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Two of Norway’s finest alpine athletes join The Next Turn this week for a fantastic conversation. While ten years may separate Alexander Steen Olson and Sebastian Foss-Solevåg, both have faced extreme highs and lows in their careers to date. As they head into the second race of the season, Alexander, who is the current World Cup leader, shares his thoughts on his historic win in Sölden a few weeks back, and Sebastian gives us an update on his goals and his current state of mind. Both share what training looks like for them, discussing the mental focus, strategy, and even their finish rates in practice. Alexander talks about the challenge of putting two strong runs together and Sebastian shares how his mindset and physical training has changed with age and experience. This conversation gives a great glimpse into the Norwegian team culture, as well. As always, hosts Martin, Cara and Jeff share their “SWIX Thoughts of the Day”.
Switzerland’s Camille Rast joins The Next Turn for a conversation where we discuss what drew her to the sport of ski racing and the reasons why she chose this path over a different sport in which she also excels. At just 17 Rast won gold at the Junior Worlds in slalom, and now at the age of 25,...
Published 11/21/24
U.S. Ski Team athletes Katie Hensien and Nina O'Brien join The Next Turn having both just achieved career best results at the first race of the World Cup season. In this episode, they take us through what was on their minds in the start gate at Sölden and reflect on how it felt to perform so well...
Published 11/07/24