‘Would Northug won without riding drunk? “- Rome Blad

There are some achievements that immediately etches itself into memory and you immediately know you have witnessed something historic. Petter Northug victory in classic sprint Thursday in Falun was certainly such a moment. It was an incomparable victory that I think sport historians will rank high regardless of sport.

Let’s start with tactician Northug. By hanging on the tail of the field, maneuver forward before fashions and then release them back toward the hilltop, has Northug systematically throughout their careers trying to conserve energy to sprint. This is a manageable strategy when the move is on 90-95 percent of maximum speed.

In the speed it is possible to make cold, tactical dispositions. Something quite another to do it in approximate top speed in four heats consecutively. Northug killing and surprising jerk in the middle portion of the finals – the party he lost yards in the quarter- and semifinals – showed that he is able to households with powers even when the heart is pounding on max and all sprinter like mad dogs around him. Northug had obviously had the resources to better positions in the quarter- and semifinals.

That it paid off was obvious. Ola Vigen Hattestad who performed better than Northug all heat up until the final, said afterwards that he felt empty already in the first hill. It was here Northug struck.

Add to that Northug came six seconds after best time in the prologue and that he quarterfinals obviously deliberately struck by bit to increase the distance until his brother Tomas. As a result of this disposition lost Eirik Brandsdal behind him yards until leading Tomas. In this calculation was also the knowledge that Peter believed himself strong enough to keep Brandsdal behind and make sure that the brothers went on.

In the semifinal went Northug cold upon time. For me all this was a demonstration of the tactics advanced under very demanding conditions which I can not remember having seen before.

Above all shelves the now all Northug comeback after the infamous and deadly fill driving last May. The crime and the poor results before and during the Sochi Ol made Northug of Norway and above all Sweden prygelknabe number one. There is no doubt that Northug throughout her career has taken revenge brightly through acquiring and cultivating enemies and enemy images.

Through all these conflicts he has created an image of not only themselves but the whole family Northug who persecuted and bothered. Moving bordering on collapse for hours is incredibly painful. To endure the pain seems that Northug need something more than competitors he can overcome, chastise and dominate to the max. For example Sweden.

So merited as Northug was before he crashed and behavior he showed in advance, it is not unreasonable to ask the question whether he would win in Falun if he had not run while drunk. Using a crime as motivation to take World Championship gold, of course, is certainly not to recommend, but my god so beautiful “Operation reconstruction” was completed.