September 09, 2015 (Norway) – Norwegian ski queen, Marit Bjoergen, is six months pregnant but still training intensively. According to Norway’s Dagbladet, the renowned superstar, who expects to give birth in late December, has revealed plans for a record-setting comeback that could see her race at the SkiTour Canada 2016 season finale in March next year.

Bjoergen takes the Sprint Cup globe © Nordic Focus

Bjoergen, 35, is a six-time Olympic champion with 14 world championship victories and 90+ World Cup victories making her the record-holder for both women and men. This past season Bjoergen became the first athlete to capture all three World Cup crystal globes – overall, distance and sprint – twice in her career.

“The child will arrive around Christmas, so I’m betting that I can compete again in March,” reveals Bjoergen. “Had the World Cup finals been in Holmenkollen (Norway), or Falun (Sweden), it would have been a natural objective. The Tour in Canada will be difficult, but if all goes better than expected after Christmas it’s possible that I may make my comeback in Canada.”

Despite being six months pregnant, Bjoergen is apparently still running three-hour sessions with teammates at a Norwegian national team training camp.

Bjoergen is the winnigest xc skier with 90+ World Cup victories © Nordic Focus

She will also be part of an international study, looking into how exercise affects pregnancy, an area where there is insufficient research at present. The father is former Olympic champion in Nordic combined, Fred Børre Lundberg.

SkiTour Canada is the finale of the 2016 FIS Cross-Country World Cup. Events will take place from March 1-12 in three Quebec locations (Quebec City, Montreal, and Gatineau) as well as in Canmore, AB. As there are no Olympic Games or World Championships on the international calendar this season, Ski Tour Canada 2016 is sure to be one of the highlights.