Astrid Jacobsen: "I'm stronger than ever." Ritorner big?

Astrid Jacobsen, prim'attrice cross-country skiing a few years ago, is in huge confidence ahead Vintage Olympic.

Thursday 26 September 2013 4 minutes reading time

In the 2006-2007 season, when he was still in junior age, blew strongly in January and earned the call for the World Cup in Sapporo where surprisingly won the gold medal in the sprint and two bronze in team events. In the winter following the Norwegian grew further shots and came to dispute the overall World Cup in Virpi Kuitunen, then undisputed ruler of the circuit. The athlete of Trondheim seemed destined for a great future being more complete than the same age as Charlotte Kalla and compatriot Therese Johaug, the other two rising stars of women's cross half a decade ago. Unfortunately for her, things went very differently and almost completely lost the next two seasons due to a violent food allergy that struck in 2008 and a terrible fall mountain biking where he risked his life in June 2009. Over the last three years Jacobsen has achieved more than discrete, but remained consistently below the levels expressed between January 2007 and March 2008, so as to consider the possibility of the withdrawal of frustration of not being able to get back on top. The twenty-six, however, did not give up and now showing considerable optimism about their physical condition as he told the Norwegian NRK television of "I had never felt so strong in the month of September. Athletic tests confirm my feelings, I the best ever. I just have to have this state of shape during the winter. " The aspiring doctor (long combines training in medical studies) claims to have the Olympic Games in Sochi its great goal and very realistically states that "I have to fight to earn a bib. Competition is very high because most likely we will have to play only two seats. fact, in the distance test Bjoergen and Johaug are untouchable, as well as Marit and Falla in the sprint. I think I have more chances in the sprint and just ten kilometers. Additionally I hope to join the quartet of relay race. " Having Sochi in the viewfinder Astrid declares that the game is unlikely to be in the Tour de Ski: "It's not a competition I can win." The coming months will tell if the unprecedented optimism Jacobsen is justified. Certainly a return to the summit would be pure oxygen for cross-country skiing women's, now imprisoned in a four triarchy composed of Bjoergen, Kowalczyk and Johaug.

Francesco Paone

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