VM-gullkampen vil trolig stå mellom trøndere, nordlendinger og østlendinger

vm-gullkampen vil trolig stå mellom trøndere, nordlendinger og østlendinger

DE USLÅELIGE FEM: Fra venstre: Pål Golberg, Johannes Høsflot Klæbo, Erik Valnes, Simen Hegstad Krüger og Harald Østberg Amundsen.

VM-gullkampen vil trolig stå mellom trøndere, nordlendinger og østlendinger

Jeg tenker tanken under landslagspresentasjonen på Park Hotel Holmenkollen når den ene kanonen etter den andre trer fram på scenen til applaus fra et stort presseoppbud:

Johannes Høsflot Klæbo, Harald Østberg Amundsen, Pål Golberg, Erik Valnes, Simen Hegstad Krüger.

Hvem i hele verden kan slå dette laget i VM?

Gullgutter

På det 11 mann store Elitelaget kan alle ta VM-medalje, ja til og med vinne gull.

Og ikke nok med det.

Utenfor Arild Monsens og Eirik Myhr Nossums elitelag står minst fem-seks utøvere som kan ta medalje, hvis de bare klarer å kvalifisere seg til VM-troppen.

Navn som Jan-Thomas Jenssen, Henrik Dønnestad, Mattis Stenshagen og Gjøran Tefre, for å nevne noen.

Alle ville vært åpenbare toppkandidater hos alle andre nasjoner.

Norsk dominans: 17 av 18 mulige VM-gull

I de tre siste verdensmesterskapene i Seefeld, Oberstdorf og Planica har Norges herrelag vunnet 17 av 18 mulige gull.

  • Totalt antall medaljer: 32
  • Resten av verden: Ett gull
  • Totalt antall medaljer: 16, hvorav utestengte Russland står for 10.

Sverige, spør du? Jo, totalt en bronse på 50 kilometer gjennom William Poromaa i Planica.

Russeren Aleksandr Bolsjunov er den eneste utøveren som har klart å kapre et individuelt gull.

Og det skjedde på 30 kilometer i 2021, ganske nøyaktig for fire år siden da VM-konkurransene i 2025 starter i Granåsen.

Etter å ha tatt hjem alle fire individuelle gull i Planica 2023 har også vinnerne Johannes Høsflot Klæbo (sprint), Simen Hegstad Krüger (skiathlon og 10 kilometer) samt Pål Golberg (50 kilometer), friplasser som regjerende mestere.

Norge får dermed starte med fem utøvere i hvert løp, mot fire fra Frankrike, Sverige, USA og Finland.

Spenning å se fram til i herrekonkurransene?

Nja.

17. mai med ski

Jeg tror det blir en heftig skifest à la 17. mai.

Uten russere, med all rett, vil gullkampene sannsynligvis stå mellom trøndere, nordlendinger og østlendinger.

Hvis det blir tilfellet, er jeg redd for at konkurrerende nasjoner vil få enda større problemer med rekruttering og økonomi.

Ny norsk VM-dominans på herresiden risikerer å knekke flere konkurrerende nasjoner helt.

Men en dag må den norske dominansen brytes, noe som ville vært veldig bra for langrennssporten internasjonalt og for millioner av TV-seere. Vi vil jo ha mer enn et norsk mesterskap.

Og det er ikke helt dødt.

Fin utvikling

I vinter viste USAs Gus Schumacher og Ben Ogden at de er i fin utvikling. Tysklands Friedrich Moch også, og ikke minst østerrikeren Mika Vermeulen som tok et stort steg rett inn i verdenseliten.

Frankrike, med Lucas Chanavat, Hugo Lapalus og Jules Chappaz er farlige motstandere. Også den fremadstormende sveitseren Beda Klee, da.

I Sverige håper vi mest på William Poromaa og Edvin Anger. Og finnene har sin Iivo Niskanen.

Her kan du lese mer av Torbjörn Nordvall

Overlegent best

Av alle navnene jeg har nevnt, er det nok bare Niskanen og Chanavat som har vært aktuelle for det norske elitelaget.

Det sier veldig mye om hvor vellykket det norske skiforbundet, kretser, private lag og klubber jobber med nasjonalidretten sin.

De er totalt overlegne resten av skiverdenen.

Og med Klæbo på laget igjen er det ikke mye å klage på.

For hvem i hele verden skal kunne knekke norske VM-skigutter på hjemmebane?

Ingen, er mitt tips.

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