22-year-old Tommaso Giacomel has made a breakthrough during this year's biathlon season.
However, the first podium place was delayed until the distance race in Östersund on Thursday when he finished second.
- It is unbelievable.
Especially in distance, which has always been my weakness in the past, he says.
The Italian then said that he looks up to Nils van der Poel, and above all the Swede's training plan and philosophy.
- Now this spring I will try to prepare my season like he did, especially during the first part of the preparations during the spring and summer.
I am really looking forward to it.
"Love exercise"
After van der Poel won double Olympic gold in Beijing a year ago, he shared his entire training program, freely available to different athletes.
The arrangement with enormous amounts of training has attracted a lot of attention.
- I am a guy who loves training very much and I think Nils is an example of that, says Giacomel.