Now it is clear which athletes will compete against each other in SVT’s popular program “Champion of the Champions”. Then SVT dropped a real bomb – and announced that Nils van der Poel is ready for the competition.
Nils van der Poel has been one of Sweden’s hottest athletes in recent years. The Swede stopped his venture after the 2018 Olympics but came back a couple of years later with a clear goal in mind: win an Olympic gold in Beijing four years later.
Ready for the hit show
The 26-year-old trained like no one else, which ultimately resulted in double Olympic gold and several world records. After the season, however, the skating star announced that he was retiring – and after that he has jumped on several other assignments.
Among other things, he now acts as an ambassador for the ski company Skistar, a billionaire consultant for Svenska Spel, but in recent weeks van der Poel has started a venture into a completely new sport.
He is now aiming for the WC in swimrun in September – something he has to work towards in parallel with another mission.
Here are all the participants
Now it is clear that Nils van der Poel will compete in SVT’s popular program Mästarnas mäster, which will be broadcast in the spring of 2023.
Filming starts already in September and Nils van der Poel is joined by several other great sports icons. Among others, Charlotte Kalla, Anja Pärson and Johan Wissman are also ready for the program.
Other participants are: Richard Nordstrand, Maria Gretzer, Elina Öhman, Jonna Adlerteg, Andreas Bergwall and Anders Holmertz.
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