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Kristine Stavås Skistad is one of Norway’s big medal jump in the World Cup.
But not everyone in their home country likes the 25-year-old’s way of being.
– The Norwegians are a bit split here. She is 100 percent a character!, Says TV expert Petter Solng Skinstad to the Sports Bible.
Already during the ski World Cup’s premiere day, the sprint is decided in Trondheim. It is one of the most interesting races in advance this championship because there are so many who can win the gold. There are also several Swedish medal jumps. Most of the time is the home run, on the other hand Kristine Stavås Skistad26.
The expert describes Kristine Stavås Skistad
The Norwegian sprinter is one of the favorites to win the gold in the World Cup. She is in fierce competition with the Swedes Jonna Sundling30, and Linn Svahn25, as well as American Jessie Diggins33, and the Swiss Nadine Fähndrich29. Stavås Skistad has had a different season that began with an unplanned stomach surgery. Since then, she has not done much of her, which she does not usually do. She is often described as a little own person who likes to isolate herself.
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When the TV2 expert Petter Solng Skinstad Should give a statement about her, he buys the description that she is a little different. To some extent a silent and shy girl who is happy to hide behind the other riders, to some extent a cocky winner who likes to peek the opponents.
– To the highest degree. There is some mystery around Kristine Stavås Skistad. The Norwegians are a bit split here. Someone looks at her as a female Petter Northug And think it’s canon. Someone else thinks she is a little arrogant. I like Kristine a lot because we need the different characters in cross -country skiing. She is 100 percent a character!, He tells the Sports Bible.
Stavås Skistad has only one chance at World Cup gold
He admits that it is a bit odd that she, just as Northug used to do during her heyday, preferably spikes and criticizes her rivals while being the world’s most withdrawn and calm person. The TV2 expert thinks she plays some theater.
– It’s just her personality. She may have also decided a little to play a role, he says.
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Unlike Jonna Sundling and some of the other strong sprint girls, Stavås Skistad has only one chance at the medal in the home World Cup, because she cannot compete at any other distance.
– She is a “One Race Horse” who has no more cards to play than sprint. She has to perform in just the sprint at the World Cup while Jonna Sundling can break off a rod on the sprint and take a medal of 10 km, on the baton and some other distance races. Kristine is 100 percent forced to perform on the sprint. We need her, because without her the sprint becomes a Swedish parade march with few other challengers, says Solng Skinstad and continues:
– For the audience, for the competition and for the media it is good to have a Norwegian in the mix.
Who do you think wins the ladies’ sprint in the World Cup? Jonna Sundling, Linn Svahn or Kristine Stavås Skistad? Someone quite different? Feel free to comment!
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