Johannes Klæbo may be impossible to win at the Trondheim World Championships in his home column.
Johannes Klæbo showed the victory marks over the weekend in the Swiss World Cup. The man was number one in Saturday’s free sprint and on Sunday in a free 20 kilometer start. EPA / AOP
The World Championships are not designed John Klæbobut Klæbo has designed them himself.
The flying phrase circulates in skiing circles as February-March, the World Championship medals are competed in the home frogs of the king of skiing.
“Everyone thinks that the tracks could be a bit more demanding,” says Iltalehti’s ski expert Reijo Jylhä.
For Klæbo, the World Championship Home Championships are once in a lifetime event, so he wants to make them memorable.
This means that four gold medals slip into the neck on four personal trips.
– It may be that Klæbo does not ski for a couple of messages. If that happens, there will be a potential option for four personal championships and a message win. If the pair is left out, there will be no competitions on consecutive days, so he can make maximum use of the race schedule, Jylhä analyzes.
The most likely gold
On Sunday, the Engadin Valley was skied in postcard scenery. EPA / AOP
On Thursday, February 27, the World Championship program has a free sprint. All the four free MC sprints of the season, the Norwegian, is the only gold medal favorite for the event.
On Saturday, March 1, the men will compete in a 10+10 kilometer combination skiing. It’s Klæbo problem number two.
– If you go to the free leg at the same time, no one beats Klæbo, Jylhä says.
For example Iivo to Niskanen Suitable for the old combination race with a 15+15 kilometer distance.
– If none of the elephants do traditional work, is Iivo to pull alone? In the previous races, the end results were visible when Iivo got help from the Russians. Whether William reindeer, Mika Vermeulen Or a Frenchman ready to pull?
On Tuesday, March 4, the competition program will have a traditional 10 kilometer departure.
Klæbo’s main opponents are Niskanen, Martin Nyenget and Harald Amundsen.
– That race is Klæbo’s only Achilles head. There are skiers who can keep themselves tight for the whole dozen. How well Klæbo can stay at maximum speed, Jylhä ponders.
– Is it enough for anything when Nynget, Niskanen and Amundsen are able to go with higher intensity for a longer period of time? The economy of traditional skiing is not at the same level as Niskanen.
Fifty lust
Thursday, March 6, 2025, the message Norway wins without skiing.
On Saturday, March 8, Jylhä considers Klæbo to be the second most likely gold medal gig on Saturday, March 8th.
– He definitely wants to win that race. The man’s free technology is so economical that it doesn’t matter the length of the trip. It seems that the endurance condition of Klæbo is increasing year by year.
On the kingship trip the main opponent is Simen Krüger. The tense Wassberg technology skill should be able to shake off Klæbo from its heels during the trip. Not very likely in the backyard of the king.
Four golds are sparkling and two could already be divided.
– We have predicted before that he will take all four personal trips – have not hit. Now you could hit, Jylhä laughs.