Karoline Bjerkeli Grœvdal is winning junior Norway cup races in the winter and crushing records on the track in the summer, but the 16-year old is waiting to choose one sport.
Karoline Bjerkeli Grvdal is a big talent in two sports
FasterSkier · June 8, 2007
Training for both skiing and track
– The ski season was OK, but I was sick before junior nationals and that set me back, says Karoline.
Great results in the Norwegian Junior Cup with 2 victories was supposed to conclude with podiums at Nationals. But that didn’t happen.
– I got a 5 and 6. place, but was still a little sick and probably shouldn’t have raced.
She has still not decided if she will chose skiing or running in the future. The combination has worked fine so far. She is doing each sport 6 months out of the year.
Competing in 3 championships
– How is it possible to combine this?
– I feel that the different training I’m doing for the 2 sports is positive for each other, says Grovedal.
Grovedal will wait until she is done with high school to choose one sport only.
She has a busy summer with 3 championships:
U-18 Worlds in Ostrava
European junior championship in Holland
U- Olympics in Beograd
Her goal for the winter is to make the Norwegian junior Worlds team in Poland.
– I will be one of the youngest if I make it but I believe it’s possible. We’ll see, says Karoline.
Source: Langrenn.com