All spring training hours on an exercise bike made Sarah Sjöström start to think about whether the coaches thought they were preparing her for the Tour de France rather than for the Olympic swimming.
– Yes, there were times when it felt like that, says Sjöström with a laugh.
The reason for the focus on leg training – and thus an unusually large number of training hours on an exercise bike – was not originally due to the desire to get stronger legs. Instead, Sarah Sjöström was forced and forced because the slippery accident in February, which resulted in an elbow fracture, meant that she could not train her arms.
The solution then became to focus instead on the legs, and even if the origin was due to something negative, the result has been positive.
For 28-year-old Sarah Sjöström has become significantly stronger. Something that she benefits from, not least in the underwater work.
It was already noticed during the Olympic swimming in Tokyo, but may be felt even more clearly now that the short track season is starting.
In the short course, there are more turns, and thus more shots from the tile.
– It will be really exciting to see how much I will benefit from all the leg training, says Sjöström.