See the list of participants at the bottom of the case. The recording of “Master of Masters” starts in mid-June, and takes place in Lindesnes and Farsund in Southern Norway. Ten competitive sports stars will fight for the given title. Among them is the MMA athlete Emil Meek. Since 2016, he has competed in the Ultimate Fighting Championship, but has recently decided to step out of the ring. Emil Meek during the weigh-in before a fight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship in 2018. He thinks the other participants will be surprised that he is actually very calm and kind. Photo: Tom Szczerbowski / Reuters He is looking forward to showing off his sport. – When I started with MMA it was completely unknown, but I’ve got it right. I have respect for all sports, but I want to show how tough we MMA athletes are, because we are actually very complete athletes, he says. Through sport, he has acquired perseverance, mental strength and not least a little fear of what is to come. But he does not feel invincible for that reason. – There are two people I think will be tough to beat, and that is Terje Håkonsen and Anders Aukland. It’s because they have such a different physique and other types of skills than I have, admits Meek. See who is in the “Champion of Champions” in the image swipe below: Former soccer player Pål André Helland. Former cross-country runner Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen. Former soccer, ice hockey and floorball player Birgitte Lersbryggen. Former MMA athlete Emil Meek. Former figure skater Camilla Gjersem. Former handball player Marit Malm Frafjord. Former snowboarder Stian Sivertzen. Former biathlete Tiril Eckhoff. Former snowboarder Terje Haakonsen. Former cross-country skier Anders Aukland. – I’m a fool Another challenger in the next season is Pål André Helland. He put his football boots on the shelf this autumn after playing the last two seasons of his career in Lillestrøm. – I have missed competing, so that is part of the reason why I agreed to take part, says Helland. – In addition, I look forward to hearing how others have approached training, something that can be instructive in football, he adds. When asked what he thinks the others should fear in meeting him, the man from Trønder answers bluntly: – It’s that I’m a fool. I am tactically smart. Pål André Helland in the Rosenborg suit. He played for Trondheimsklubben first in 2009-2011, then 2013-2021. Photo: Ned Alley / NTB scanpix Hoping to have fun Tiril Eckhoff, who announced the end of his career in March, is also looking forward to getting to know the others and their sports careers. – I hope we can have fun together, she says. Eckhoff admits that she too sees Aukland as one of the strongest competitors. – I think everyone is a good competitor. But I imagine that Aukland can be sharp. The same applies to Emil Meek. These are the participants: Anders Aukland (50), cross-country The merit list is long and consists of, among other things, Olympic gold in the relay, World Cup silver in classical and six World Cup victories. He has also won the Vasaloppet and the long-distance race Marcialonga. Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen (36), cross-country skiing Jacobsen won Olympic gold in the relay in Pyeongchang 2018. She also has ten World Cup medals, 41 podium places in the World Cup, and 34 National Championship medals, of which 14 are gold. Birgitte Lersbryggen (48), ice hockey, football and floorball Lersbryggen has been on the national team in all three sports. In the 20s, he turned to indoor bandy, and moved to Sweden to bet. She won four league championships with the club Ballrog, and during this period was ranked as the world’s best floorball player. Camilla Gjersem (29), figure skating Gjersem was drafted into the national team as an 11-year-old. She took part in the EC in 2012 and in 2015, and also has five NM gold. Gjersem retired in 2019. Meek competed in the welterweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship from 2016-2021. He has gone 17 professional fights and has ten wins and six losses. Marit Malm Frafjord (37), handball Frafjord is one of Norway’s most meritorious handball players both on the national team and the club team. She has two Olympic golds, one WC gold and five EC titles with the national team. Pål André Helland (33), football Helland has played for Rosenborg, Byåsen, Hødd and Lillestrøm. He won the cup with Hødd in 2012 and has four league golds and three cup golds with Rosenborg in the years 2015–2018. He also has six matches for the national team. Stian Sivertzen (34), snowboard Sivertzen became junior world champion in 2007 in the snowboardcross discipline, and took second place in the world cup in the boardercross discipline the following year. He participated in the Olympics in Vancouver in 2010. Terje Håkonsen (48), snowboard Håkonsen has won the WC in halfpipe three times. He also has five EC gold medals in halfpipe. He has also won the US Open three times. In 2007, he set the world record for “Highest Air” when he reached 9.8 meters from the top of the skate ramp. Tiril Eckhoff (33), cross-country skiing Eckhoff won the world cup overall in 2020/21. In total, she has 29 individual World Cup victories and is thus the all-time winningest Norwegian woman in the Biathlon World Cup. She also has ten WC gold medals, of which three are individual. From the Olympics, she has two golds, two silvers and four bronzes. For more information about the participants and the next season of “Master of Masters”, read here.
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