Mathias Flückiger is not complaining, Nino Schurter gets emotional. This is what the Swiss mountain bikers say after finishing 5th and 9th in the Olympic race.
Mathias Flückiger (5th): "I expected more. But I'm basically satisfied with my performance. I didn't have a big hang-up anywhere that I should be annoyed about. Me and my team did everything we could in the run-up to the race. Maybe I didn't take enough risks in the downhills after seeing all the defects in the women's race. But 5th place isn't a mega bad result either."
Nino Schurter (9th): "It's emotional for me because I know it was my last Olympic Games. I gave everything until the end, but didn't really get into the race from the start. I was always a bit behind, didn't feel comfortable on this course right from the start and never got into the flow. Somehow it wasn't meant to be today. Knowing that it would be my last time, it was perhaps all a bit too much. I hope that the last time won't be like this everywhere."
