Jan Egil Andresen’s father passed away on Tuesday after a long battle with cancer. – You can say that I raced for him, said Jan Egil.
Jan Egil Andresen from Norway started very well in Thursday’s 15-kilometer freestyle race at Worlds, but wasn’t able to keep up that pace all the way to the finish. He finished 29th, 1 minute and 38 seconds behind the winner.
– I had a good start, but it got very tough after a while. I started out hard and had good skis, but wasn’t able to maintain the pace to the end of the race. It wasn’t all that bad if you look at how I raced last season, but I would have liked to be one minute closer to the winner, says Jan Egil Andresen.
He feels that he is in good shape.
– I feel that I’m in great shape, and had an incredible good time-trial test in Val di Fiemme before we came to Oberstdorf, says Jan Egil.