MERÅKER (Dagbladet): Hans Christer Holund took NM-the biggest on the classic femtenkilometeren Thursday, and went with the race on a little confidence after a winding season and a disastrous stafettetappe in Swedish Ulricehamn last weekend.
the world cup-the space on the femtenkilometeren he is still far away, but with NM-biggest secured him at least a place in the total squad travelling to the world cup in Seefeld is about a couple of weeks.
– On femtenkilometerlaget I have gone for bad to be with, and so it is that I’m not good enough, so I don’t want to go either. I don’t want to go in the world cup if I don’t think I can be to fight for the podium, ” says Holund to the Newspaper.
the Paradox for Holund is that he thinks and believes he is good enough to it on tremila with skibytte.
In the offensive position
the Last time the distance was traveled internationally, he took the OLYMPIC bronze. Now he is totally addicted to being on the podium again in the Norwegian CHAMPIONSHIP on Saturday if he get the chance in the world cup, and just the hardcore requirement applies for the absolute the entire team.
I feel a bit that I am in attack mode. To date, I am perhaps right outside the team, so I have everything to win to go to a good skirenn on Saturday. I think there are several who know more on the pressure than I do, ” says Holund, and put into words how it feels to win OLYMPIC bronze on a distance and basically not be eligible to go the two flows later.
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– It is a little absurd the way it is in Norway. There are so many good. I had gone for any other nation so I could checked myself into the exercise already in the summer. But this is not the case in Norway and for Norway as a nation is the king that we have so many good, but for us athletes, it is a hell. There is nothing else to say about it.
Need to display the muscles
For Holunds part, it is not the first time he is in the same situation as he does now. Before the world cup in Lahti two years ago, got Holund place in the world cup squad when Petter Northug said from his place to the advantage of the Lightning-boy.
When had Holund gone into to third place in the verdenscuprennet in Otepää weekend before the world cup start, but ended with only to go femmila on VMs the last day.
– I don’t want to just be in the world cup squad, I want to go exercise in the world cup also. It will be important for my own part, that I show a little muscle on Saturday, ” says Holund.
And the chain reaction can get if he goes into tremilslaget with a knallbra NM-races Saturday. When is kapasitetsløperen a very hot candidate to go femmila in Seefeld, too.
the Key to VM is in other words to get on the podium in the Norwegian CHAMPIONSHIP on Saturday.
– Yes, it is there, and the duathlon is a special exercise. We are switching skis halfway and then use some other muscle groups when you go over to the skating. The transition where it is not all that do just as well, says Holund.
the Pressure is on
to give himself as good a starting point as possible, going all the landslagsutøvere to practice to switch skis and poles up to Saturday’s crucial race.
NM-tremila is the closest one comes to a world cup race, without having to be in the world cup.
Everybody knows that Saturday’s rehearsal is also an important uttaksrenn, and those who handle the pressure best will most likely also make it in the world cup, says Hans Christer Holund to the Newspaper.
– Hope I am linking as many people as possible
