Source: Langrenn.com
Mini-series with focus on the Norwegian longdistanceteam: Profile of three member of the longdistance team. Their training and philosophies.
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<b>Young skier want to race long races</b></p>
<p>The Norwegian longdistance team has normally consisted of athletes in their late twenties or early thirties; most of them have converted to longdistance after first having a career racing shorter distances. In Sweden and Italy there have on the other hand been a number of skiers that already in their early twenties focused on longdistance, especially after FIS started the official marathon Cup. The Norwegian longdistance team wants to recruit younger talents for longdistance racing. 19-year old Vegard Kjolhamar was easy to recruit.</p>
<p>– I was asked if I was interested, and it was exciting for me to start training with such experienced skiers, says Vegard who has had his best performances on the longest distances and therefore wanted to focus on long races.</p>
<p>– Longdistance racing is also exciting since FIS now seem to pay more attention to such races.</p>
<p> Being a part of the longdistance team doesn’t mean that he stops doing short races, he will race four FIS marathon cup races as well as Norway Cup and the Norwegian championship.</p>
<p>-it’s an advantage for Vegard to get experience with long races says Jorgen Aukland. </p>
<p>The experienced Norwegian longdistance racers are almost entirely focusing on classic. That’s not the case for the young skiers which want to race both techniques even if they are only racing classic longdistance races this winter.</p>
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