During Friday sprinkling rain at times down on Saturday to bid on any minusgrad and residence, in the early hours of the morning is the clouds over the stadium.
– Now change it very much, it is going to be different in the skiathlon. It becomes coarser the grain and the rain causes it to become moisture in the snow, ” says Nilsson.
in Order to be able to be fighting on the pallplatserna required that the athletes have perfectly tended cross-country skis.
– It is important that we find a combination, it is difficult to have excellent at all the places along the track. But it also depends on which rider it is all about. Some want to map more, it will be a challenge in itself.
forced to look for skis that fit the wetter snow can be a problem, it is not always you’ll find the right in terms of structure and wax.
– It is not the same products and structures that went on the Friday going on Saturday, absolutely not. It is a challenge is that the runway is in a valley, it gets very sunny on the red loop, the classical part, and some slopes are jättepåverkade. We have skis for all conditions. Then it is to test the entire registry but it doesn’t matter if there is sun, clouds, rain or snow making as well as the same job anyway.
Nilsson admits that Friday’s rain makes the race more hazardous.
” It is a challenge not only for vallateamet but also for the athletes who must figure out how best to master some parts of the track. But we shall not complicate it. We have 31 podiums, we shall not invent the wheel again but to be safe, do more tests and ensure that we are where you should be. Then you have to not be a coward either, you will find something that is better, so find something that is better.
there are hundreds of new skis in the Swedish vallabussen.
” we work a lot before it pulls in the time. Manufacturers are working just as much as we do with to find something that is better than the other has, they have their riders that they will be supporting in the best way.
Even if vallteamet may be and to eat cake when the medals dancing in see Nilsson, a podium more as the good performance of the rider than of the vallateamet.
– It will not hang on the material. Our goal is to ensure that the skaters have competitive material, we train not home a medal, it is the contestant who goes home a medal.