:13,600 --> 00:42:16,920
And, I think, that's definitely
what I enjoy about competing.
746
00:42:17,080 --> 00:42:20,520
Like, when you get to that point,
it's so much more enjoyable.
747
00:42:20,680 --> 00:42:22,440
I was just really freeskiing,
748
00:42:22,600 --> 00:42:24,400
and that's how I felt
when I started skiing,
749
00:42:24,560 --> 00:42:26,280
and so much freedom.
750
00:42:26,440 --> 00:42:28,720
It's pretty cool when you can put
all that together in a comp run
751
00:42:28,880 --> 00:42:30,160
and feel super free.
752
00:42:30,320 --> 00:42:32,680
Yeah. It doesn't feel like something
that I have to do,
753
00:42:32,840 --> 00:42:35,120
but really feels like something
I want to do.
754
00:42:39,120 --> 00:42:40,600
Yeah. One out of two for now.
755
00:42:40,760 --> 00:42:42,480
So let's see
if we can do two out of two.
756
00:42:42,640 --> 00:42:44,560
That would be great.
It's definitely not over.
757
00:42:44,720 --> 00:42:47,320
It's just the first competition
and we have a second one.
758
00:42:47,480 --> 00:42:51,600
So we start again on Sunday
and we go again and we try our best.
759
00:42:51,760 --> 00:42:53,920
And it's gonna be interesting
and it's gonna be another challenge,
760
00:42:54,080 --> 00:42:56,040
and I'm excited for it.
761
00:42:56,200 --> 00:42:58,240
[UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING]
762
00:42:58,400 --> 00:43:00,000
COMMENTATOR 6:
It is Big Air qualification,
763
00:43:00,160 --> 00:43:01,160
ladies and gentlemen,
764
00:43:01,320 --> 00:43:05,360
here at the FIS Freestyle Freeski
and Snowboard World Championships.
765
00:43:05,520 --> 00:43:07,360
We are down in the Engadin Valley
766
00:43:07,520 --> 00:43:11,960
here at St. Moritz for Women's
Freeski Big Air Qualifications.
767
00:43:12,120 --> 00:43:15,880
Her quality is really to build it up,
step by step as we did in slope,
768
00:43:16,040 --> 00:43:17,560
as she did also in the past.
769
00:43:17,720 --> 00:43:21,200
Not aiming too big, too soon,
770
00:43:21,360 --> 00:43:25,360
but just slowly but surely
until the gold.
771
00:43:25,520 --> 00:43:26,720
[LAUGHS]
772
00:43:44,000 --> 00:43:46,440
COMMENTATOR 6:So first run of three
from Mathilde Gremaud,
773
00:43:46,600 --> 00:43:48,440
of course, coming in hot
with that gold medal
774
00:43:48,600 --> 00:43:50,120
from Slopestyle early in the week.
775
00:43:50,280 --> 00:43:54,480
She's gonna start things off
with a Switch Left Dub 1080.
776
00:43:54,640 --> 00:43:56,400
Puts it down,
and that's gotta feel good
777
00:43:56,560 --> 00:43:57,680
after run number one.
778
00:43:57,840 --> 00:44:00,160
[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING]
779
00:44:08,280 --> 00:44:10,640
COMMENTATOR 6:
So second run from Mathilde Gremaud.
780
00:44:10,800 --> 00:44:12,720
Of course, this has to be
a different trick to her first one
781
00:44:12,880 --> 00:44:14,680
where she put down a Switch Left Ten.
782
00:44:14,840 --> 00:44:20,360
Coming in regular start now,
so it's gonna be a Left Dub 1260.
783
00:44:20,520 --> 00:44:22,200
Oh, she overcooks that one,
784
00:44:22,360 --> 00:44:26,040
so it's all gonna be left to play for
in run number three.
785
00:44:26,200 --> 00:44:31,360
With Mathilde, big quality is that
she can sublime herself
786
00:44:31,520 --> 00:44:32,600
in competition.
787
00:44:32,760 --> 00:44:34,720
One trick is missing,
she's always like,
788
00:44:34,880 --> 00:44:36,840
"Okay. I can do it. I know. I will."
789
00:44:54,480 --> 00:44:57,920
[DRAMATIC MUSIC CONTINUES]
790
00:45:12,200 --> 00:45:14,880
COMMENTATOR 6:So a third
and final run for Mathilde Gremaud.
791
00:45:15,040 --> 00:45:17,880
Not accustomed to this pressure,
I think at this point.
792
00:45:18,040 --> 00:45:19,720
She's got the gold medal
from Slopestyle,
793
00:45:19,880 --> 00:45:23,600
but what she really needs
to focus on is, that score of 142.50.
794
00:45:23,760 --> 00:45:25,480
That is what she needs to qualify.
795
00:45:25,640 --> 00:45:27,800
Needing a trick,
needing a landed run,
796
00:45:27,960 --> 00:45:30,160
all the pressure
on her shoulders right now.
797
00:45:30,320 --> 00:45:33,000
More than capable of performing,
but what's it gonna be?
798
00:45:33,160 --> 00:45:37,280
Dropping in for the left side
Double Cork 1260. No!
799
00:45:37,440 --> 00:45:41,440
She's gone too deep,
and that is gonna be disappointment.
800
00:45:41,600 --> 00:45:44,160
And no finals for Mathilde Gremaud.
801
00:45:44,920 --> 00:45:48,520
MATHILDE GREMAUD:
It's quite bitter to not even make it
802
00:45:48,680 --> 00:45:50,360
through final in Big Air.
803
00:45:50,520 --> 00:45:52,000
I hoped for two medals,
804
00:45:52,160 --> 00:45:55,800
but given what happened
in the last weeks,
805
00:45:55,960 --> 00:46:00,440
I'm super happy that at least
I have won and it's a gold.
806
00:46:00,600 --> 00:46:04,560
So I tried hard to be ready.
807
00:46:04,720 --> 00:46:07,520
The warm-up for the qualies
were not bad.
808
00:46:07,680 --> 00:46:09,600
I did basically everything I wanted,
809
00:46:09,760 --> 00:46:14,640
and somehow it just didn't work
for my second and third run.
810
00:46:14,800 --> 00:46:17,200
I didn't give Big Air
that much focus,
811
00:46:17,360 --> 00:46:22,160
but I thought if Slopestyle works,
then I can do it again in Big Air.
812
00:46:22,320 --> 00:46:26,080
Like the mental game,
obviously when you achieve one goal,
813
00:46:26,240 --> 00:46:30,600
it's kind of hard to top it.
814
00:46:31,280 --> 00:46:35,960
I really hope and try to do
as well the same thing in Big Air,
815
00:46:36,120 --> 00:46:38,800
but, like, I got stopped
right on the first step.
816
00:46:38,960 --> 00:46:42,760
I think for me the nerves or not
having the nerves like a bit today
817
00:46:42,920 --> 00:46:45,080
is still a fun thing.
818
00:46:45,240 --> 00:46:48,200
It's like a game and you play it,
and that's competing.
819
00:46:48,360 --> 00:46:50,280
So I feel like,
no matter how I'm feeling,
820
00:46:50,440 --> 00:46:52,240
how nervous I am, it's always fun.
821
00:46:52,400 --> 00:46:53,680
It's just in its own way.
822
00:46:53,840 --> 00:46:55,120
Like sometimes it's harder.
823
00:46:55,280 --> 00:46:58,120
Motivation is not here
because my emotions are taking over,
824
00:46:58,280 --> 00:46:59,800
but, I think, I just love skiing.
825
00:46:59,960 --> 00:47:01,280
And I started because I loved it.
826
00:47:01,440 --> 00:47:02,760
I didn't start
because I wanted to compete.
827
00:47:02,920 --> 00:47:05,520
So I think that's probably why.
828
00:47:05,680 --> 00:47:06,880
Just enjoy it.
829
00:47:07,040 --> 00:47:12,520
And I definitely reflect a lot,
and I ask myself a lot of questions.
830
00:47:12,680 --> 00:47:16,200
I think a lot, but in the end,
it's like not all that serious
831
00:47:16,360 --> 00:47:17,480
and not all that complicated.
832
00:47:17,640 --> 00:47:18,720
I just do it because I like it,
833
00:47:18,880 --> 00:47:21,320
and I don't really think about it
at the same time
834
00:47:21,480 --> 00:47:23,720
as I think about it
over and over and over again.
835
00:47:23,880 --> 00:47:26,040
[LAUGHS]
836
00:47:29,640 --> 00:47:32,400
Of course, there is a part of me
that is chasing medals,
837
00:47:32,560 --> 00:47:34,200
showing my best,
proving what's possible.
838
00:47:35,240 --> 00:47:37,480
But along the way,
I quickly understood.
839
00:47:38,040 --> 00:47:40,440
What comes first
are these feelings I am chasing.
840
00:47:41,160 --> 00:47:43,720
Fun was the spark,
the reason I keep coming back.
841
00:47:44,680 --> 00:47:48,520
Flying is the feeling, the moment
when fear and freedom blur.
842
00:47:49,080 --> 00:47:50,520
Freedom is even deeper than that.
843
00:47:50,680 --> 00:47:52,880
For me, it is leaving my passion,
844
00:47:53,040 --> 00:47:55,840
knowing I am exactly
where I am supposed to be.
845
00:47:56,000 --> 00:47:58,600
Because only then,
I can really feel free.
846
00:47:58,760 --> 00:48:02,520
[UPBEAT MUSIC CONTINUES]
847
00:48:58,560 --> 00:49:01,840
[UPBEAT MUSIC CONTINUES]
848
00:49:09,640 --> 00:49:12,920
[MELLOW MUSIC PLAYING]
849
00:49:20,400 --> 00:49:23,160
So, Mathilde, dude,
sometimes she looks so mad at me
850
00:49:23,320 --> 00:49:24,640
that I'm getting really scared.
851
00:49:24,800 --> 00:49:28,480
I'm getting really thrown off by that
because she can look like this.
852
00:49:29,880 --> 00:49:32,280
[LAUGHS]
853
00:49:32,440 --> 00:49:33,920
Any advice for Mathilde?
854
00:49:34,080 --> 00:49:35,880
Stay on the path you're on. Have fun.
855
00:49:36,040 --> 00:49:39,000
Just remember,
you're riding two pieces of wood
856
00:49:39,160 --> 00:49:42,360
down a mountain for a living,
so have fun with it.
857
00:49:42,520 --> 00:49:44,120
Making memories.
858
00:49:44,280 --> 00:49:47,160
[MELLOW MUSIC CONTINUES]