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In an interview with the Finnish sports channel, Yle Sport, Andreas Romar tells how he is preparing for 2018 goals, hoping to be finally left behind by physical problems and injuries that have limited his potential in recent seasons.
Friday 9 June 2017 8 minutes reading time
For the Finnish polyvalent, the fact of having to start at 27 years of the national team B has not been rated as a throwback, but rather as a second start of a career always conditioned by injuries and various physical problems.
"I now finally see the light after years when I was in a dark room and the fact that I was relegated to national team B and '' just a mere fact of previously established internal criteria." This picturesque comment issued by the native skier Of the Ostrobothnia.
Internal criteria set in summer by the Finnish Ski Association that required at least two points in the points area to be automatically selected in the National Team Suomi for the season that will take place at the Pyeongchang Olympics.
Born in Mustasaari, a small village north of the more populated Vaasa, in July 1989 by both parents, gymnastics instructors, for little Andreas the inspiration for what will be his future is already three years old when Mum and Papa '' take him to the little hillock of Purnuvuori and he skiing at his feet decides to throw himself out of his "little Steilhang" of just 45 meters in altitude.
On that first day, skiing on the feet and sticks well-worn, Romar already decided that skiing would be his "personal thing" and his destiny: "Since then, I loved the freedom to have skis underneath My feet, the speed you can produce and the delightful feeling you experience in overcoming your fears. "
From that day on, Andreas has always given priority to alpine skiing, although in the following years he has also practiced many other sports disciplines, from sailing to football.
But since his transfer to Kuusamo for 15 years, to attend the most renowned Finnish ski gym, Rukan Alppikoulu, for Romar, skiing becomes physically the most important thing, and so comes his dream to be able to train with the best skiers in Finland, To be able to pursue his goal of winning 5 gold medals at the Olympics or at the subsequent Olympic Games. He jokes about this fact: "At this moment, this dream has not worked well yet, but I'm always in the street ...."
The World Cup career for the Finnish co-founder debuts at the most exclusive location of the white circus: the Kitzbühel slalom at only 19 years, but not qualifying for the round.
But two years later, in the Junior World Championships in Garmisch, Romar has achieved the highest career in the downhill bronze behind the blue duo Plank - Paris.
Year after year, Andreas develops more and more of his multi-faceted qualities, gradually improving on a whole range of disciplines. This is up to the highlight of his career: the world of Schladming where he combines for a handful of centimeters the combined bronze and centered on a historic 5th place downhill that was previously conquered by a Finnish.
From the following season to the Australian World Cup and the lack of participation in the Sochi Olympics for the Finns, a period characterized by injuries and highs and downs in its World Cup results.
Heel injury at the beginning of 2014, right leg broken the next year and knee injury in February 2016 are just a few bickers that have stopped the development in the technical disciplines and slowed down considerably the growth in the beloved fast disciplines.
But now for him it is time to leave all the physical problems behind and focus on the future workouts he plays with the German team before meeting his comrades biancoblu Samu Torsti and Marcus Sandell at the beginning of September on Austrian glaciers: "Last year I was not ready and the results have shown this, but now I'm already training at full speed and I feel that my body responds to all the stresses without any hesitation, pushing it smoothly in all the dry workouts so far I can not wait to start over with the first Season Cup races at Lake Louise. "
Although for the Finnish skier the primary goal of next season is the Korean Olympic Games and sets its personal goals in the three disciplines that it plans to play in South Korea: Downhill, SuperG and Alpine Combined: "Yes, the Olympics are My great goal of 2018 and my targets are to get into the Top 10 in Downhill and SuperG and in the top 5 in combination. This is my realistic potential at the moment. First I would like to have a good summer and a good autumn of For many years I did not feel so good in the summer and with the workouts I planned until the fall I will have to fine-tune my engine and then finally be able to release all the horses that I feel I have still in Of me in the coming winter. "
Just wait for Andreas Romar to get off the Jeongseon Downhill starting gate with the same courage and bravado that saw him meet 24 years ago the Purnuvuori housewife to allow him to enter the history of alpine skiing and finally inscribe Finland in the road map of Disciplines fast.
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