Stina Nilsson (21) is searing after two World Cup silver.
FALUN: Still Charlotte Kalla the big hero in Swedish lady cross country and one of Sweden’s biggest sports stars. But now this can be threatened.
After silver at both the individual sprint and sprint relay is 21 years old Stina Nilsson in becoming whole new Swedish favorite.
Anchor leg of the relay
“She is our nya Drottning” struck Aftonbladet commentator firm after she was beaten by Marit Bjoergen in the sprint last Thursday. Now is also some newspapers in the process of placing Stina Nilsson at anchor leg in the relay. A leg as Charlotte Kalla has been obvious on for years.
Yesterday, she asked at the press hits for his skimerke and spoke with the media about their World Cup. A championship that almost goes at home. She is from Mora over an hour long drive from Falun.
– Right now the future bright. It will be fun to get started with summer training again, she says, and looks forward already.
Struggled with injury
The silver on the classic sprint hung in a thread in the fall. Then she tore with health. In October, she was told that she could not go classic.
– Then I thought that when I get just concentrate fully on freestyle and report on the Biathlon World Championships, she says, and smiles.
When asked by a Swedish journalist, she confirms that the threat of focusing on biathlon was a joke.
in VM at age 19 already
She has long been seen as a great talent. She was with the Swedish team for the World Championships in Val di Fiemme two years ago, only 19 years old. This season she is about to establish itself as one of the best sprinters.
Many of the eagerness to take the last step to the very top, burned himself. It ended with overtraining and broken seasons. 21-year-old Mora is not afraid that it will happen.
– Since I have not had tendencies to it earlier, I’m not worried that it will happen to me at all . I have control, she says with a smile.
She has not made a new plan to take in the lead as many of the Norwegian skiers seem to have.
– I continues in the same way as I have done in recent summers.Drama on Lugnet
Her relay silver along with Ida Ingemarsdotter Sunday afternoon was doubly dramatic. After the two had celebrated the silver as major sporting heroes, it became clear that the jury had seen anything irregular. She could be disqualified. Weeping, she was taken to the jury room for “questioning”.
– It was heavy. I thought for a while that they should take from us the silver, and I was naturally very pleased when modest came, she says.
Stina Nilsson does not Tuesday’s 10 km. But she is mentioned highly relevant for the Swedish relay team.
– The outlet is fortunately not I who do.
PS Charlotte Kalla has taken a medal so far in the World Cup, a bronze at 15 km.
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