Frida Karlsson, cross-country skiing
– I try to be very present, for me it can be about technique or rhythm. And maybe be a little curious about the discomfort in your legs, rather than just letting another feeling take over.
Kristoffer Jakobsen, alpine
– When I do my best, it’s completely quiet. It’s just a focus, a tunnel vision. Everything just comes together and it works. Then there are those moments when you end up on a cliff and suddenly you hear the whole audience screaming. Then you are unfocused.
Hanna Öberg, biathlon
– What I’m working on a lot now is that I shouldn’t start thinking about photography too early, but that it’s very important to be able to change the focus. When I’m on the course I have to concentrate on skiing, but when I get closer to the shooting ramp I switch gears. Then it’s important to remember what keys you have and that it’s exactly where you want to be.
David Mobärg, ski cross
– Before a final race, when you’re standing there and you have three people next to you who all want to win, you have to somehow rise to the sky. Tell you I’m going down first. I usually think silently, “Now that I show them, I’ll leave them.”
– If everything goes well in the race, I don’t have to think. Then it gets a bit mindless. When I’ve done something bad, the thoughts often come back immediately. It becomes this: “Damn, why did I do that?” In the moments where I’ve actually crashed, you have time to think, even if just for a millisecond, “This could be going to hell.”
Elvira Öberg, biathlon
– That I should just do it like I do in training, like: “I do this every day in training. I can do it every day.”
Are you saying that to yourself?
– Yes, I can do that. Especially on the way to the wall for a decisive shot.
Maja Dahlqvist, cross-country skiing
-It’s like something happens when I see a finish line; I get all the energy there is. I should have more finish lines on the track. I just drive and can’t remember what I’m thinking.
William Poromaa, cross-country skiing
– Usually it’s pretty bleak when it comes to making a decision. You are so terribly focused and determined about what needs to be done. So, best case scenario, you don’t really remember anything because you’re in the zone.
Anna Swenn-Larsson, alpine
– I am a rather stubborn person and can easily catch up. I’m very stressed so I try to breathe, focus on what I need to do and not stress but stay calm.
Martin Ponsiluoma, biathlon
– The best thing is when you don’t think about anything. But sometimes you swim away in the tank a little and then it’s damn hard to shoot. It’s about being here and now and going in and kind of enjoying the final shot without making a big deal about it.
Sanda Näslund, ski cross
– It depends a little on what happens in the race. I’m very focused on what’s happening and what I need to do. As soon as I’m at the starting gate, it’s the first part of the course Featuresor the first roles that I’m very focused on: what you can do there. Then it becomes a big attempt to be in a low, deep position. And keep the right line.
– When the weather is nice you can often see some shadows when lying down first. Then it becomes something like this: “I wonder how far back they are.” There will be some thoughts like that too.
Rasmus Stegfeldt, hunchback
– It’s extremely fast. The less you think and the more you just react, the better it tends to be. Normally I just try to remember to drive slowly and then it usually goes fast anyway.
Ebba Andersson, cross-country skiing
– I think about daring to get tired and not being comfortable, but really daring to push myself: that it is not dangerous. But I have to remind myself because you’ve still driven x number of kilometers and you’re starting to get a little tired in your head. It can be easy to resort to escape behavior, and that’s when it’s important to fight with yourself and try as hard as you can.
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