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Interviews Interview with Lars Elton Myhre: "...to move into the first group in slalom." |
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| 19.09.2010 | ||
Interview with Lars Elton Myhre: "...to move into the first group in slalom."Info: Weitere Sportlerinterviews und TerminplanAutor: Patrick Chojnowski Lars Elton Myhre ist the third man in the Norwegian alpine skiing team behind Aksel Lund Svindal and Kjetil Jansrud. He has already finished several world cup races in the top 10. Especially in the slalom and super-combined events he has got his qualities. In the interview with LiVE-Wintersport he talks about about his successes until now and his aims for the next season such as about the whole Norwegian team. You began the last season with a strong sixth place in the slalom of Levi. It followed two further good slalom results in Adelboden and Wengen and there were also two top ten results in the super-combined event. But in the Olympics you had bad luck. How do you look back on the season 2009/2010? As you have said the season started great with a 6th place in Levi and I felt like I was flying! Skied also well in the speed events, things was looking pretty good for the season. The feeling was good also in the speed events, and after some top splits in the Beaver Creek training run, I crashed hard, and went into the safety net. (video here) I tore off my ligaments on the outside of my knee. It was painful, and I thought me season was over. But I was lucky and was able to continue racing right away and, but was never able to find the speed in downhill after that. The injury forced me to cut back on the slalom training as well, so the season became more difficult than I expected. Overall I still made progress and moved up on the world ranking. The Olympics was a big disappointment, we always race on the limit, and I guess you just have to live with that fact. If I could change the races in the Olympics and the WC-finals into something better, I would be a even happier man. But still I feel like I learned a lot from it, and hope to collect from it this season! You are a part of a quite strong Norwegian team. Especially, Aksel Lund Svindal is a strong allrounder and Kjetil Jansrud becomes stronger and stronger, as well. But you’re also known as an allrounder despite results which aren’t as good as these of your compatriots yet. Can you explain the qualities of the Norwegians in every discipline? Aksel is world class in every event except the slalom, and is in a position to win every race he competes in. I think he will be a hard man to beat in the overall this year. Kjetil is probably the brightest giant slalom star right now, and are also working hard to improve his speed events so that he can move into the top 5 also there. Both, Aksel and Kjetil, have switched to a different ski brand, it will be exiting to see how they manage. So far it looks very solid. Truls Ove Karlsen and Leif Kristian Haugen are both candidates for top 10 results in giant slalom. They are working like crazy to beat Aksel and Kjetil in training, this will for sure make them improve, and I think that they really can surprise in some races this winter. I am the only one that concentrates most on slalom, and things are really looking positive. I feel that my top level is as good as the best guys, and hope to show you this season. I have decided to reduce the speed volume this season, and hope that it will give me more time to reach the top in slalom. Moreover, we have a strong European-Cup team, they have their qualities in the technical events, and I expect that you can see more of Markus Nilsen, Truls Johansen, Kristian Haug and Iver Bjerkestrand in the world cup this year. Currently, the Norwegian team is in New Zealand. What does the training consist of? We have had three weeks down here, and focus most on skiing the technique events. A lot of time goes to test and fine-tune the equipment in search for the perfect setup. Many days on the hill means less time for physical training. You need all the time you can get to recover for the next day. (video here) You participated at the New Zealand’s national championships and were the fastest in this race. Which importance does such a competition have in which the level is not comparable to the world cup? Training and race is different, even though it´s just the NZ nationals… A lot of national teams are training down here and it´s nice to measure muscles this early. It puts your mind into race modus, and is valuable for the last months of preparations. Although Norway is a country famous for cross-country skiing, there are consistently alpine skiers with strong results. Concerning this, the audience expects more and more young racers who are able to compete in the world cup events. In the European Cup there are names like Markus Nilsen, Truls Johansen or Espen Lysdahl. When does one can expect to see these skiers starting in the world cup? Cross-country is very big in Norway, but not that big in the rest of the world. They are winning everything, and people have a hard time respecting our performance. Alpine skiing is has a lot to do with ranking and start number, it takes time do get in a position to perform in the world cup. I think we can expect to see at least 2-3 “new” Norwegians to score world cup points this season. Next season there is another major event with the worlds in Garmisch-Partenkirchen but the world cup never is unimportant. Which aims do you have for the next season? Could the first group in the slalom be a goal? My goal for the season is to move into the first group and to be competitive for a medal in the world championships. As you understand this is a sport with small margins between success and failure, so I find it hard to set goals for specific races. The most important to me is to have a good consistent shape and a strong healthy situation so that I can go all the way to the top on the good days! LiVE-Wintersport thanks for the interview and wishes a successful and healthy next season. |
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