henrik’s both gold championship medals, gs from are 2019 and now the slalom one from courchevel, were so fucking epic! like, sometimes your fave wins gold and it’s great and you’re happy for them but it’s just race. but with henrik there’s always something more than just race.
I will forever remember his 2nd run charge from are, it’s forever seared into my brain, that was absolute gs masterclass! and he was 3rd after the first run but then neither marcel hirscher nor alexis could beat his insane time! and what made it so super special was that the world cup season before those championships wasn’t going really great for him, he had a few podiums but no wins, he was really struggling to get on that highest level... and then he just put it all together on the most important race of the season! and finally beat marcel! something he was unable to do whole fucking season! and he did it in a race for the gs gold! hsdgfkjsdhgjfks it was so beautiful!!!
and in courchevel he won that slalom gold with another insane 2nd run! after almost all hope was lost because he was 16th! in a super difficult and turny slalom and what he did on those last 10 gates from finish was mad, he was accelerating in every fucking turn! and then he waited and waited and 15 skiers went down and nobody could beat him oh my god hfgkjsdhgjfs and with every skier my hopes for medal and then gold just grew and grew and he finally got it! he deserved it so much! he’s one of the best slalom skiers but he had to wait for so many championships to finally get it! and if all of that wasn’t enough to make it absolutely epic he also did that on the skis made by his ex greatest rival marcel hirscher! in the first fucking season he’s skiing on them!!!!
so like, henrik is unable to win gold in a normal way, he always does it with an insane 2nd run and marcel hirscher is always involved in it in some way xD
