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- Cross-country skiing star Heidi Weng expresses her disappointment that her former teammate, Helene Marie Fossesholm, is not included in the Norwegian national team for the next WC season.
- Fossesholm, who was part of the relay team that won WC gold in 2021, has been a popular figure in the team.
- Despite her contributions off the track, she has struggled with her performances over the past three years.
- Fossesholm plans to continue training with his father as coach.
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HOLMENKOLLEN (Dagbladet): – I talk to Helene almost every day. Helene is like my little sister. It’s sad for me. I would love to have Helene on a trip. Being on a trip with her makes the day good. For me it’s boring, says Heidi Weng to Dagbladet.
In case there was any doubt: Helene is therefore Helene Marie Fossesholm.
The woman who was part of the relay team that won World Cup gold in Oberstdorf in 2021 has been a source of joy for the Norwegian national team for the past four years.
HAD A LOT OF FUN TOGETHER: Heidi Weng and Helene Marie Fossesholm – here from NM at Vind. Photo: Bjørn Langsem / Dagbladet
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Several members of the team have spoken warmly of Fossesholm’s humour, mood and energy. She has also brought in other stars on dance and inventions of the miserly and funny type.
Like this, for example:
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Although she has contributed tremendously off the track, she has struggled with the starting number on her chest for the past three years. When the national team was announced for the next WC season, Fossesholm’s name was not there.
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It is not the first time Heidi Weng has lost a teammate. The 32-year-old has been part of the Norwegian national team since 2012, and has seen several teammates leave the club.
– It’s always boring when people quit. Several of them, like Ingvild now, I have known since I was 18 years old. But then there is a nice group that is here now too. I’m not going to complain about anything other than that I feel the oldest, says Weng and laughs.
THE GOLDEN GOLD: Helene Marie Fossesholm was anchorwoman when Norway won the relay gold during the WC in 2021. Photo: Lise Åserud / NTB
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Dagbladet has been in contact with Helene Marie Fossesholm after Weng’s comment.
The 22-year-old from Vestfossen, who is betting on with his father as coach, is proud when Heidi Weng’s words are passed on:
– It’s incredibly pleasant to hear. Heidi is like a big sister to me, we talk very often, and she is a very good friend. I will miss trips with Heidi and the other girls, but I will continue and keep in touch with the girls, even if I am out of the team, Fossesholm explains to Dagbladet.
BETTING FURTHER ALONE: Helene Marie Fossesholm. Photo: Bjørn Langsem / Dagbladet
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She goes on to say that she is going to set up a plan that makes everyday training pretty much the same as it has been.
At least outside the collections.
– The difference is that I am not in a team and therefore not national team meetings either, which I will of course miss. But I think that when things turned out the way they did, I could use a bit of peace to lower my shoulders a bit. I am highly motivated and very much looking forward to a new season run-up.
