On Tuesday 05 December to 10 December, the European Short Track Championships will be held in Bucharest, Romania. Before the squad is stationed in Romania, several athletes will come directly from Rotterdam to test their competition performance.

Next week, the European Short Course Swimming Championships will be held in Bucharest. Norway sent nine athletes to compete against top European teams (see the full squad here). Before the squad leaves for Romania, several athletes are currently in Rotterdam to try out the competition format. Many things indicate that his performance is good after many gave good results during the NM short track in Bergen two weeks ago.

Photo: Karl Filip Singdahlsen / Norwegian Sports Confederation

The shape feels good. I got some great answers during NM, and I feel like I still have a lot to go on. It will be very interesting with the long track event before the short track EC. I think there’s a good chance of doing it people’s approach at EC. So I’m really looking forward to it, said Henrik Christiansen.

Nicholas Lia is excited about how the training he does this fall will impact his distance performance.

It’s important to check the performance in Rotterdam on the long track, so I can see how the training I do this fall will affect the long track, because next year’s Olympics will be on the long track. “This year short track is not a focus, but with EC it will be fun and I hope I can have some fun moments during the championship,” said Nicholas Lia.

National team manager Petter Løvberg is looking forward to the short EC path and has clear goals for each athlete and the squad as a whole.

There were a lot of good results during the NM short track in Bergen, and I hope to see another improvement on the EC short track, which will be the most important competition this fall. There are a lot of people who can compete for the top spot and I hope they do their best race. Henrik probably has the biggest pressure of expectations, as he won two medals on the WC short track last time out, but also Markus Lie, who had a very strong fall and hopes to see him in the final. If you are in the final, anything can happen, said national team manager Petter Løvberg.

Information about Norwegian athletes, their training, schedules etc. can be found attached below.