Edvin Anger has not recognized his own body.
– I’ve had a good day here and there and then there have been a whole bunch of bad races. And I haven’t really been as fresh as I’ve wanted to be, says Anger at a press conference a few days before the opening of the Olympics.
After what he himself described as a successful pre-season, the weekends on skis started well, with podium places in the Swedish premiere in Gällivare and a third place at the World Cup premiere in Ruka at the end of November.
Then something happened.
– Everything crashed, the resting heart rate rose five beats and was like that for over a month, so it was a clear sign that something was not as it should be.
– I don’t know what kind of bang it was, if I was a little low on energy or if the total load was too high.
Var Ski Tour up and down in terms of results, among other things, a 78th place in the heat race was followed by him being the fastest in the chase start.
Anger chose to stand over the World Cup competition in Oberhof to break a negative cycle. He had a quiet training week at home with low-intensity training, lots of sleep and good nutrition. In the competition in Goms, the last in the World Cup before the Olympics, he came third in the classic sprint: “A good receipt”.
The pre-camp in Seefeld has been successful and for the first race of the Olympics, the skiathlon on Sunday, the form should hopefully have arrived.
– It seems that things are turning around now and I’m happy about that.
William Poromaa Säger that he is getting used to starting the seasons a little slow. But the form usually emerges towards the championships. The WC in Trondheim last year ended with a silver in the five mile, so now he hopes that trend will continue.
However, the road to the Olympics was not only a little more difficult in terms of the results in the World Cup. Just when the feeling in his body finally felt right, William Poromaa crashed and injured his ribs. He slipped off the course during the Tour de Ski’s pursuit start race, still chose to complete the Tour but has not competed in the World Cup since.
– It was bad for quite a while, but then when things turned around, it went quite quickly. Now I think I am pain free.
How did you manage to change the training?
– I have been able to ski, but have had to cut some sessions short because I have strained both my back and the muscle near my ribs. So had to adjust a bit, but still drove pretty much as I had planned.
Two victories in the Swedish Cup was a good passer for the body, but there is a measure of uncertainty with him.
– I guess you always do before championships. Even if the training has gone well, you’re excited about what’s to come.
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