The last chance for World Cup skiers to step it up, feel good about themselves and build confidence before next years Olympic season is coming up with races in Lahti, Drammen, Oslo, Goteborg and Falun.
The World Championship is over and the World Cup continues next weekend with individual classic sprint and 10/15-kilometer freestyle races in Lahti, Finland. From there the Cup continues in Drammen and Oslo, Norway and ends in Goteborg and Falun, Sweden.
These races will determine the overall World Cup winners as well as the overall sprint World Cup winners.
Those who were successful at Worlds in Oberstdorf want to finish strong, build even more confidence, add to their winnings, cash in and add negotiation power for future personal contracts with their ski, poles, boots, binding suppliers as well as other products and sponsors.
Skiers like Bjorgen, Estil, Hetland and Hofstad of Norway, the Swedish Female sprinters, Vittoz of France, Italian gold and silver medal skaters should be able to add some zeroes to their personal accounts.
With this in mind, these races are also of utmost importance for those who didn’t succeed at Worlds. It’s the last chance to redeem themselves for those who were sick or didn’t peak. This is the time to close the gap to the top skiers, rock the confidence of the medal winners from Worlds, be convinced that what you are doing for training is what you should be doing in order to be at the top at the Turin, Italy Olympics less than one year from now.
Everyone wants to go out on top and have the most confidence ending the season. Those who win at the end can and will feel that they are the best all the way to next season. That’s a huge boost before the summer training starts at the end of April.
