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What a dream start to the ski season!
Ebba Andersson was a huge success in this weekend’s Swedish premiere in Bruksvallarna.
But now the Swedish star announces the sad decision for the World Cup.
Finally, the ski season has started again and the Swedish favourite Ebba Andersson immediately showed its full potential. After a year last year that was destroyed by covid disease, the 27-year-old has been full of revenge for this winter.
Andersson’s success
Ebba also got a dream start to the new season when she was superior during the Swedish premiere in Bruksvallarna. She won convincingly in both the 10 km classic and 10 km free and sent a clear message to the world elite in cross-country skiing that she will be hard to beat this year.
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Next weekend it is time for the long-awaited premiere of the World Cup and Ebba Andersson has shown that she is fully ready for the new season. But now comes an unexpected and sad message from the Swedish skiing star ahead of the first competition weekend in Ruka.
Ebba declines
She now reveals why she chooses to forego the World Cup race. Andersson has decided to only compete during the World Cup weekends in Ruka and Lillehammer, thus she is opting out of the competitions in Davos, Switzerland.
– My plan A is to aim for Ruka and Lillehammer, after that I will take some Christmas leave and charge towards the Tour de Ski instead, she tells Sportbladet.
– It is a championship year and it is important to prioritize a bit. Where do I want to focus on competitions and where do I want to get some training periods in? I see before Christmas as a good opportunity considering that I still want to prioritize the tour in a championship year like this.
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The Swedish ski star is one of the few cross-country skiers who will bet on the Tour de Ski this winter, most choose to prioritize the mini-tour because of the ski World Cup. However, Andersson does not know if more of the Swedish national team riders will opt out of Davos.
– Maybe not specifically just that. I know, however, that many of my friends in the national team will also prioritize away certain competition weekends on the way to the WC, of course. Because it costs money to be out in the World Cup circus and if you want to be in the best shape for the World Cup, it is important to also find time to get some training in, she tells the evening newspaper.
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