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Pettersen has decided on a radical change of his career, deciding to switch from sprint to long distance races, joining Team United Bakeries.
Friday 25 April 2014 3 minutes reading time
The 31 year old from Oslo, after that in recent years, despite the'' centered on sprint training, did not obtain significant results, coming also from the national team, he wanted to make a change, going to'' extreme right, or races long distance.
Pettersen is was for many years the center of attention in the Norwegian team, both for the excellent performance achieved (such as'' Olympic gold in Vancouver), which because of its fun, but the Fed has done this year and next year would not have been possible give him a place in the national team because of bad results.
And then the turning point, a turning point not only in purely'' sports field but also in the character of private and Pettersen. He decided that, if you really want to return to high levels facing this new career and be a good father, he can not more be the showman that was previously wasted so much valuable time.
Being a father and having more time for the family certainly has a lot of influence on the choice, given that the two training sessions per day is past one, although more long (about 3 hours). The only other athletes with children'' s inside of the Norwegian national Eldar are Roenning, Tord Asle Gjerdalen and Martin Johnsrud Sundby.
In Team United Bakeries find two of his former colleagues or Johan Kjoelstad and John Kristian Dahl's going to be one of the most strongest team in the world. '' The goal is Vasaloppet and will everything to win it soon.
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