Martin Johnsrud Sundby starts for Røa IL . From the end of 2002 to 2006 he took part in lower-class competitions such as FIS races. In 2003 he took in Sollefteå when at least the silver medal jumped out with the Norwegian relay and he was eighth in the mass start race over 30 kilometers, 14th over ten kilometers in the classic technique and 17th in the sprint, and in 2004 in Stryn , when he was with the Norwegian Relay fifth, as well as sixth in the individual races over ten kilometers in the free technique, ninth in the mass start race over 30 kilometers and 25th in the sprint, participated in the Junior World Championships. He was able to improve his performance steadily and started in Oslo in March 2005 in a race over 50 kilometers in the cross-country skiing world cup , but did not finish. Then it took another year before he was allowed to start again in the World Cup in Falun and Oslo. In December 2006 Sundby won first World Cup points in La Clusaz as the 25th over 50 kilometers. In January 2007, he finished fourth in the pursuit of the Norwegian Championships. His first outstanding World Cup result was in November 2007 as the winner of the relay in Beitostølen . This season more victories followed in the team sprint in Liberec together with Simen Østensen and in Falun with the relay. At the Norwegian Championship in 2008 he won silver in the 30 km pursuit race. At the beginning of the 2008/09 season he won in Gällivare and La Clusaz with the relay. At the end of November 2008 he won his first individual World Cup race in Kuusamo, Finland, over 15 km in classic style. He finished the Tour de Ski 2008/09 in eighth place. He finished second in Nové Město over 15 km classic. At the Nordic World Ski Championships in Liberec in 2009 , he achieved 34th place over 15 km classic. At the World Cup finals in 2009 he came in 18th place overall.
In the 2009/10 season Sundby won in Beitostølen with the relay and reached second place in Lahti with the relay. He finished the Tour de Ski 2009/10 in 20th place. At the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, Sundby won the silver medal in the relay competition over 4 × 10 km together with Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset , Petter Northug and Lars Berger . His best individual race result at these games was 15th in the 50 km classic mass start race, while he was 18th in the pursuit race over 30 kilometers and 33rd over 15 kilometers in free technique. At the beginning of the 2010/11 season he came in third place with the relay in La Clusaz . At the last World Cup race before the Nordic World Ski Championships in Oslo in 2011 , he took second place over 15 km classic in Drammen . At the World Championships he finished fifth in the 30 km pursuit race, in the 15 km race in classic style he won the bronze medal and with the relay the gold medal. Only in the mass start race over 50 kilometers did he only finish 24th. He finished the World Cup final in March 2011 in 20th place. After a weaker start to the 2011/12 season , at the end of the season in Nové Město he took first place with the relay, in Lahti second place in the skiathlon and in Oslo third place in the 50 km classic mass start race. At the 2012 World Cup final , he came fourth. In 2012 he was Norwegian champion in skiathlon, over 15 km freestyle and 50 km classic mass start race.
At the beginning of the 2012/13 season Sundby won in Gällivare with the relay and over 15 km freestyle. At the Nordic Opening he came in sixth overall. In January 2013 he won in La Clusaz with the relay. In the same month he won bronze in the skiathlon and gold in the 15 km freestyle at the Norwegian championship. At the Nordic World Ski Championships in 2013 in Val di Fiemme , he won the silver medal in the pursuit race behind Dario Cologna . In March 2013 he achieved third place over 15 km classic and second place in the 50 km mass start race in Lahti . At the World Cup final , he took third place. Two weeks later he was again Norwegian champion in the 50 km classic mass start race. He finished the season in eighth place in the overall World Cup and sixth place in the distance ranking. In April 2013 he won the Skarverennet over 38 km freestyle.
In the following season Sundby reached seven podiums and four wins in 11 participations in world cup races. He was the first cross-country skier to win the Nordic Opening , the Tour de Ski and the World Cup final in one season. At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi , he was fourth in the 50 km freestyle mass start race and fourth in the relay. In the skiathlon he won bronze and 15 kilometers in the classical technique he finished 13th. At the Norwegian championship in Molde and Gålå in 2014 , he won silver over 15 km classic and gold in the skiathlon and 50 km freestyle mass start race. He finished the season in first place in the distance classification and in the overall World Cup. At the beginning of the 2014/15 season he achieved second place over 15 km classic in Ruka . At the following Nordic Opening in Lillehammer , as in the previous year, he took first place overall. He finished the Tour de Ski 2015 in first place overall. At the Nordic World Ski Championships 2015 in Falun , he came eleventh in the 50 km classic mass start race. At the last World Cup race of the season in Oslo he took third place in the 50 km freestyle mass start race and finished the season in second place in the distance classification and again first place in the overall World Cup. Because of the use of the asthma drug Salbutamol , which Sundby had not registered according to the doping regulations , he was suspended for two months since July 11, 2016 and his World Cup victory in December 2015 in Davos and his overall victory at the Tour de Ski 2015 were revoked. In the overall World Cup he dropped from first to sixth place.
In the 2015/2016 season, Sundby dominated the World Cup for cross-country skiers, winning the Distance World Cup and, for the third time in a row, the overall World Cup. He achieved ten podium finishes in 13 individual World Cup competitions, including eight victories, including the Nordic Opening in Ruka , the Tour de Ski and the Ski Tour Canada, which was held for the first time this season . Also in the season he won two World Cup victories with the relay. At the Norwegian Championships in 2016, he won over 10 km, over 15 km and over 50 km and together with Andrew Musgrave came second in the team sprint. At the beginning of the 2016/17 season he finished third in Ruka over 15 km classic and won the World Cup mini tour in Lillehammer . This was followed in December 2016 by victories in Davos over 30 km freestyle and in La Clusaz with the relay. He also won second place in the 15 km mass start race in La Clusaz. At the Tour de Ski 2016/17 he finished second in the overall standings behind Sergei Ustyugov . He came second twice and won the 15 km mass start stage in Fiemme Valley . At the following World Cups he came in Ulricehamn to second place over 15 km freestyle and first place with the relay and in Falun to second place in the 30 km mass start race. At the beginning of February 2017 he became Norwegian champion in skiathlon and third in the 15 km classic in Lygna . In Otepää in mid-February 2017, he won his 28th individual World Cup victory over 15 km classic. At the season highlight of the Nordic World Ski Championships 2017 in Lahti , he achieved the silver medal in the skiathlon and over 15 km classic and the gold medal with the relay. He also finished fifth in the 50 km mass start race. In mid-March 2017 he won the 50 km mass start race in Oslo and thus won the overall and distance World Cups ahead of time. He then no longer competed in the World Cup final in Québec and instead started the classic 54 km Birkebeiner race , which he was able to win. At the beginning of April 2017 he became the Norwegian champion over 50 km classic in Gålå . He was also second in the 10 km freestyle and third in the team sprint. In the same month he won the Skarverennet over 38 km freestyle in Geilo .
After finishing second in the Ruka Triple and in the skiathlon in Lillehammer at the beginning of the 2017/18 season, Sundby also took second place in the Tour de Ski 2017/18 . He came third in Lenzerheide over 15 km classic and ran the fastest time on the final stage in Fiemme Valley. In January 2018 he won the Norwegian skiathlon championships and took third place in the 15 km mass start race at the World Cup in Seefeld in Tyrol . At the season highlight of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang , he won the silver medal in the skiathlon and the gold medal in the team sprint together with Johannes Høsflot Klæbo and the relay. In the 50 km mass start race he came in fifth place and in the 15 km freestyle in fourth place. In March 2018, he finished second in the 50 km freestyle mass start race in Oslo and fourth at the World Cup final in Falun . He finished the World Cup season in third place in the overall World Cup and in second place in the Distance World Cup. At the beginning of the 2018/19 season he finished 24th in the Lillehammer Triple and finished second in the 30 km freestyle and first place in the relay in Beitostølen . In Davos he came third in the 15 km freestyle. At the Tour de Ski 2018/19 he finished seventh with three top ten placements. At the beginning of February 2019 he was third in the skiathlon and second in the relay at the Norwegian championships in Meråker . At the 2019 World Championships in Seefeld in Tirol, he was world champion over 15 kilometers in classical technique and with the relay and won bronze in the skiathlon behind his compatriot Sjur Røthe and the Russian Alexander Bolschunow . In the mass start race over 50 kilometers, he was fourth and missed the precious metal only a tenth of a second behind third-placed Røthe. In March 2019 he took second place in Falun in the 15 km freestyle and at the end of the season he finished ninth in the overall World Cup and third in the Distance World Cup. At the end of March 2019, he became the Norwegian champion over 10 km freestyle and 50 km classic in Lygna .
training
Sundby belongs to the generation of Norwegian cross-country skiers who have systematically recorded their training (heart rate and load values as well as distance, etc. of each training session) since they were accepted into the squad . It turned out that he trained significantly more and with significantly lower intensity than the competition in Germany or other non-Scandinavian countries. While in Germany around a third of running training takes place above the anaerobic threshold, it was only 9% for these Norwegians. While fatigue resistance is trained in Germany, the Norwegians train aerobic endurance as the basis.
^ Espen Tønnessen, Thomas A. Haugen, Erlend Hem, Svein Leirstein, Stephen Seiler: Maximum Aerobic Capacity in the Winter-Olympics Endurance Disciplines: Olympic-Medal Benchmarks for the Time Period 1990-2013. In: Int J Sports Physiol Perform. 10 (7), 2015, pp. 835-839.
↑ Arnd Krüger : How much basic training do you need? The importance of aerobic endurance for cross-country skiing. In: FdSnow. Trade journal for skiing. 33, 2, 2015, pp. 22-33.
↑ Espen Tønnessen, Øystein Sylta, Thomas A. Haugen, Erlend Hem, Ida S. Svendsen, Stephen Seiler: The Road to Gold: Training and Peaking Characteristics in the Year Prior to a Gold Medal Endurance Performance. In: PLoS One. 9 (7) 2014, p. E101796.