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Nowadays Linn Svahn is one of the big sprint stars.
A few years ago, it was Stina Nilsson who dominated.
Linn, who has been compared to Stina, during her career admits what she thinks about her.
Swedish ski star Linn Svahn Looking ahead to the Ski World Cup and his great chance to salvage the very first championship medal. It has been five years since the big breakthrough in 2020 and since then there have been several heavy years with tough injury problems.
Stina praises Linn
During last year’s season, Svahn was finally back in great form again and lined up victories in the sprint race at the World Cup. Ever since she broke through like a super talent she has been compared to the former sprint queen Stina Nilsson.
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Both met in the ski tracks for the first time in February 2019 during a super sprint in Östersund. Then it was an 18-year-old Linn who surprisingly defeated the World Cup and Olympic gold hero Nilsson.
– She is wonderfully impressive. She is super fast, Stina told SVT in a very beautiful tribute then.
Svahn about Nilsson
The reason for many sees similarities between Linn Svahn and Stina Nilsson is partly for their sprint properties but also because they always dare to go their own way.
– I am very sure what to do to succeed and do not thumb on it even though others around had a slightly different view and want to go in another direction. I am very much driven by the fact that I myself have the ball and I know what I need to do to be even sharper and even faster, Svahn told TT in an interview in 2020.
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Linn has always been proud to be compared to Stina. She who won an Olympic gold, two World Cup gold and took a total of 23 individual World Cup victories as cross-country skiers, after which the Swede has also moved on to both biathlon and long run.
– I’ve been told it before and it feels very cool because she is a unique character and skier. Of course, she has been inspiring, but the way of thinking – the traits that are a bit similar between us – have always been with me. Before I knew who Stina Nilsson was, said the young Svahn, who, however, broke through the same year that Nilsson changed sports.
– It will be sad not to be able to match her in the future. But I’ll keep the banner high anyway.
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