Dad Vermeulen reveals

“Cross-country skiing was actually too strenuous for Mika”

Little Mika first made friends with cross-country skis thanks to a trick from his father(Bild: Familie Vermeulen)

Mika Vermeulen has three chances to win a historic medal in the cross-country skiing event at the Nordic World Ski Championships. His father Vincent reveals why he first learned to love cross-country skiing through a trick and what Hermann Maier has to do with his motivation.

Red-white-red cross-country skiers have had nothing to celebrate at the Nordic World Ski Championships for a long time. Since the flood of precious metals in Ramsau in 1999, there has been a low tide on the cross-country ski trail. Most recently, it was a man from Ramsau who raised hopes: Mika Vermeulen, who was not even born when Austria won its last World Championship medal in cross-country skiing.