In Beijing, Vīgants entered the elimination rounds in sprint freestyle and won 20th place, which is the highest achievement in Latvian cross-country skiing at the Olympic Games. Wiegants admitted that he surprised both himself and the others, because no one expected such a high-value result from him. “During this time, we also managed to progress, for example, last year with Lauri Kaparkalėju, we entered the top thirty in the World Cup stages. I won 17th place, and also in the elimination races I felt that I could compete and fight with the others. In the Olympic Games, the sprint will be in the classic style, which is not good for me, but we will try to do our best to qualify for the top thirty. The track of the Olympic Games will also be longer than usual,” Wiegants concluded.
