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Frida Karlsson exceeded all expectations in the VC premiere.
And thus silences all critics and experts after their harsh words.
Anders Blomquist is forced to eat his own words about Swedish.
The concern was great too Frida Karlsson ahead of this year’s long-awaited premiere of the World Cup. Just weeks before the ski season, she suffered a setback and could not even train on snow like the rest of the Swedish national ski team.
Blomquist’s great concern
The SVT expert Anders Blomquist was very clear in his position and directed harsh words about the Swedish skiing star’s upcoming season.
– I don’t think she will reach her full potential this season, he said firmly.
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But then came the opening day in Finnish Ruka and suddenly Karlsson was on the starting line after an unexpectedly early comeback. And not only that, she also made complete blockbusters.
Karlsson refutes
Frida Karlsson outclassed everyone in the star field and won by a full 46 seconds ahead of the runner-up Therese Johaug. Therefore, ski expert Blomquist is forced to eat his own words about Swedish.
– It is one of the best races she has done during her entire career, he says to SVT.
– The fact that she does it when she comes back from injury is fantastically well done. It is an outclass, an almost completely perfect race.
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Instead of training on snow, Frida left the country and spent several weeks in Tenerife doing rehab training at high altitude. It would turn out to be a stroke of genius before the season opener.
– That effort is absolutely fantastic! Obviously, we didn’t really know how serious the damage was. But if you can’t train as you want, groins are usually very difficult and they can become long-term injuries. Then the training will suffer for long periods, but now she got down to the heat and high altitude quite quickly, says a very impressed Anders Blomquist.
– They were able to do very nice things down there and it’s almost like you feel that you have profited from it. The high altitude, the heat and alternative training have worked very well and it works. This was absolutely amazing!
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