SEEFELD (Dagbladet): In a few weeks has junioren Kristine Stavås Skistad talking about how good the chances she had to win the world cup-gold on the sprint. Along the way the majority took this talk as a fanfare for a wonderful new Norwegian skistjerne; a lass who manages to make the sport just as happy as it should be.
But the only almost two finaleheat later, it was obvious that this was something much more than words. It was a fart of a different world; all the way to Kristine shuffled it to for themselves on rushing way past the Stina Nilsson and Maiken Casper Fall to world cup final.
Then fell she.
And after the matchless go to judge, was it a fall from a world cup silver. For amazing Maiken Caspersen Falla, of course.
FOR no matter how dramatic the this the world cup final was, there is no reason to take away something from Maikens world CHAMPIONSHIP gold medals. She has trained herself to.
Long Maiken been hearing how sjanseløs she would be on a disturbance with Stina Nilsson and other Swedish supersprinterne. The criticism she has used as good fuel to be faster.
the Result came in today. In finaleheatene, there was no one who followed her in friskøyting on the long plain on the way to the run. It was the exact same place where she lacked the pace in last year’s trial world CHAMPIONSHIP.
the Swedes missed a total of gold to Fall
Now it was missing nothing.
Aside from a clean spurtoppgjør with Kristine Stavås Skistad.
BUT let me be honest. Had the Swedish girls continue dominance at this distance, I would guaranteed have written that Kristine dropped from gold. So fast is she.
On the way down to the world cup I talked a little with Kristine about it with speed. Then she was concerned that it was trained up on the skigymnaset in Lillehammer with series after series of short sprints.
It provides security to be know that you are the soon-to-be the very fastest. So much so that junioren got to talk freely about the gold all the way to the last press conference before the sprint as the wise, well-grown coach Ole Morten Iversen pass on to brace a fit a safety net under the table.
But no more than that she had challenged themselves to the maximum before she almost slammed in the vantet.
FOR in the quarter-finals selected Kristine is the absolute hardest way. Førsteheatet with the Swedish favourite Stina Nilsson, the american challenger, Sophie Caldwell and the fast veteran Katja Withered from sprintkometen Slovenia. Zero respect; that is.
It was the reason she let herself in the front according to the plan, let the pace be just like that fit and fixed heatseier and semi-finals on the last few metres.
Because she is so fast.
THAT all this happened in a Norwegian sprintlag as in almost the whole season has been a beating of the lightning svenskr underscore only need to look at the framework for the Norwegian kvinnelangrenn. Where is there an obvious peculiarity:
While there are 14 boys in the men’s two elite team for allroundere and sprinters, it’s just 10 girls on the women’s shared commitment. Skistads sjokkvalg
This inequality is difficult to understand in a skimiljø where it is the girls who first set the standard for the great Norwegian success. The guys came after inspired by the intensity of the exercise to Marit Bjørgen and the other. On the way is herrelandslagene been as strong as kvinnelandslaget.
But from there to give the guys a so great advantage, is way too long.
THE the last seven vinterne it has been historically difficult to get up in the Norwegian kvinnelandslaget. The sporting level has been so high that it hardly has been a place for newcomers. The quality may have alarmed several talents and several years.
Over time, it is a dangerous development for the generasjonsskiftet to come. Fortunately, it has this winter been several younger runners who’ve approached. As Weng-twins Lotta and Tiril and Kristine Stavås Skistad. And now also with a world CHAMPIONSHIP bronze as all begrudge Mari Eide.
But even in this first brilliant world cup-the day must not stop the necessary turmoil that the recruitment is good enough.
IT is worthwhile to give most runners the opportunity to get the strongest trainers, the most robust fitness regime the best kunnskapsoverføringen. Sweden is a good example of it.
Where there is no difference between the number of runners on the lord -and kvinnelandslaget. They are 14 girls and 14 boys with equal distribution on the A-team and the league’s rekruttsatsing Team Bauhaus. From these groups come also those who have made winter’s massive sprintsuksess.
CROSS country is there a shorter way up to the international sprintnivå than on distance. It should make Skiforbundet even more anxious to put together a larger kvinnelandslag.
the Arguments against have been doubt that the talent is good enough. It doesn’t sound convincing for a skinasjon that for a couple of years ago papered all of the six finishers in the overall world cup title.
Just the dominance is no longer there. Ever more nations developing the good jenteløpere. It is healthy for the international cross-country skiing, but we must be sure our best talents on the be wise way possible.
In Norway, it must naturally happen with equal resources to girls as boys.
Just see how great they are a little too few Norwegian skijentene delivers.
the SKI world CHAMPIONSHIP PROGRAM Thursday 21. February
At 12: 00 noon Prologue sprint: Sprint freestyle women and gentlemen Kl 14.00 Finals: Sprint freestyle women and gentlemen
Friday 22. February
At 10: 30 Am Jump storbakke: Combined (HS120 in Innsbruck) At 16.15 Combined cross-country skiing: 10 km
Saturday 23. February
11: 00 Am 15 mile skibytte: Women At 12: 30 pm 30 miles skibytte: Gentlemen At 14.30 Jump Storbakke: Gentlemen
Sunday 24. February
Kl 09.15 semi-finals lagsprint: cross-country Skiing women and gentlemen At 10: 30 Am Jump lagsprint: Combined At 11: 30 Finals lagsprint: Sprint freestyle cross-country skiing women and gentlemen 13.30 Hrs Lagsprint combined 2 x 7.5 km cross-country skiing At 14.45 Lagkonkurranse jump: Innsbruck
Tuesday, 26. February
13.30 Hrs 10 km classic: Women 16.00 Qualification jump: Women
on Wednesday the 27th. February
Kl 14.00 15 km classic: Gentlemen At 16.15 Jump: Women
Thursday, 28. February
11: 00 Am Jump normalbakke: Combined At 13: 00, Relay cross-country skiing: Women, 4×5 km Kl 15.15 Combined cross-country skiing: 10 km
Friday 1. march
Kl 13.15 Relay cross-country skiing, Gentlemen, 4×10 km 16.00 Jumps Gentlemen, normalbakke
Saturday 2. march
11: 00 Am Lagkonkurranse combined: Jump normalbakke At 12.15 30 miles: Women, freestyle At 14.45 Lagkonkurranse combined: cross-country Skiing 4×5 km 16.00 Mixed lagkonkurranse jump: normalbakke
Sunday 3. march
At 13: 00, 50 miles: Gentlemen, freestyle
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the Game passes the entire season, but you win prizes each and every round.
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