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Fresh from his best season ever, culminating with his first victory in the World Cup in Canmore the 25 year-old Finnish and '' presented this week to the international press said that he would finally reach the 'goal of the individual medal in Lahti.
Saturday 5 November 2016 5 minutes reading time
Krista Pärmäkoski a fourth place last year in the women's overall cross-country skiing, who like her more '' Sometimes it was also reminiscent of the best non-Norwegian, and '' coincided with a period in which finally did not have to fight with illness flu and viruses that have limited the potential '' on the eve of important events.
After his best finish - fifth in the 10km classic of the Oslo World Cup 2011 - achieved in just 20 years, in the world championship and successive Olympic events and '' then always he had to stop with their preparation for viruses or various influences, just behind world Cup Val di Fiemme, the Sochi Olympics and the next world Falun. In all these events it is achieved medals, but only in the relay. These viruses always come at the wrong time have therefore always limited its final explosion at the individual level, after a successful and promising career at the junior level.
Now Pärmäkoski reveals that at this point in his career is finally time to pick something up at the individual level. "I want to climb even more steps in the world ranking and the next season with the world of home and the next Olympics come at the right time in my career. "
"The race on which point more and '' the 10km alternately, but also in the skiathlon and 30km mass skating I can have my chance '' of medal despite not having a final rush of pure sprinter".
"For the World Cup Lahti I know I and my company will great pressure on him and they will ask us to win medals, but at the moment we do not want to think and still I feel ready to face the new season with great confidence in myself"
Its victory last March during the ski tour Canada gave great conviction to the cross-country skier in Ikaalinen (a few kilometers north of the more '' known Tampere), but that '' after the 2014 wedding was '' moved around the most '' equipped center of Kuortane preparation. Krista says it has worked hard to achieve this result and the setting change of the upper part of his body, and further improvements on the resistance studied with its national Jyhlä coach and his staff Matti Haavisto have borne fruit.
After the summer traning camp in Pontresina and Planica, Krista has just returned dall''ultimo training camp held on the Val Senales glacier.
"I always work out well in the deep sea and the preparation of the glaciers is the favorite part of training camp. Quest''anno I still worked more on endurance and the results of recent tests show that are further progressed. "
Last thought on Johaug and Norwegians: "Let the Wada face his investigation and then to rule if there '' was an abuse. I want to be at the highest level, in our competitions and challenge them to think that they are acting in a regular life. "
After this "Medianpäivää" with the press, next week the Finnish cross-country skier will move now to Muonio with the National mates to finalize the preparation of the snow at sea level waiting to start the season with the Nordic Opening in Ruka.
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