The article is an interview with Thomas Alsgaard a Norwegian skier (retired from competition, I guess), who is working with the Swedish national team.
Here is a quick translation of a few bits of the article:
When Alsgaard comes home from a training camp he is bombarded by questions.
"The Norwegian skiers want to know everything: how are the Swedes training? Who is in form? Who did well at training? Have they come up with something new?"
In Sweden it is different.
"When I'm together with them [the Swedish team] I get almost no questions about the Norwegian team."
...
"A clear difference [between Norway and Sweden] is that we Norwegians are good at using eachother's knowledge....[In the Swedish team] they are individuals who work a lot on their own, with their own trainers, instead of working together with their teammates. I think the Swedes do what it takes, but they don't do any more. They don't ask themselves -- can I do even better?"
posted by Michael |
2:33 PM
