Cross-Country Skiing at the Nordic Skiing FIS World Championships 2019

[Monzanator 3,862]

Just now, heywoodu said:

Right, because if one young athlete goes on to dominate after an impressive performance, every young athlete will go on to dominate after an impressive performance?  

 

Not everyone but Norway & Sweden have a clear edge when it comes to nursing a world class talent.

[phelps 7,442]

7 minuti fa, heywoodu ha scritto:

Nah, way too early to say Karlsson will dominate  I'd say it's a lot more likely she won't, the step from this to domination is still rather big.

 

yeah...and let's not forget that Ebba Andersson is only 2 years older and there's always a certain Helene Marie Fossesholm ready on the runway, 2 years younger than Karlsson and already only a bunch of seconds behind her at the Junior Worlds just a few weeks ago...

I think women's CC Skiing is gonna get a lot more interesting than now in quite a short while...

Edited February 27, 2019 by phelps

[De_Gambassi 968]

Shit is going to hit the fan in Seefeld

 

 

[Monzanator 3,862]

1 minute ago, heywoodu said:

Don't get me wrong, obviously she has the talent to do it, I just think the step to actually dominate is so big it's more likely she won't do it (even though I'd be surprised not to see her fight for overall World Cup wins at some point).

 

Given her junior results, she's a versatile all-arounder, sprints, 10k & skiathlon, she can do it all. Norwegians ain't getting any younger, Johaug will be 33yo during the next WCh, Oestberg is okay but was never dominant and Weng is just falling off the cliff now. They have Skistad but they need to find another junior to cover for the veterans. Of course they can find one but Karlsson has a head start already.

[phelps 7,442]

3 minuti fa, Monzanator ha scritto:

 

Given her junior results, she's a versatile all-arounder, sprints, 10k & skiathlon, she can do it all. Norwegians ain't getting any younger, Johaug will be 33yo during the next WCh, Oestberg is okay but was never dominant and Weng is just falling off the cliff now. They have Skistad but they need to find another junior to cover for the veterans. Of course they can find one but Karlsson has a head start already.

 

Helene Marie Fossesholm...

Edited February 27, 2019 by phelps

[phelps 7,442]

5 minuti fa, De_Gambassi ha scritto:

Shit is going to hit the fan in Seefeld

 

 

 

Big Competition in Austria (or France or Italy)? It was more than expected...actually, I'm surprised they did wait until now...

[heywoodu 13,825]

6 minutes ago, De_Gambassi said:

Shit is going to hit the fan in Seefeld

 

 

 

Involved countries/athletes? 

 

 

 

[heywoodu 13,825]

3 minutes ago, phelps said:

 

Helene Marie Fossesholm...

Huge talent as well indeed, although also in her case it's a matter of waiting to see how she grows. For all we know, this is her physical peak  (probably not, same for Karlsson, but it's always possible with young athletes)

[heywoodu 13,825]

11 minutes ago, Monzanator said:

 

Not everyone but Norway & Sweden have a clear edge when it comes to nursing a world class talent.

I definitely agree.

[Monzanator 3,862]

5 minutes ago, phelps said:

 

Helene Marie Fossesholm...

 

They just have to get rid of Wengs & Jacobsens first