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It’s been a year full of contrasts for Jar’s 28-year-old. In March of last year, he received proof that he was the best mountaineer in the world. Aamodt Kilde had the season of his life and was able to lift the combined ball for the first time.
But this season has been a roller coaster ride.
– It has been everything from wonderful and brilliant to shit, says the 28-year-old to TV 2.
THE BEST LAST YEAR IN THE WORLD: Mountaineer Aleksander Aamodt Kilde received the World Cup overall winner trophy. Photo: Erik Johansen / NTB scanpix Photo: Erik Johansen
Crown measurements
When he got to Sölden’s house, he hardly thought it was true when the first crown test showed a positive result. They did a second test. When it was also positive, it was a completely uneventful two weeks for the Jar boy.
– Actually, I got pretty sick. It was like a bad flu, I had a fever, muscle pain, and lost my taste and smell for five days, Kilde says.
The best athlete also thought about how the body would feel afterwards.
– The question arises: Father, will I ever take the pulse I want or is it risky if I do, those questions are triggered, he says.
Fortunately, Aamodt Kilde has not had any problems after his recovery, but the first training session with the team in Kvitfjell after his illness will probably not be immediately forgotten.
– I was so numb I was about to iron. I’ve never been so stubborn in my entire life. I couldn’t get out of the carOnce, the 28-year-old says with a smile.
TOP AND BOTTOM: Aleksander Aamodt Kilde has experienced all the thrills this season. Photo: Lemos Media
Handling the World Cup and cruciate ligament injury
Then he fought back into shape. In fact, he was so good that he won two races in a row at Val Gardena and led the World Cup overall just before the big goal of the season: the World Cup in Cortina in March.
BACK: Alexander celebrates at the top of the podium in Val Gardena in December. Photo: Alessandro Trovati
But on January 16, something will happen that will destroy the World Cup dream of one of Norway’s biggest gold hopes. The source falls in a giant slalom training in Austria and the anterior cruciate ligament in the knee is torn. Surgery was unavoidable and the usual rehabilitation time is eight to nine months.
– The fall was very little dramatic and I think it had to happen sooner or later. It’s been going well for so long, so it was weird that it didn’t happen, he says.
OPTIMISTIC: Aleksander is here just before the operation. On the television in the upper left, you have just seen your teammate Sebastian Foss Solevaag take his first World Cup winner. Photo: Private
New perspective
The operation was successful. Two months later, he’s off to a good start with rehab and training in Innsbruck. The city you recently chose to move to to avoid wasting so much energy on travel. To be even better.
ALPS OF AUSTRIA: Aleksander Aamodt Kilde has settled in Innsbruck
START: Aleksander has rented an apartment in Innsbruck for a year
MOTHER AND SON: Here is the mother, Kristin, visiting. Photo: Private
SUN AND ALPS: Rest is also an important part of the rehabilitation plan.
Nine months of alternative training may seem like a lot. But Kilde, who was nicknamed “The Hulk” after breaking records in the “Ironman test,” doesn’t dig for that reason.
– For a rehab situation, I think it’s a bit rewarding, because I’ve never been in this situation before. Being able to feel that the body only fixes itself by adding the right moments of movement is great, says the motivated mountaineer.
BALANCE: The knee must be slowly retrained to resist the forces
IN THE WATER: Training in swimming pools has been part of the program.
HULKEN: Kilde has always liked to train.
NEW EXERCISES: The knee injury is Alexander’s first serious injury.
Sports psychologist used for the first time.
Last year’s best mountaineer has made very good progress and surprisingly enjoys being injured. He sees it as nine months with a focus on getting better, and believes he can come out stronger, both physically and mentally.
– I actually work with a sports psychologist. I’ve always wanted to try it, but I’ve blamed myself that I don’t have time, and I thought I didn’t need it. But now that I’m not skiing, I can at least make my head think yes, she enthuses.
Aamodt Kilde believes that now he has chosen to focus on the mental and the physical can make him a better performer.
GLADGUTT: Aleksander Aamodt Kilde in the Adelboden target area this year. Photo: Fabrice Coffrini
– Unfortunately, using a psychologist has a negative charge, but I think that is silly. Because having someone to talk to come up with something other than yourself is healthy, it puts thought processes on the right track, says the 28-year-old.
Olympics in a year, but something else motivates more
Negative thoughts have not been given much space, despite the fact that he would like to be on the starting line of the World Cup. And even though he thinks he could fight for gold in Cortina.
– I don’t go to the basement, I just pass by and I feel that it would have been great to be in the World Cup and that it would have been great to fight for the balls and the victory and ski, but at the same time there. There are a lot of things I can do, so why not focus on that instead, he says.
In no time it will be the Olympics and, according to Kilde, it will come at a good time. But it’s not Olympic gold that drives him. Time with your friends on the national team is something you look forward to.
MISSING EQUIPMENT: mountaineers Aleksander Aamodt Kilde (left) and Kjetil Jansrud in Kitzbühel in 2017. Photo: Poppe, Cornelius
– That’s what motivates me in the morning. I love to go on a trip with the boys and have fun. That is what brings joy to my daily life. I think I’ll give him gas to come back as soon as possible, he concludes.
If all goes according to plan, he will meet the national team at a meeting in Norway in late May.
NB: This weekend TV 2 broadcasts the final of the Alpine Skiing World Cup from Lenzerheide.
