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She is known for being extremely secretive.
But now comes the private disclosure of Kristine Stavås Skistad.
– I’m not going to ruin Kristine’s image but …, says Lillborsan Erik Stavås Skistad to Nettavisen.
She has in a short time become one of Norway’s most famous cross -country skiers. But there are few who know who Kristine Stavås Skistad Actually,.
The mystery Skistad
The Norwegian always stays for himself, exercises on his own outside the Norwegian skiing team and is usually worded in interviews. Therefore, a great mysticism has been formed around the long sprint star which is so secretive.
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The 26-year-old from Konnerud has also become known for arguing with the Swedish rivals in the tracks and has ended up in Dust with Linn SvahnThe Frida Karlsson and Emma Ribom in recent years.
The brothers reveal
She is not afraid to say what she thinks and therefore so many Norwegians like her. Now comes her own brothers Erik Stavås Skistad and André Stavås Skistad With a private disclosure about who big sister Kristine actually is.
– Now I will not destroy Kristine’s image, Erik tells the Norwegian newspaper Nettavisen and admits that she is a completely different person at home compared to the ski tracks.
– I can say that she is much tougher outward, in and around ski competitions. But she is quite humble when she is with us.
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Both Erik, 23, and André, 18, have chosen football instead of cross -country skiing and play for the Norwegian club Strömsgodset. They have also not talked so much with their sister this past week when the Norwegian sprint star has gone into herself for the ski World Cup in Trondheim, which starts on Thursday.
– She is in her own bubble right now to do everything right. Now everything is about the World Cup, says the brothers and admits that the rivalry with Sweden gives her extra lighter fluid.
– It means that she gets something that she might not have had otherwise.
“She was scared”
However, it has been a tough season for Kristine Stavås Skistad, which was forced into a stomach operation just before the ski season started. That is why she missed many World Cup and the procedure has affected her a lot.
– She was scared. Because she had been looking forward to the World Cup in Trondheim for a long time. It was just about getting back on track again as quickly as possible, and that was really all she thought of, André tells the Norwegian newspaper.
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Unfortunately, both the World Cup finals in sprint on Thursday, which is their sister’s largest World Cup gold in Trondheim. Because Erik and André are on their way home from a training camp in Marbella and therefore up in the air during the sprint finals.
– The final will most likely happen when we are in the air on our way home from Spain, says Erik.
– It’s sad not to be there. I hope it is possible to buy some internet on the plane so we can see it, because if we can’t see it it will be even worse!, Says André.
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