We saw an interesting interview from Remi Lindholm on the eve of the freestyle 15 km race.
Roope Visuri,
Laura Arffman
Intermediate start of men’s 15 km freestyle skiing on Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. Live broadcast on TV2, Areena and the app.
Finnish skier Remi Lindholm coughed hard in the interview area of the World Championships in Planica, when the skiers of the 15 km free style were available for interviews before Wednesday’s race.
Lindholm was 22nd in the combined race on his opening trip to the World Championships on Friday, four and a half minutes behind the winner Simen from Hegstad Krüger.
What is the level of recovery both at the level of thoughts and physically?
– It’s okay. There’s been a lot of such basic crap here.
Why?
– We were beaten Nikon (Anttola) and Peran (Yvärinen) with intensive exercise. It’s okay.
So everything is fine?
– Is.
What do you say tactically about tomorrow’s race?
– Probably the basic even speed distribution. There will be two hard work pieces on the track. They must not be pulled too hard. Especially the first time. You have to keep in mind that the distance is 15 kilometers.
Should we have skied 15 kilometers in the World Cup like we still do in the value competitions?
– I would have liked that, Lindholm said, until he started coughing properly.
– Skiathlon hasn’t been terribly skied either. Quite new distances are skied here.
Would it be most important to ski the race smoothly from start to finish?
– Yes, Lindholm said and coughed again.
Or not to cough so much?
– Yeah… I really just did an intensive workout, so after that I’m coughing.
– I can really ruin my own race by skiing too hard. It would be good if I didn’t ski too hard. We’ll see.
Is 15 kilometers the most important start for you in these World Championships?
– It would probably be yes. If you think about last year’s Olympics, I liked 15 kilometers the most.
Now that we’re going on vacation, isn’t it still home for you?
– Well yeah. That’s right.