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[quote=Anonymous]I thought this was interesting. Janik Sinner (world #2 on the ATP -- Italian tennis player) did an interview with Vogue about the Olympic Games since his country is hosting. Sinner also was a very competitive skier in his teens, and actually took up tennis after skiing, so he has a stronger connection to these games than most -- grew up skiing Cortina and trained with some of the Italian skiers.

He was asked about Vonn skiing on her torn ACL and mentioned they are friends, and simply said "the greatest athletes -- they have a lot of courage." He also talks about how he had to decide to scale back skiing 4-5 years ago because of the risk of injury (presumably because of the potential impact on his tennis career, which makes sense) and about the difference between ski racing and tennis:

[I][b]With your skiing history, is there anything that you miss, or miss being able to do?[/b]

I would say the adrenaline. And to be honest, that’s the only thing I really miss. I would say that skiing has this different sort of pressure, though. You need to perform well by not really knowing where you’re standing. In tennis, you have a huge hand, because you always know the score. And you know that, at times, maybe you can play at 80% just to get through. That’s enough for that day. But skiing is not like this at all. You just go, and you have no idea [until it’s done].

[b]I hadn’t thought about that. You’ve got nothing to compare yourself to, and there’s nothing to calibrate against. You just have to go full-throttle.[/b]

Yes. So you have this pressure, and [for me] this turned into mostly, also, doubts. So I think maybe I enjoyed the competition part a little bit less. But, for what I miss, I would say for sure the adrenaline. I miss going fast.[/I][/quote]

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