Alpine Skiingseason 2021/22
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The teams of the national teams have been made official: 17 men and 12 women, with Kajsa Vickhoff Lie, also injured, in team A with Mowinckel and Lysdahl. Also on the list Adrian Smiseth Sejersted, who will try to return.
Wednesday 28 April 2021 5 minutes reading time
The Norway of alpine skiing is also present, in view of a 2021/22 season that in the Scandinavian house we hope a little luckier than the last one, seasoned by a series of very heavy injuries, starting from the stop of Aleksander Aamodt Kilde, in full swing for an encore in the World Cup, passing through those of the young phenomena Lucas Braathen and Atle Lie McGrath, up to Kajsa Vickhoff Lie in the dramatic super-g in Val di Fassa.
There are 29 athletes included in the federal cadres, 17 men and 12 women divided, in both cases, into three different groups. The sporting director of the sector, Claus Johan Ryste, explained that the team will work, at least until next autumn, between Norway and European glaciers avoiding international travel with the current situation linked to the virus.
The men's team A awaits with open arms the return of Kilde, in fact, but also of Braathen inserted in the main group as well as captain Kjetil Jansrud, who seeks the year of redemption on a par with Henrik Kristoffersen. Obviously also present was the world champion in slalom, Sebastian Foss-Solevaag, as well as the veteran Leif Kristian Nestvold-Haugen and an Adrian Smiseth Sejersted who, after having risked ending his career prematurely due to cartilage problems in the knee again injured in Bormio , will try to re-enter once again.
Five elements in team B, with Atle Lie McGrath ready to earn promotion, he already on a World Cup podium with the fantastic 2nd place in the giant in Alta Badia, a sprinter who surprised like Henrik Roea, and three elements of technical disciplines, namely Timon Haugan, Rasmus Windingstad and Fabian Wilkens Solheim. In team C, finally, the very young Alexander Steen Olsen, already in light in the European Cup and debut at the end of the season in the top circuit, Halvor Hilde Gunleiksrud, Kaspar Kindem, Oscar Zimmer and Andreas Amdahl.
Three women are part of the national team A, with Ragnhild Mowinckel returning from a running season after various knee injuries, Kristin Lysdahl who remains the reference for the Norwegian slalom and Kajsa Vickhoff Lie herself, who stopped right on the most beautiful, after the first cup podium in Garmisch. In team B various specialists in giant and slalom, with Mina Fuerst Holtmann, Thea Louise Stjernesund, Maria Tviberg, Kristina Riis-Johannessen, Kaja Norbye and Marte Monsen, winner of the European Cup.
Finally, in the “C”, Mariell Kufaas, Andrine Maerstoel and Tuva Norbye.
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