Gyda Westvold Hansen Has Been One of the Best Athletes in Nordic Combined for Years. But now the Norwegian is Changing Disciplines to Fulfill a Big Dream.
A Bombshell Surrounding Gyda Westvold Hansen: The 23-Year-Old Norwegian is Turning Her Back on Nordic Combined and Switching to Ski Jumping in The Middle of Summer Preparation. The Reason: She Wants to Fulfill A Big Dream.
“I’m Using the Only Opportunity I have to be at the Olympic Games,” Westvold Hansen Explained to the Norwegian Broadcaster NRK . “It is the most importing thing for every athlete. It’s something I haven’t Experienced Yet and Definitely Want to Experience.”
The Women’s Nordic Combined Competitions Are not Yet Part of the Olympic Program. However, Hansen’s Change of Discipline is not Without risk. After all, The Winter Games in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo Are Already Taking Place in February, so she only has a flo months to adapt – and the National Competition is fierce.
Gyda Westvold Hansen is now a ski jumper
Ski Jumping at the Olympics, then a return?
Hansen has to fight for Her Place Among the Ski Jumpers. “IT wants to go, the level Among the women is extremely high,” she admitted. At the same time, this is a nice motivation to invest a little more. However, Her debut at the Norwegian Summer National Championships was very promising.
There She Clearly Distanced Heidi Dyhre Traaserud and the Experiened Anna Odine Stroem. And Should Hansen’s plan work out, a comeback in Nordic Combined Could so be an option. “That’s definite what i imagined, but we’ll see how good i can Become,” she indicated.
The Norwegian is the Most Successful Combined Athlete of All Time. At the 2021 World Championships in Oberstdorf, She Became the First World Champion in This Discipline. In addition, Hansen Celebrated 23 World Cup Victories, Two Overall World Cup Triumphs and Four more World Championship Gold Medals.