Sweden’s Frida Karlsson took an exceptionally overwhelming victory in the opening competition of the World Cup of Skiing.
HONEYMOON.
– The camp in Spain must have been good, Finnish skiing champion Anne Kyllönen hosed down and made the Finnish journalists laugh at the Ruka ski stadium.
In ‘s TV interview, he was on the same lines Kerttu Neck.
– There were a few question marks as to whether those times came exactly right? Everyone was wondering the same thing. There were shockingly big differences.
This is how Kyllönen and Niskanen described Sweden Frida Karlsson’s an overwhelming victory in the opening of the skiing world cup in the ten kilometer time trial race of traditional skiing.
Karlsson beat Norway, who came second in the competition Therese Johaugin by no less than 47 seconds. The winning margin is very exceptional on this trip.
Karlsson had to change his training at the beginning of November due to a stress injury in his leg. Snow training had to be skipped. Karlsson went to train in the Canary Islands, Tenerife. There he was also able to do high altitude training. Tenerife is home to the Teide volcano, whose peak is more than 3,700 meters above sea level.
Karlsson saw that he had the advantage of fresh high-altitude training. Karlsson had already felt “really good” earlier this week. Karlsson explained his situation in such a way that normally you can still benefit from the high altitude camp 10-11 days after coming down. He saw that he had received just such an extra boost.
– The feeling while skiing today was so wonderful. I felt like I was in a state of flow, Karlsson described to the Nordic media.
The Tenerife camp was also a big deal mentally. It was nice for Karlsson to be somewhere other than the hut.
– I felt like I was on another planet. As if I were somewhere in Star Wars (ed. note. Star Wars). It was great to be in my own bubble and just enjoy training, Karlsson stated.
Johaug explained the harsh defeat to the Nordic media with the starting number. Johaug started the race with starting number 46 and Karlsson with starting number 46. So Karlsson was able to start the track a good ten minutes later.
It started to snow in Ruka before the start, but according to Johaug, it calmed down later, which was suitable for Karlsson and it was easier for the Swedish star to go on the track.
Karlsson smiled at the explanation.
– What do I know about that? So we have to thank that, Karlsson described.
However, he also thought it was shocking to see the big differences on the scoreboard at the end of the race. According to Karlsson, all Swedes had the same ski solution, but he likes to compete in Ruka when he can ski and run on skis.
Head coach of the Norwegian women’s national team Surr Be Svarstad was surprised by Karlsson’s overwhelming victory and found it really impressive.
– Therese had a good race today. He was a little nervous about how high he could reach. However, second place is a good ranking, Svarstad told .