He did that the day after that Tobias Foss wins sensational WC gold.

– Imagine that Norway stands with two golds in two days in the cycling toilet, exclaims TV 2 expert Magnus Drivenes.

After a long and tense time in the leader’s seat, Wærenskjold was finally able to slap his thighs and cheer for WC gold. EC winner and big favorite Alec Segaert (19) failed, and had to settle for second place.

– “To be honest, I’m a little shaky right now,” Wærenskjold said in an interview with the organizers.

– It hurts. I felt completely empty and very, very relieved. It was an amazing experience, he told TV 2.

Send greetings to the boss

When the victory interview was over, he took the opportunity to send greetings to the boss.

On Friday 9 September, it became known that the Norwegian Cycling Association’s sports manager, Hans Falk, was on sick leave for an indefinite period due to acute leukemia.

– I would like to express my deepest gratitude to Hans Falk. “He’s in hospital right now, so I want to share my thoughts and wish him the best,” Wærenskjold said.

He is now undergoing difficult treatment and is not in Australia.

– But he’s probably following along well, Wærenskjold told TV 2.

– “We just need to wish him the best and the warmest in his hospital bed and hope it serves as an inspiration for the fight he has to go through now to recover,” cycling association project manager Stian Remme told TV 2.

help formula 1

Wærenskjold organized his troops properly, and after a somewhat restrained start, he made his move in the end. In the last intermediate time he passed the new best time. He also went so deep into a few turns that the TV 2 commentator snapped.

But the Norwegian is in control, let’s trust him ourselves.

– “I’ve played a lot of Formula 1 on the Playstation, so I’ve been practicing a lot of turns there,” a smiling Wærenskjold said to the organizers.

Additionally, he received help from Sunday’s gold winner, Tobias Foss:

– I know you have to be quick on the turn. I got some tips from Tobias yesterday about saving a little energy going uphill, says Wærenskjold.

And he definitely took it to heart.

Nervously following

It was a tense few minutes for Wærenskjold, who kept an eye on Segaert’s timing along the way.

– Here it smells like gold for a long time, said TV 2 commentator Christian Paasche as Segaert appeared to lose to the 22-year-old.

In the end, European Championship winner Segaert was the only one who could possibly fight for gold, but the Belgian didn’t have as much powder on his feet as the 22-year-old Norwegian. Segaert was at the finish line, 16.34 seconds behind the Norwegian. Briton Leo Hayter was third, 24.16 seconds behind.

– I did a good race. I opened pretty hard, but there was quite a bit left at the end, Wærenskjold told TV 2.

Wærenskjold picked up silver in tempo at EC U23 last year and was one of the favorites in Monday’s time trial. Thor Hushovd won the U23 pace in 1998, while Oskar Svendsen won the junior class in 2012.