Emil Hegle Svendsen: "Objective Sochi, salter many races"

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The Norwegian biathlete has set goals for the upcoming season, admitting that it has no interest in the race for the World Cup.

Saturday 28 September 2013 3 minutes reading time

In fact, twenty-eight of Trondheim, who recently won the national title in the sprint, is preparing for a training camp at altitude in his opinion very important to forge the best physical shape. "The preparation in the fall is essential because it is the work done at this time of year'' that determines whether the season will be good or not.'s Why I'm very attentive to detail" - the newspaper Adressa Svendsen said, adding then that "in the coming winter my only goal will be the Olympic Games, consequently shall devote specific training to be in top condition in Russia. It will be essential to remain healthy, so I will be forced to miss several races." Emil is still alive in the memory of February 2009. At that time it was yellow bib, but on the eve of the World Cup saw his season compromised by an illness that forced him to a long stop. A similar thing is repeated again in 2013 immediately after the event World Championships in Nove Mesto (where he was the protagonist) with Martin Fourcade was unable to challenge for the overall World Cup. Svendsen then want to minimize the efforts for the purpose of pre-Olympic not strapazzarsi and prevent a health problem ruining his chances to Sochi. In the light of the statement by the Norwegian is clear that the crystal ball, which he won last year'' in its Olympic, is not high on the list of its priorities.

Francesco Paone

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