The women’s side in Sweden is almost unparalleled.
Now Jonna Sundling points out the big secret behind the enormous success.
– It is perhaps a bit clichéd, says the star.
The season may not have been what Jonna Sundling had hoped for, but towards the end of it she once again showed that she belonged to the absolute world elite, especially in sprints. Jonna Sundling has an ability to be at her very best when it matters most, but last season she tried something new.
Big success
Given that there was no championship pending, Sundling experimented with improving as an all-rounder and at distance, which may have affected her results in the sprints. Next season, however, awaits the much-anticipated WC in Trondheim, and then Sundling will once again do everything in his power to stand at the top of the podium, especially in the favorite distance sprint and team sprint.
But Sundling is said to have fierce competition, not least from teammates such as Linn Svahn and Maja Dahlqvist, and especially in sprints, it is clear just how good the Swedish national team actually is. It is not unusual for there to be up to five Swedes in a sprint final in the World Cup, and last season it was pretty much only Norwegian Kristine Stavå’s Skistad that could stop a total blue-yellow dominance.
Nice words about the teammates
At the same time as the men’s side in the Swedish national skiing team has struggled enormously with results in recent years, the women’s side has sometimes been superior, and in an interview with ostersund.se, Jonna Sundling now points out the big secret behind the success.
– There are so many parts. We are a very good national team group and are only getting tighter and tighter, and safer with each other. It is perhaps a bit cliché, that you encourage each other and that success breeds success, but it is actually so true, says Sundling to the website.
One thing that certainly helps is that several of the stars in the national team are based in Östersund. Apart from Jonna Sundling, Ebba Andersson and Frida Karlsson, among others, live there.
– Being an athlete and cross-country skier is a lifestyle. When we socialize, so does sport. We train, eat and sleep. It goes on repeat. It’s a special life, and you opt out of a lot of other things. You are the same, and it becomes like your family and circle of friends, says Sundling.
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