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Interviews Interview with Helena Ekholm: "I was not so much talented as a junior." |
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| 04.10.2010 | ||
Interview with Helena Ekholm: "I was not so much talented as a junior."Info: Weitere Sportlerinterviews und TerminplanAutor: Patrick Chojnowski, Johann Reinhardt Helena Ekholm, who married the former Swedish biathlete David Ekholm this summer and was known as Helena Jonsson until the last season, became world champion in the pursuit event in Pyeongchang in 2009. Last season she started the season with very good results and have been the leader of the world cup overall standings for a long time but at the Olympics she haven’t won any medal. About these successes and disappointments such as about her training and her studying the Swedish star in biathlon talks to LiVE-Wintersport. The last winter you started the season in an impressive manor. In the further world cup races and at the Olympics you were not able to repeat this strong shape. What was the reason for that in your opinion? My shape was really good before the Olympics and I also felt like I had a good shape at the Olympics. But after the first race I was really disappointed and lost all my self-confidence. I lost faith in myself and if you feel like that you cannot win any Olympic medals. What did you change for this year in order to be competitive at this year’s highlight, the world championships in Khanty-Mansiysk? I have started to work with a mental coach so hopefully I won't do the same mistakes again if I get a bad start. Your biggest success until now was the gold medal in the pursuit at the worlds in Pyeongchang in 2009. Did you expect this success before? Which memories go through your mind remembering this victory? I’ve never thought that I would be a world champion so early because I was not so much talented as a junior but I have taken big steps every year. I don't remember very much from the race all I can remember is just happy feelings and I want to have that experience again this winter in Khanty Mansiysk. How did your summer training look like until now? Where did the training take place? I´ve spent a lot of time home in Östersund and camps in Kreta and Ruhpolding. The training has been really hard but I have managed it so I hope for some nice results this winter, too. How does the program until the first world cup in Oestersund look like? Which chances do you have to be on the podium in your home country again in your opinion? In the beginning of October we go to Toblach and in the end of October we go to Muonio for camp. After that I will be at home and prepare for the first world cup. I hope I can fight for a podium place in Östersund. I have good memories from the last two years there. Several athletes change their summer training or test new equipments. Did you also change anything? Just some small changes in training, a little bit more running and less biking and of course harder than before. Wolfgang Pichler isn’t the men’s coach anymore in Sweden but for the women he is. What is the reason for this change? How important is Wolfgang Pichler for the team? Our teams are growing and we had come to a point when we were too many for one coach and some of the boys have had Wolfgang for so many years that they wanted to test something new. For the women’s team it is really good that Wolfgang can focus only on us and without Wolfgang I definitely wouldn't be where I am today. In the late August you competed for example on an IBU-Cup in Oestersund. Which importance does such a test competition in the summer have? I think it is fun to take some days break from training and compete. It is fun to see how the shape is but it is not so important. You get happy if you get good results but you don't start to cry if you get a bad result. Everyone knows that it is in the winter it counts. How satisfied are you concerning your current shape? What do you do already well and what do you still have to improve until the winter? My skiing feels really good and I have taken further steps forward, so it will be fun to see how good the others are when the competitions starts. I still feel that I need to practice more on shooting with really high pulse but that will come more and more during the autumn. How does the communication and organization concerning the training between Wolfgang Pichler and you look like? It works really well and most of the time I love him as coach but there are of course also days when I really hate him! Mostly we have contact via email and sometimes by telephone. One of your hobbies is reading. Do you have any time for that during the world cup season? I have more time during the winter than during summer when it is so much training. But mostly I study so I don't have so much time for just reading a book. How much does studying hinder you from your training? The study never hinders me in training. Training has always first priority and if I don't have time to study than I don't do it for the moment. What do you study now and how long do you have to study? Right now I am doing my last courses and hopefully I will be ready in January. |
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