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In the months marked by cases Sundby and Johaug, Norwegian media were able to reserve less space than usual to other skiers, called into question as to comment on the vicissitudes of compatriots. And so, perhaps for the first time in his career, Petter Northug was found to approach the new season without the spotlight focused on him.
Tuesday 15 November 2016 4 minutes reading time
"From summer to now, I have lived the quietest preparation that ever happened to me," he told the Norwegian champions to Adresseavisen. "I think it's good. We worked quietly, in silence. It is a situation almost surreal for me. "
The rumors coming from the Norwegian speak of a Northug in great dusting. His personal trainer, Stig Rune Kveen, has even gone to declare that he had never seen the 30 year old Mosvik in similar conditions in November.
According to many, including the same Kveen, another positive sign would be the playful attitude, Gascon and a bit 'provocative Northug is flaunting in this period.
After putting around rumors - denied by all concerned, we specify - on Emil Iversen love life, to which he attributed the alleged liaison with Dorothea Wierer first and then with Stina Nilsson, Northug was back in those days to his true vocation, skiing the bottom part: cause the Swedes.
The 13-time champion of the world has in fact commented on an article published a few days ago by Dagbladet, in which Emil Jönsson was ranked among the greatest sprinter in history: "Emil Jönsson among the greatest sprinter of all time? Is this a joke? There are so many top specialists of him that I could not even name them all. 70-80 will be only at this time. "
Northug is unwilling even to acknowledge the value of the golden years Jönsson: "It was a sprinter slightly below average. At that time the level of sprint races was not very high. " The Norwegian indicates in Ola Vigen Hattestad the best specialist of all time, followed by Nikita Kriukov and Björn Lind.
Northug becomes serious again, though, when he speaks of his difficulties in reconciling private life and racing career: "I admire those who manage to combine high-level sport and family. I do not think I can do it. When I come back from training, I can not do anything anymore. I will just eat and relax. If I have to do, then I do not work at their best. For me, the family discourse is frozen as long as I will continue with the fund ".
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