She had big goals. She wanted to qualify for the World Championships in Trondheim and had her sights set on more triumphs in Ski Classics. But her body said no, and none of that came to fruition. Instead, she will be an expert commentator on SC Play for the Grönklitt Weekend.

It shocked the Ski Classics community when Magni Smedås suddenly had to send a message announcing that she wouldn’t compete for a while.

At the start of the season, the Pro Team athlete had already noticed something wasn’t right. Her body didn’t respond as usual, her heart rate was high, and the results didn’t come. There was no choice but to pull the emergency brake. A high-altitude training camp in Central Europe with Team Eksjöhus didn’t improve her condition.

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But this weekend, Magni Smedås will appear in a new role – as an expert commentator for SC Play’s English broadcasts of the two Ski Classics events in Orsa-Grönklitt, Sweden: The Grönklitt Criterium 61 and the Grönklitt ITT.

WATCH THE GRÖNKLITT CRITERIUM 61 AND ITT HERE ON SC PLAY!

Smedås certainly knows what it feels like to be in the lead in these races. Regardless, it will be exciting to follow on SC Play!

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Last season, the skier from Nord-Østerdal also won a medal in the 30km race at the Norwegian Championships in Lillehammer, and she had hoped to follow her former teammate and fellow townswoman Therese Johaug to the World Championships in Trondheim.

Magni Smedås has overcome setbacks before, and hopefully, we’ll see her back on the course again soon.

Ski Classics Pro Tour Season XVI (2024/2025)

Season XVI of the Ski Classics Pro Tour consists of 14 events across 10 event weekends in 6 countries. It started in Bad Gastein, Austria, on December 13, 2024, with the Pro Team Presentation and ends in Finnsnes, Norway, with the Ski Classics Grand Finale Summit 2 Senja on March 30, 2025.

• Event 0: Friday, December 13, 2024 –Ski Classics Pro Team Presentation XVI – Bad Gastein, Austria
• Event 1: Saturday, December 14, 2024 – Bad Gastein ITT – Sportgastein, Austria, 7km
• Event 2: Sunday, December 15, 2024 – Bad Gastein Criterium – Sportgastein, Austria, 36km
• Event 3: Saturday, January 11, 2025 – 3 Zinnen Ski Marathon – Sexten, Italy, 60km
• Event 4: Sunday, January 12, 2025 – La Venosta ITT Kapron-Melago – Val Venosta, Italy, 11km
• Event 5: Saturday, January 18, 2025 – Engadin La Diagonela – Pontresina-Zuoz, Switzerland, 43km
• Event 6: Sunday, January 26, 2025 – Marcialonga – Trentino, Italy, 70km
• Event 7: Sunday, February 9, 2025 – Jizerská50 – Bedřichov, Czech Republic, 50km
• Event 8: Saturday, February 15, 2025 – Grönklitt Criterium 61 – Orsa Grönklitt, Sweden, 61km
• Event 9: Sunday, February 16, 2025 – Grönklitt ITT – Orsa Grönklitt, Sweden, 12km
• Event 10: Sunday, March 2, 2025 – Vasaloppet – Sälen-Mora, Sweden, 90km
• Event 11: Saturday, March 15, 2025 – Birkebeinerrennet – Rena-Lillehammer, Norway, 54km
• Event 12: Saturday, March 22, 2025 – Marcialonga Bodø – Bodø, Norway, 50km
• Event 13: Saturday, March 29, 2025 – Reistadløpet – Setermoen-Bardufoss, Norway, 46km
• Event 14: Sunday, March 30, 2025 – Grand Finale Summit 2 Senja – Bardufoss-Finnsnes, Norway, 60km

More information about the Ski Classics Pro Tour can be found at skiclassics.com

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