Emil Hegle Svendsen: "I am better than Martin Fourcade in the World Cup and the Olympics, but in 2018 I could not be there"

On the day that Martin Fourcade spoke all''Equipe, taking stock of the situation of his health, even his Emil Hegle Svendsen made statements of some interest to the newspaper Aftenposten. If your French is pounding and motivated, the portrait that emerges of the Norwegian & egrave; quite the opposite.

Tuesday 2 September 2014 5 minutes reading time

The twenty-nine of Trondheim said that the resumption of training & egrave; weigh: "From time to time & egrave; really hard to find the motivation. Below this point of view the spring and 'summer just passed were the most & ugrave; hard in my life. An Olympic cycle & egrave; finished, and looking to my past 4 years, I realized that it has reached us & ograve; wanted. During this same period of 2013, I was pretty sure that Sochi would not be my last edition of the Games and I competed until at least 2018 But now are much more & ugrave; uncertain about the duration of my career. "& nbsp; Actually & agrave; & not egrave; the first time that Svendsen makes statements to this effect. In fact long ago confessed & ograve; even thinking to retire In autumn 2012, exhausted by too intense workouts. Exactly the 'opposite of teammate Ole Einar Bj & oslash; rndalen, at age 40 still on top dell''onda. In this regard, Emil has admitted that he can not "not even compare to him when it comes to finding the motivation. Professional sport & egrave; ruthless. If you do not want to train, you're a goner.'s' Weapon pi & ugrave; strongest available to every athlete & egrave, to be motivated to improve continuously. & egrave This, the secret of Ole ". The Norwegian & egrave; was rather vague about his goals for 2014 - '' 15, but then specify to accept a certain trophy: "I do not want to set a specific goal. Andr & ograve, forward race by race trying to get the most out of each of them. Both clear that will not be & ograve; through service because & eacute; not & egrave; fun to race holding the handbrake on. Hence andr & ograve, at full throttle in the coming months. Moreover going to get the fifth anniversary of my only win of the World Cup. So would not hurt to get her back. " The inevitable question about health problems Fourcade in which the Scandinavian launched the gauntlet: "All the Norwegian team will wait & agrave, his return to the highest form, and I will fight when sar & agrave, at the top. Emphasize that in recent years I have always thought of Sochi 2014, I considered it my goal sovereign, cos & igrave, as my focus & egrave; always been on the big event of the season. In this regard, I am very satisfied with my results especially since & eacute; into quell''ambito I did better than Fourcade " . & nbsp; Now, we do not want the good Emil, but here touches sbugiardarlo. Nell''ultimo four Olympic Fourcade won 7 gold medals overall (five world championships and two Olympic), while Svendsen & egrave you; stopped at 4 (three and ones). Also, the total bill of medals & egrave; brutally in favor of the French (11 to 7). The 'only way that the "Viking" has to tip on its side on the balance pan & egrave; what to put on it also gained successes in the relay. In that case the count & egrave; 10 golds to 7. However, the evidence in teams should be charged extra because, as the saying goes, "you win or lose in four," never alone. Furthermore, wanting to malign, c '& egrave; some difference between teammates and dell''uno of 'the other ...

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