American Reacts to Bjørn Dæhlie | Norway's Greatest Skier
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As an American I don't know anything about skiing or Norwegian athletes. Today I am very interested in learning about one of Norway's most famous athletes and skiers Bjørn Dæhlie. If you enjoyed the video feel free to leave a comment, like, or subscribe for more!
You have to look up Jessie Diggins! American female cross-country skier, we love her here in Norway and have almost «adopted» her 😅❤
Now do Petter Northug ❤
This is an old video, because Marit Bjørgen is the most winning cross country skier ever with in total 41 medals. She’s also the most winning winter olympier with 15 medals 👍❤️
Tyler, as someone else said. Next you should react to Marit Bjørgen, the female equivalent to Bjørn Dæhlie. At her peak, there were people that doubted she was human. She was that much better than anyone else. She didn't get real competition until the later years of her career when another Norwegian skier named Therese Johaug appeared.
I see you are impressed by Dæhlie, but now you have to take a look at Marit Bjørgen.
Look up this guy😂😂Bjørndalen best ever alll sport
Smirnov said after the race, that next time he would wear bigger shoes!
Bjørn was a amazing skier, and as a human.He had a Tv serie with other famous Norwegian, and they did go fishing, hunting, but most of all it was the social connection with one of the best chef in Norway. A programe host, that we all love, and his Norwegian friend and skier that he did fight with. They invited friends, Primeminister, The King and made TV programs in the 90-00 that i still look at. Bjørn was a joy to watch, and a special man who did find his good life after all the year of competition.
Yeah collapsing and crying when you cross the finish line is quite common with cross country. They give it their all for hours so their body is DONE with standing when they finish.
Maybe I am a little late in the comments, but if nobody else have said this then you should know that there are two ways to start a cross country race. This can give you a truer perspective on why cross country skiers often finish alone over the finish line. 1. The traditional "intervalstart" and the 2. Later addition of "fellesstart". Interval-start, means that each contestant start with usually 30 seconds between them. This is the traditional way because ski track preparation did not use to be so advanced as it is today, so in order for the contestants to not stomp on each others skis, with complications with passing each other, maybe part of the race have single file, you time each contestant starting with 30 seconds intervals, and subract the difference at the finish. The result of this is that often you will se only a contestant and the clock he is racing against. When the contestant is on the final stretch and the race is close, the main focus is to follow the matching times on the bottom of the screen. Without understanding interval start it may be very confusing what is going on. The newer "fellesstart" (joint start) means all skiers start at the same time in positions that are either drawn arbitrary, or decided by a previous race, like in motorsports. This type of that require a large and wide start areas before the contestants are gradually funneled into fewer and fewer tracks and after a short while there are only 2 or 3 tracks for most of the race. To accomodate for races with many evenly matched races it is also common to provide more tracks on the final stretch, so that every contestant can find a track side by side to each other for the final push. The final stretch is also then often made relatively long and straight so that everbody has some time to get up to max speed before the finish line. Joint start is concidered more TV friendly format especially for drawing new interest, while interval start has a special place in our hearts because this is what we have all experienced as children in small clubs without the machinery to prepare the tracks needed for joint start. It is two different experiences to watch joint start races and interval races. The latter is for connoseurs, and require more of your imagination to keep tabs on what is going on at any given moment. Then it is always the clock that orients you, and the different times on the screen teels you the relative time between the contestants.
The other person in the photo finish race was Vladimir Smirnov, an athlete from Kazakhstan. He was really good, and he won multiple races against both Bjørn, and other Norwegian athletes. Even though he snatched the gold from Norway on multiple occasions, he was/is extremely popular here, and he is fondly referred to as "Smirre" (a spin on his last name). When he won the 50 km race during the Olympics in Norway in 1994, he was cheered on by the Norwegian crowd as if he was one our athletes. There were even spontaneous singing of the celebratory song "Seiern er vår" (victory is ours), but the lyrics was changed to "Smirre er vår" (Smirre is ours). He even commented after the race that it was as if he was part of the Norwegian national team.
You have to check out Ole Einar Bjørndalen!!! The best Biathlete ever.! Crazy skills
I remember when bjørn Dæhlie competed.he was a monster in the tracks.
would love to see a similar video about "Marit Bjørgen(Bjoergen)"
Norway still have the greatest cross country skiers in the world and in early 2025 the world championship will be in Trondheim. I suggest you do a live and watch either the 50km or the replay. Those are the biggest events. Also watch Marit Bjørgen!
Cross-country competitions are great fun to watch. So much can happen along the way, with hills up and down. Some are good climbers, others are good downhillers. Some have good glide, others not so much. The Norwegian national team has put great effort into breaking all the codes, taking care of the talents, training, ski wax, technique, equipment and of course the most important thing - enjoyment of skiing from a young age.
See the video - Oddvar brå brakk staven - another amazing skier.
Bjørn was King, however Marit Bjørgen is a Goddess and from what I understand has the most Wins of all time. Will someone ever best her records
Dæhlie had that insane capability to ignore his pain limits and just keep going literally until he was no more capable of standing on his feet. Several times he colapsed after the finishline and laid in the snow for ten to fifteen minutes, before he managed to get back on his feet.
I've talked with him, he is a genuine and very nice man 👌 Fun fact:Bjørn translate to bear 🐻 in English. And that's a good description of his strength i think ❤