With less than a week to go to the championship, the Swedish ski star Frida Karlsson feels the World Cup form is coming.
- I'm starting to feel fitter and fitter.
Being here in Saxnäs with this gang where everyone is really bubbling gives a lot of energy.
I have been able to recharge at home in Sollefteå in glorious sunshine and with optimal skiing conditions.
If it does not provide energy, I do not know what, she says.
Karlsson made an unexpected success two years ago when the World Cup took place in Seefeld.
In the debut, there were three medals.
This time the expectations from outside are higher, but it does not bother her.
- I do not usually feel the outside.
It's more that I have the desire from the inside to be on top during the World Cup.
I see that as an advantage and it will drive me to do my utmost.
It is with a positive feeling that I enter the World Cup.
There have been rumors that you have been overtrained. What do you say about it yourself?
- Overtrained is a very dramatic word.
I can sign that I have been a bit stressed, but that has also been part of the plan.
I have trained a little harder to be a little stressed, to then be able to bring it home during a calmer period.
What is your goal in the World Cup?
- I have not set any performance goals, but in performance I want to do my four best races in my career so far.
What are the feelings before the women's relay?
- It is a day that I feel the whole nation is waiting for.
It's going to be a fun day.
Can you repeat the victory from Seefeld?
- I think so.
Are you even favorites?
- I think so.