“At this time of the year he is working a lot on volume. He is back in Norway. In August it is the place to be, both for training and competitions,” Northug’s personal coach Eirik Myhr Nossum said.

Monday this week marked 200 days until the first competition of the Olympic Winter Game takes place. Earlier this summer Northug dropped the plan to make a trip to Las Vegas and will focus only on training for great success in Russia in February.

In April, Norway’s Cross-Country star suffered a minor knee injury. “It’s nothing he would notice now. He took only a week off and then it was out of his mind,” Mossun explained.

Northug plans to compete in all six competitions in Sochi. Cross-Country skiing fans should see Northug in all World Cups after Winter Olympic Games and as well at the 8th edition of the FIS Tour de Ski.