We're not always friends. But in the team there is no competition between Claudia and myself. We act like a team.

We have girls on our team who want to skate in [Saturday's] 5,000 meters. As of now, I do not. I don't feel well and my skating is not well. I will give up my spot to one of our younger skaters.

Many opportunities are rewards. I am not so beautiful that people would want to see my photographs if I did not have the results.

It was so close to the gold medal. I don't feel I lost a gold medal. To me, I won a bronze medal.

She had so much motivation. I knew she was going to win a medal. She is a really strong skater and it was not that big a surprise.

I was so tense. You have to be so connected. You have to be communicative. You have to be so sharp. This costs so much energy. It was not so hard physically. It was the tension.