– The feeling now is insanely strong. The words belong to Ole-Kristian Bryhn. He got off to a slow start at the Champion of Champions last week. On Friday night, he got his revenge, and it was good. With victory in “Jerngrept”, he made a closing maneuver that many have done before: – I feared the worst. So to start with a win today means a lot, Bryhn said after the evening’s first competition. See who leaked further down in the case. Varying math skills And the shooter continues to impress throughout the evening. He becomes the first participant to solve the “Riddle”. Here, yellow ducks, red balls and Norwegian flags must be counted and counted together in a piece of mat. And while one by one manages to finish, in the end there are two confused participants left: Skier Anders Aukland did not excel with his math skills on Friday night. Neither did Terje Håkonsen. And it was here, in the ball pool, that most of the counting went wrong. Many had to try several times before they cracked the code in the classic exercise “The Riddle”. Anders Aukland and Terje Håkonsen completely misunderstand the task. They do not complete, and simply get zero points. Had to crawl out of the ninety degrees So the perhaps greatest classic of them all is going to pers. The ninety degree. And there are several who feel the pressure: Tiril Eckhoff, Pål André Helland and Stian Sivertzen (the latter pictured) are all completely dependent on delivering to avoid night tests. Photo: Alice Asplund / Nordisk Banijay/news In the end, there are three women left in the match. A skier, a biathlete and a floorball player. Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen gives up, painfully: – It looked like you had quite stiff legs when you crawled out at the end, said presenter Aksel Lund Svindal to a laughing Uhrenholdt Jacobsen. – They didn’t work anymore, she quickly replied. Could you try your hand at ninety degrees? Yes Already done Never in life! Show result Birgitte Lersbryggen wins with ease. But Eckhoff’s impressive second place saves her from the elimination duel. This means that two men had to meet in the first night test of the season. – Would like to play more And it was Stian Sivertzen who had to leave the Champion of Champions first. It happened after an intense duel against Pål André Helland that lasted for about half an hour. – We had some wrong attempts. It took five or six attempts before we were able to choose a winner, reveals Sivertzen. The snowboarder admits that there were some grunts when the victory slipped away. – It’s a shame that I quit so early. I would have liked to have stayed a little longer and played. It may seem that “play” is the favorite word of the 34-year-old from Kongsberg. – Everyday life where it’s all about just having fun and playing, it’s not something you just want to let go of, says Stian Sivertzen. He has fought back several times after serious injuries. Photo: ADRIAN DENNIS / AFP But life has not always been a breeze for the top athlete. He has been close to death several times during his career. During the Olympic Trials in Vancouver in 2009, he fell and injured himself badly. The then 19-year-old Sivertzen underwent emergency surgery and was placed in an artificial coma. He had a number of injuries, including two broken backs. When he awoke it turned out that he had become partially paralyzed. Facts about Stian Sivertzen He asserted himself on the slopes of Kongsberg from an early age and eventually competed in the boardercross and freestyle disciplines. As a 16-year-old, he came third in a European Cup race. In 2007 he became junior world champion, won his first world cup victory, came second in the world cup and won the king’s trophy during the NM. During the Trial Olympics in Vancouver 2009, he fell and injured himself badly. In addition to fractures and internal bleeding, he suffered a tear in the main artery that nearly cost him his life and left him partially paralyzed. Nevertheless, he participated in the Olympics the following year, and from 2011-2012 he was back in full force. First with victory in a World Cup race in 2012, later he took bronze in the WC 2013 and came fifth in the Olympics 2014. He has participated in seven X Games and has won two bronze. In 2016, he again fell into a coma and was close to death due to an infection in the main artery. In autumn 2017, he chose to quit. But Sivertzen trained back. In 2012 he won the World Cup overall. A victory he describes as a highlight of his career. The snowboarder says the Master of Masters has been an experience he will remember for the rest of his life. – I have learned a lot about people. – And I have learned that there is a lot of play in a lot of sports, he adds. Read more about Stian Sivertzen’s story:
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