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The girl Sollefteå was ten years old when Charlotte Kalla made that mythical climb.
– It’s one of the strongest memories I have when it comes to skiing memories. I’ve really been inspired a lot by the specific event over the years.
This year Charlotte Kalla will be staying home. She is recovering from being hit by Covid-19 and is putting all her gunpowder into the World Cup later this winter.
Will it be different now that she is gone?
– Yes, absolutely, she is a person that you are used to going out in the World Cup competitions, so we will really miss her. He is a person who contributes a lot, says Andersson.
Frida Karlsson: “From that day you were Charlotte Kalla in training”
Frida Karlsson was only eight years old, but she has no trouble remembering when Charlotte Kalla, who was then 20 years old, broke through.
– I remember that moment. I myself had competed that Sunday and got into the heating booth. There, everyone sat in front of the television, hit. And then you see Charlotte make her move. It is a moment that I will never forget, says Frida Karlsson to SVT Sport.
It’s hard to assess the importance of Kalla’s advancement in motivating a new generation of skiers.
– From that day on, you were Charlotte Kalla when you did those idiots in youth training. That was it.
– He has really recorded himself and I think Charlotte’s breakthrough in 2008 plays a big part in this journey we have received in women’s skiing in Sweden. It was a very inspiring moment, says Frida Karlsson.
Non-Norwegians: beds for the Swedish victory
When the first of the season’s two major ski events begins on New Years Day, the Norwegian national team will continue to choose to stay home. It opens for the first Swedish overall victory on the Tour de Ski since the classic Charlotte Kalla climb thirteen years ago.
– We will miss them very much. I think it’s the most fun when all the best are involved and now that the leading nation in our sport is missing, there will be a lot of strong opponents that we will miss, says Ebba Andersson.
