“Making every day as perfect as possible”

A year ago, after anchoring Norway to second in the Antholz Men’s Relay, Christiansen was excluded from Norway’s IBU World Championships team, missing the season’s major event for the first time in 6 years. With a chuckle about his good fortune since then, “My mind is a bit happier than a year ago. Last year was quite s…t; sorry for the language, but it really was. I decided at the time of Lenzerheide, ‘the way back starts now.’ So, I made some plans. I’ve been healthy all year; not one day of illness. That’s what made me come this far this year: consistency, making every day as perfect as possible.”

“Smartness brought me to Silver”

Regarding the minute margin between his Silver and Jacquelin’s fourth place, “I think it was closer than I knew. I did not know it was that close, especially to fourth place. I heard that I was one second behind Sturla or something like that and that Jacquelin was tired. I did sone 30-second sprints here at the stadium yesterday; just that hill, I thought, ‘Okay, you just have one more 30-second sprint in you and you are finished.’ I am happy I did those sprints yesterday. That was the difference for me, the last 500 meters.”