Right now, here in Oslo, marks one of the biggest events in the nordic world, the world championships. There are painted faces, norwegian flags, tents out in the woods, and just about every TV in Norway is tuned into NRK 1 for the next week and a half. Since I am skiing for team kollen I get to be løypepatrulje (course control and forerunner) for three races. I also get to see all of the races inside the private workers, athletes only places which is really cool! When I arrived there today we were kitted out in new craft racing suits, jacket, pants, and hat all with the world championships logo. It's pretty cool to have and a great memory of the event.
I have been able to take some pretty cool pictures from today, the sprint race. It wasn't the best day for Norway with some unlucky falls on the women's side, and the men not skiing so strong. But, Marit Bjørgen of Norway held everything together well throughout the rounds and won the world championship sprint gold medal. Petter Northug was 2nd today behind the Swede, Marcus Hellner. It was fantastic to ski the course in between rounds, but even cooler to see everything up so close and be around the athletes. You'll see I snapped a few pictures where I was very close up! Sorry some of them are a bit blurry, it's hard to get such clear pictures when they are moving so fast!
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| Dario Cologna. |
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| Part of our løypepatrulje crew taking some dips. |
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| Everyone loves Alex Harvey |
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| The King himself, Petter Northug qualifying |
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| Petter Northug focused as hell as you can see. |
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| I just had to take another picture of the King. |
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| Me and some of the guys watching. |
This was just the first day. I plan on trying to get up to watch all the races for the next week and a half so there should be many more pictures to come!
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