Nej, Hellner har inte i denna listan att göra och han skulle aldrig påstå det själv heller. Hellner va fantastisk men hans största styrka låg inte i top farten. Northug förtjänar #1. Han var helt sanslöst bra och man kunde inte annat än beundra honom under hans tid trots att han va en "gris" xD Säker på att han till slut vann de allra flesta svenskarnas hjärta.
It was legendary when Northug won the 50 km in Falun. He came back after having a few poor seasons, after crashing his car drunk. But what he did in Falun that year was crazy. Specially the 50km after being so far behind when it was few km left.
Northug is probably the fastest skier of all time when it comes to that last stretch, even faster than Klaebo. There's no way of knowing that though, since they never met each other when both were in their respective primes. Kleabo is tactically way better and cooler than Northug ever was, and Klaebo has also the ultimate body position in downhills which gives him incredible speed when coming in to those last stretches. He just sails away from the rest and rarely needs to sprint as fast as he can. He sits perfectly on his skis with little to none wasted energy, all energy going forward and not lateral.
@@barneystinson2124 Tbh, Södergren is perhaps the slowest human who ever put on a pair of skis. He was a beast in individual 50k:s, but Södergren vs Northug in a sprint finish is as big of a contrast there ever could be. Too bad for Södergren that FIS removed individual 50k completely, he would’ve taken many more medals than he did in championships and olympics.
I think it would be a tight fight between klæbo and northug if they had a sprint finish both in their prime, but the level and quality of todays skiiers are alot higher overall and klæbo are destroying them. So i think maybe klæbo would have won the sprint.
Klaebo is in a league of its own. Northugg never was as dominant in the finnish of a sprint as Klaebo is now. And Klaebo is also crushing some of the same competitors that Northug competed with. But in the finnish of a distance race? I think Northugg would have the upper hand!
I agree! I will make multiple parts of this, but i also think he was the best in Classic and good in skate.. so overall i think the athletes on the list is better👍
@@Jari.Isometsa True, his pole finishes were pretty sick (one of the few, if not the only one, who could punish Northug), but he was not on the same level in skate.
@@Jari.Isometsa depends on what type of finish it is imo. In flatter terrain maybe Ustiugov is a little bit better but in a race track like Oberstorf there’s nobody that can beat Klaebo when it comes to the last 200 meters
