World Champs Preview!

This is a full repost of Roland’s guest appearance on the Skimo Gold podcast with Cam Smith and Travis Macy. We dive into the history of our project, ideas, values, data, athlete trends heading into 2025/26, Olympic qualification storylines, national depth, and more!Huge thanks to Skimo Gold for hosting us and allowing us to share this conversation with the SkiMo Cast audience.Originally released as Skimo Gold E19.

The World Champs start on Monday, and we prepared a big podcast preview for you! We discussed with 12 athletes from 10 countries their goals, expectations, and schedules for the packed week in 🇨🇭 Morgins!(0:27) Intro & WCH schedule + tracks(8:41) Oriol Cardona Coll(20:50) Johanna Hiemer(31:52) Robin & Thomas Bussard(42:40) Emily Harrop(54:59) Giulia Murada(1:04:06) Cam Smith(1:15:42) Iwona Januszyk(1:27:35) Thibault Anselmet(1:37:21) Maximilien Drion(1:46:16) Emma Cook-Clarke(1:57:15) Finn Hösch

The first episode of the year is out! Roland and Igor spoke about their experience at the La Belle Etoile, Mountain Attack, and the season so far. Then, they talked about William Bon Mardion’s protest in Andorra and continued with the #saveskimo topic. It is a complex thing, and the podcast may be the best way to handle it more complex. Please let us know your feedback. Please give us a review and share this episode with your friends. It will help us a lot! Thanks.Timestamps:01:29 - La Belle Étoile16:08 - Mountain Attack25:50 - #SAVESKIMO56:35 - Upcoming schedule

Full episode available on ⁠patreon.com/skimostats

Full 53’ episode available on patreon.com/skimostats

Markel Irizar is a former pro cyclist who spent 16 years at the highest level of this sport. Markel was one of the most loyal domestiques of his era, starting in 21 Grand Tours and 29 monumental classics. After retiring, he stayed with Lidl-Trek as the team's sporting director and coach. In addition, he took up skimo and successfully completed Pierra Menta two weeks ago. 🎙️Listen to the podcast where he talks about:▪️What was the hardest during Pierra Menta▪️Why is skimo more beautiful than cycling▪️How many vertical meters he did before PM▪️What are the similarities between the two sports▪️His future skimo plans!

This podcast was published on our Patreon account, www.patreon.com/skimostats, in December. Our guest was Emily Harrop, 2x winner of the ISMF World Cup. Emily was on the podcast two years back, and we decided to do another episode. Enjoy the discussion about different topics: biggest changes, the mental side of being an athlete, hattrick of World Cup Overall wins, cooperation with her coach, etc.

In the Episode No. 19, we had two guests - Iwan Arnold and Célia Perillat-Pessey: Timestamps: (00:27) - Intro (01:19) - Interview with Iwan Arnold (08:19) - Interview with Célia Perillat-Pessey

Rémi Bonnet is one of the best athletes in the world. He is dominating the skimo and trail running world. We spoke about his last two years and biggest achievements, upcoming goals, dreams and dream partner for the Pierra Menta. Rémi revealed the differences in his training before and with the coach, his favourite race and training session. Enjoy! Follow us: Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://skimostats.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/skimostats⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/skimostats⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/SkimoStats

Jakob Herrmann is among the best skimo athletes in long races and La Grande Course team races. Austrian ended his career in the National Team and focuses on races like Pierra Menta, Mountain Attack, PDG, etc. The following winter, he has two big projects. Listen to the episode with Jakob and find out more about the projects, what it is like to race with Kilian Jornet, the difference between the skimo world now and in the 2010s and many more. We also spoke about his famous baking and cooking skills! Follow us: Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://skimostats.com⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/skimostats⁠⁠⁠⁠ Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/skimostats⁠⁠⁠⁠ Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/SkimoStats