The number one topic of the Skiing World Cup is currently the superstar of Norway Johannes Hösflot Kläbo.
The first name of the sport returned to the World Cup after a three -week break in Engadin, Switzerland. At the Tour de Sk, the overwhelming Kläbo actually continued from what left.
He grabbed Swedish Edvin Angerin Despite being threatened, a bright number one sprint. Kläbo had a long flash on Anger in the goal before crossing the finish line.
– Kläbo has been crushing and almost untouched in sprint for years. Anger has recently visited the eyes and annoying, Sports Ski Special Kalle Lassila Inserts the return of Kläbo with the sequel to the sports studio.
On Sunday, Kläbo was overwhelming number one in the 20 kilometer free skiing competition. The operation of the goal was again a lot.
– Kläbo took a tough race at a height of 1,800 meters to a show style. He didn’t even have to take the final race, Lassila glows.
For Kläbo, this season is special as he ski in the World Cup in his hometown Trondheim.
-The development of the condition of Kläbo towards the World Cup looks really tough, Lassila describes.
Surprise?
In Finns, the ski weekend did not cause much cheers. However, one surprise was. Emil Liekari He pulled his life skiing when he was tenth in Saturday’s sprint.
That is clearly the best World Cup investment in Liekari. He had only reached only once in the batch phase, the top 30 in the free ski sprints.
The value of the performance is rarely increased by the fact that Finns have rarely been able to do well in the high air area.
According to Lassila, Liekari was sure to ski for the World Championship team in a sprint. In Engadin, the last sprint of free skiing was held before the World Cup.
– Emil first made his way to the continuation, but the batch phase was still strong at that height. It was a really positive surprise, Lassila praises.
Flop?
Lassila raises Finnish women in Sunday’s 20 kilometer free skiing competition.
Norway and Sweden had the biggest stars on the sidelines, but still Kerttu Niskanen was the best Finn only 13th and the Norwegian winner remained Astrid ore from Slind almost a minute.
Lassila predicted in advance that Niskanen should fight for the podium and 21st place Krista Pärmäkoski Top10 investment.
Lassila recently estimated after the race in the sports studio that the slopes of the Finns went to the ski spike.
“There may be many reasons and certainly, but the Finns were really far from their own level,” Lassila said later.
According to Lassila’s opinion, the Engadin weekend cannot be drawn to the big conclusions in one direction or another in one month’s World Cup in one month or another.
First of all, Switzerland was competing at the toughest height of the season. Friday’s mixed message was a rare race format and on Sunday 20 kilometers was skied on a special route. On Sunday, the pack was mixed up with a lot of snowstorms just before the race.
– This weekend, almost everything was very exceptional. The biggest was that height at sea level. The World Cup is rarely skiing so high. It is better suited for some and worse for others. There are a lot more variables from the height. The situation will equalize when it comes to sea level, Lassila describes.
In Trondheim, only 200 meters above sea level will compete for the World Championship medals.
What on earth?
The World Biathlon World Cup took the last races before the World Cup starting a couple of weeks. Next year’s Olympic location in Anterselva had plenty to wonder, like the armor glass before the finish line.
The scoring of the biathlon stadium had been modified to shoot directly from the shooting bench towards the skiers. Therefore, a slightly harder protection for the racers has been needed.
– It’s a little excited about whether the glass lasts. They shoot right toward, EPN’s journalist Petra Manner visualize.
What next?
Finnish biathlon has lived a boom, but the World Cup went wrong.
The national team was hit by quite a bit of illness in Anterselva. The service workers first got aside and then Venla Lehtonen. On Sunday, no Finnish man competed for the flu.
Sports Biathlon Specialist Kaisa Mäkäräinen notes that there is nothing for illness. He still admits that the World Biathlon World Cup general was not as desired.
– It may not have been fully ready to get high, Mäkäräinen describes a quick transition to the World Cup tight race at 1,600 meters.
Sensation of Finland’s current season Suvi Minkkinen Also suffered from rapid transition high. He was only 69th in the quick race and couldn’t get to another personal race for Anterselva’s weekend.
Now the last few weeks before the World Cup, Minkkinen celebrates high.
In biathlon, the World Cup is high unlike cross-country skiing. Switzerland’s Lenzerheis World Championship height is 1,300 meters.
– Summer smoothness one bad week does not pour anything. I believe that in the World Cup, performance like early winter can be expected when he adapts properly high, Mäkäräinen estimates.