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I don’t see any difference.

In 20 km skiathlon and 50 km skate for men I think "someone else " is underestimated. Many strong skiers. Is Nyenget and Tildem Andersen starting? Swedish skiers might get in form too.

Why cant take anyone from Russia??

What BMI does Eirik have? He looks skinny as me 😅. But I am 20 years older.

Jari Isometsäääääh!!!😊🎉❤🎉❤

MIKA MYLLYLÄÄÄÄÄ!!!!❤❤❤❤

I find it interesting as an avid alpine skier able to see nuances in alpine technique but with little personal Nordic experience that these all look pretty much the same. 😅. Must be how people look at alpine skiing when they aren’t skiers.

10 km - Vici Carl ❤

no Ustiugov ?

Kertu Niskanen in classic will win

Slind never being an option is a shame, she is my top 2 for all 3 long distance races

Astrid Slind seems overlooked in the 50k

Iver tildheim robbed

Great video 😅& reasonable predictions & I think the men’s predictions are right on but… 1. I think Skistad will win sprint but I WANT SUNDLIN ❤ 2. I think Jouhag will win ALL distances in both classic & free but I WANT EBBA ANDERSSON & KARLSSON 💙💛🩷 sorry not sorry 🙈 😂 last note I really wish the 50 km was a skiathon classic/free wonder why it’s only free 🤔

You are the world champion of grating video music! 🎉

wait is it a 20km or 30km skiathlon?

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Seems like you expect a few Norwegian medals, more or less like we just saw in the junior and U23 champs?

Relay?

I honestly think that most of the improvements since around 2000 are due to better gear, wax and track preparation. When you have very good glide it is much easier to maintain good skating technique.

Seems like fair and realistic predictions...

Really interestig video! It would be really interesting to see a comparison between the same course but different years. World Cup competitions have been organised at the same venues for quite a long time, so there could be video material. Somewhere in the Norwegian Radio Company archive. Technique used of course varies dramatically even between sections on one course. Also, would be nice to have a timeline for breakthrough technologies and rule changes. For example how and when ski pole material (and thus length) made dramatic changes.

Northug's V1 always looked like the range of movement is a little bit too big and the cadence is a bit too slow. He's having to use more of his smaller muscle groups to do that which in turn might make his skiing less efficient. It definitely looks like he's having to work really hard. Krogh's V1 looks more like the "modern" V1 of today that looks more relaxed but has a higher cadence.

What is the story of Elofsson? Im swedish and cant really fins out why he quit. Muhlegg?

Source: Trust me bro

This is so helpful - thanks for putting this together!

Your comments on zone 2 reflect data in other longer distance, cardio-based sports at all levels. Athletes who spend more time in zone 2 vs zone 1 are statistically more successful in their sport across the board with very few exceptions.

Marathon skate at the beginning (courtesy Bill Koch, USA) is bloody difficult technically

I don't think people have realized how much the avg technique has advanced in the last 10 years. In the early 2010s there were still guys getting on podiums and top 10 regularly with horrible technique. Now the top 10-20 have pretty clean technique and nobody looks like they're struggling to stay upright. IMO V1 is the only technique that's still a clear differentiator between the absolute best and others.

You failed to show the guy who invented the skate technique: Bill Koch.

The real evolution was a result of better grooming for skating, longer ski poles, firming the camber, and eliminating a wax pocket, higher boots with better ankle support, identifying a specific climbing technique, free skiing, the High speed VII alternate, and the body moving over the gliding ski instead of staying in the middle over the berm. Notice how much more snow there was in those early years as opposed to the last decade. Grooming and the longer poles were probably the most significant in evolving skating.

When you compare the length of the stride, I cannot help but notice that he wins against shorter opponents. Isn't how far you can stride strictly correlated to your height? Then you have longer legs, thus the stride is naturally longer..

Missed more of the short step hop in turns that I saw Petter Northung first do at VM at 5 milan i Holmenkollen 2011. Fluro waxing, longer poles and V2 progressed to short step turns and step hop in sprint hills. What is next??

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Imo Calle doesn't deserve a spot on that list over someone like Momo.

Thank you for a "Set the bar" of vid quality, explanation/comments, Help for this (Moi) and all viewers Nordic Enthusiasts. SOLID... LIKE Martin!

The vids from the 80's brought back a lot of memories. Back then, we just scraped the kick wax of our classics, glide waxed them and went for it. I learned to skate on 215 cm classic skis and low-cut classic "boots". Things are MUCH better today!

Очень классная подборка!!! Спасибо!!! Всё именно так и было!!! Улучшался инвентарь, трассы и менялась биомеханика!

strange that you did not show Martin Fourcade who was one of the best athletes ever with Bjorndalen and Johannes Bo. Just to mention that ........

Не верю, что в каких-то сборных полностью отсутствует допинг. Здесь вопрос в каком количестве, какой допинг, что сейчас является допингом и насколько нагло его используют. Опять же, решение о приеме допинга, это решение, которые в первую очередь ударит по самому спортсмену, тренеру, виду спорта. Обычные граждане ни чего такого нести не будут. А вот на сколько более по мне постыдное, дак это участие спортсменов, бывших спортсменов в политике. Особенно если это агрессивная политика, политика с челвеческими жертвами, беженцами, захватами чужих земель. Ведь если политик, юрист, финансит полезет со своими советами и поддержкой той или иной стороны в спорте, как это будет выглядеть?! Большунов великий лыжник и спортсмен, он честно добился своих вершин благодоря работе, но ..... Он сделал большую ошибку, сам или помогла ему Вяльбе, но он её сделал. Он в разгар начавшейся войны занял конкретную сторону. Его ни кто не заставлял это делать, он спокойно мог пойти на старт гонки в этот день, но он зделал ошибку. И это видно по его поведению, по его результатам этого года, по его молчанию, он понимает это. Но великие люди этим и отличаются, они в состоянии признать свои ошибки и публично это высказать. Что мы видим от Александра, тишина, отъезд в Европу, молчание, съёмки в рекламе. Тоесть молчать, сниматься в рекламе он может, а дать объяснение, как это, до этого он поддержал свойну, соответственно политку государства, которое на секундочку, называет врагами запад и их союзников, а сейчас он спокойно поехал на это запад тренироваться и зарабатывать деньги. Поэтому, на данный момент он не божет быть великим лыжником! Он не может как мужчина публично признать свои ошибочные действия.

Mühlegg 2001 🥶🥶🥶

Alsgaard 1994 🐐

During the late 70's and early 80's I would watch xc skiing on tv all the time and I loved it! Around 85' I got busy living life, and the next time I watched xc skiing on tv almost 2 decades later they were skate skiing!! It blew my mind and I had no idea how they had gone from classic to skating! Always wanted to know and so for me this video has just about historical value! Many thanks from an inquiring mind needing to see how it happened!

Skipping Alsgaard’s run in the olympics 1994 is criminal. A real advancement for the time. Even though he improved on the technique later.

Wha?...No THUG? ;)

As the equipment gets better the technique gets better... especially the boots

I've been looking for this video for the last 20 years.

I always thought that Maurilio DeZolt had one of the better skating techniques in the later 80's.

I don’t see much change since 2010

As a Swede im offcourse biased but I feel like Per elofsson 2001-2003 is ahead of his time in terms of skating technique, and almost even better in classic.