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Frida Karlsson was back in the World Cup and won outright in Les Rousses, France.
Now the star reveals how she will plan her coming weeks before it’s time for the WC in Trondheim.
– I have had a plan for a long time, she tells Sportbladet.
She has only competed in five World Cup races so far this season, but has already won two of them. Frida Karlsson25, has been dragging with a foot injury for a few months. She has been forced to sit out several competition weekends in the World Cup and also the entire Tour de Ski. Despite that, she has really delivered when she has been able to compete.
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Among other things, she crushed the opposition already in the first race of the season (10 km classic) in Finnish Ruka. She finished a full 46.5 seconds ahead of the runner-up Therese Johaug. Barely two months later, it was time for the next victory. This time in the mass start (20 km classic) in Les Rousses. She was a full minute and a half faster than Ebba Andersson who came second.
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Three World Cup weekends remain before it’s time for the Ski World Cup in Trondheim, Norway, February 26 to March 9. Next weekend, the Swiss Engadin will be the host, then Italian Cogne and Swedish Falun. Now Frida Karlsson reveals that she will not go to any of the resorts.
– I have had a plan for a long time. I go up high and enter my own little world and charge for the WC, she tells Sportbladet.
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There will thus be no more World Cup competitions before the WC. Instead, there will be a high-altitude camp in Lavazé, Italy. In addition, she will have time to rest and rehabilitate her foot.
– Now I’m going to get energy from the sun, get good training, relax my shoulders and come fully charged to the WC, she says and continues:
– Maybe I’ll run my own competition on the Olympic tracks in Val di Fiemme. Then I will be my biggest threat, haha.
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She tells Expressen that she was keen to borrow the biathlete Jesper Nelins homemade, removable conveyor belts. He has built like a mobile trailer that he has the band in. Karlsson has asked if she can take it down through Europe to practice on the band.
– That’s right, but it wasn’t really clear, so I solved it in a different way. Roller conveyor belts have been safe for me. Skis have still been a bit more taxing on my injuries than roller belts are. So I’ve run almost all speed sessions on tape, she explains.
How sad that we don’t get to see you in the World Cup until after the WC. But we understand your decision, Frida. Good luck now with the training before the championship. Only you know what you need to be able to perform in a desirable way. The rest of us just support you. Drive hard!
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