Last year, the 21-year-old was part of Team Ramudden’s development squad. Now she’s taking the next step in her career – into Ski Classics and a Czech Pro Team.

Emmi Nyberg from Sweden has spent the past year with Team Ramudden’s development team. Last winter, she competed in the Swedish national long-distance cup 157 XCC Originals. Now, she’s making a career move: she has signed with the Czech Ski Classics Pro Team eD system.

Emmi was contacted on social media, and things moved quickly from there.

“They wrote to me and asked what my upcoming season would look like. I told them honestly that I didn’t have a team but was still training hard,” she told Langd.se.

Seized the opportunity

After a brief exchange, the Pro Team offered her the last spot, and Emmi accepted.

“I think their idea this year, or going forward, too, is to focus on younger skiers. That I can come in and show that it’s possible to do long-distance skiing at a young age. It doesn’t seem like people in the Czech Republic believe that yet. The goal is to inspire more young Czech skiers to aim for long-distance races.”

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The plan is for her to compete in the full Ski Classics season up to Birkebeinerrennet.

“I’m planning to race until Birken, at least for now. After Birken, we’ll see what I can manage, and they’ll also review their budget and what’s possible, especially when they’re based in Norway.”

“Watch and learn”

This fall, the 21-year-old will meet her new teammates for the first time. She plans to race Lipnoloppet in early October – a roller skiing race in the Czech Republic and part of the Ski Classics Challengers series. Then comes a training camp in Mallorca and eventually an early snow camp.

What are your expectations for the Ski Classics circuit and yourself this coming season?

“It’ll be a lot of watching and learning, of course, but it’ll be fun to see how things work in Ski Classics – how teams travel between races, all the preparations, and how the competitions function,” she says, and continues:

“But I don’t really have any expectations for myself. That’s actually part of the reason I said yes – the team doesn’t either.”

Part of Britta’s academy

In addition to joining the team, Emmi Nyberg is also part of Britta Johansson Norgren’s academy, Östersunds Ski Academy. There, Britta is her coach – and Emmi believes she wouldn’t have taken the chance without her.

“To be honest, if I didn’t have Britta as my coach, I probably wouldn’t have accepted the team’s offer either.”

What kind of support do you get from the academy?

“We have about three to four group training sessions a week, with three out of four being interval sessions. So, you get good quality sessions in. Britta structures the training for me, and I can always call or text her.”

“If I didn’t have her, I probably couldn’t manage it. She said she’ll help me be as well-prepared as possible for the season,” she concludes.

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