Kramer wants to regain his form after a difficult Olympic season Now

Of course, Sven Kramer wants to win titles again in the coming season and is looking at the world record with a slant, but the 32-year-old hopes to stay injury-free this winter.

"My main goal this winter is to come back to be fit," Kramer told Wolvega on Tuesday at a press time of Team Jumbo.

"Of course, I want to win the races I drive, but the most important thing for me is that I can get up and grab my socks, which may seem strange, but it does not always work."

Frisian has had a difficult Olympic season. He won the Olympic gold medal in February at 5km, but was no better than sixth on 10km. A month later, the ninth world champion finished disappointingly in fourth place at the World Allround Championships. had to do in his career – which caused him less strength in the left leg.

"It's better now," says the four-time Olympic champion. "Last season, it was very often not enough, now it's enough, I hope to be free of my injuries, I do not know if it's real, but that's my goal, and if I'm in form and able to do what I want, so I know for sure that I still have the ability to participate in the victory. "

Kramer can not say it's going bad just before the start of the new season, because he drove for two weeks. a track record of 5 kilometers (6.10,97).

"It's my best time at the start of the season, so I can play hide-and-seek, but enough skaters do that, I'm not here."

Kramer does not exclude Games participation 2022

Kramer does not have much to look far into the future because of his back problems, although he does not exclude that in 2022 in Beijing, he will participate for the fifth time in the Olympic Games . "It's not that I think, by definition, that I will not succeed anymore, but I see what will happen, I really look at it year after year."

"If I do not participate in the victory, The pleasure ends quickly, then the choice is easier, but as I feel now, it's good and why should I m & # 39; To stop with something that makes me so happy? "

It is clear that Kramer, who became a father for the first time a week and a half ago, does not consider the upcoming Games as his main goal for the moment, where earlier Olympic cycles were invariably the case.

"The pressure is less strong for me now, not like four years ago with the feeling of: it's okay and it must be, it's good too, I have to do it for anyone, I skate because I really love it myself. "

The skating season kicks off this week with the World Cup Qualifying Tournament. Tickets for the first Ski World Cup can be purchased at Heerenveen.