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Jonna Sundling became a big World Cup queen in Trondheim.
The Swedish salvaged three gold medals during the ski World Cup.
But now she is forced to be held accountable – against Elvira Öberg.
The season’s big ski party is over and the ski World Cup in Trondheim ended in a large blue-yellow gold rain. Where the Swedish ski ladies won all six gold medals before the Norwegian rivals.
Öberg’s harsh words
One of the big World Cup queens became Jonna Sundling Who salvaged three gold medals in sprint, team sprint and women’s relay. But now she is back in reality again and the World Cup in cross -country skiing is waiting.
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But for Sundling, who misses the weekend’s competitions due to illness, she must now be held accountable against the biathlon Hanna Öberg and Elvira Öberg. The sisters go hard for the cross -country skiers of the world cup and wonder why so many are over races during the season.
– Why doesn’t the total World Cup have the same status in cross -country skiing as in biathlon?, Says Hanna in the podcast “Winter Pass”.
– With us, the total has a very large prestige. And I don’t think the total removes the value for a World Cup – championship and the total are two different things and they weigh very heavy both. Especially because everyone goes in biathlon and everyone runs all World Cup competitions.
Sundling’s response
Jonna Sundling has been clear that she prioritized the ski World Cup this season and therefore chose to stand above several World Cup.
– This felt like the best arrangement for me to be as good as possible at the World Cup. But a dream is so clear to go everything, but to go both sprint and distance is tough and you must not miss anything. Diseases can destroy a lot and I did not want that before the World Cup, says Jonna in the pod.
– The World Cup is not every year for us either, but each other.
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The biathlon World Cup is every year, but it is also clear that the biathlon is investing much more in winning the overall World Cup also by going as many races as possible, unlike cross-country skiing.
– It feels a bit more like after 2/3 of the season you realize that you have a chance at the total and then invest. If you had just traveled all the races from the beginning of the season, you would have taken a lot more points, says Elvira Öberg.
– It also does not feel like the schedule invites the riders to run all competitions, when it is a World Cup race so close to a World Cup.
There, Sundling is clear that the Tour de Ski around the turn of the year is very crucial for who wins the overall World Cup, as a lot of points are awarded in that mini tour.
-We have the Tour de Ski and it must apparently be just that time every year, because that’s when they have the most TV viewers. If we had been able to move it, it would have looked completely different, maybe as the last thing in the season, because it gives so many points, says Jonna in the pod.
– But if you do not do the sport a disservice if you do not stand in the Tour de Ski?, Says the sisters Öberg in their criticism.
– It is clear that I have thought in those paths. But I also have to think about myself and everyone now notice if I do not stand for competitions, because I am at that level. But the World Cup was my goal with this season and I was not willing to risk my form and my feeling because of the Tour de Ski, when it is so close. We must see in the future, says Sundling.
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