Maiken Caspersen FALLA NOR

Maiken Caspersen Falla got her first skis when she was four...in 2008 she made her World Cup debut in Kuusamo after showing a great performance at the national opening in Beitostoelen...already a month later – in December 2008 she stepped the first time on the World Cup podium, having scored third place in Düsseldorf...in the same winter, the young athlete claimed victory with her team mates at the FIS Nordic Junior World Ski Championships in Praz-de-Lys in relay and also took the bronze medal in sprint behind Ingvild Flugstad Oestberg and Hanna Brodin..with this success behind, Caspersen Falla went to the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Liberec where she had not her best day and was edged out after the Prologue in sprint...in the season 2010, she took part in her first Olympics and reached the 20th place in sprint classic...the last season was the most successful one for her so far, it kicked off with the sprint victory at the national opening in Beitostoelen...continued with the team sprint victory in Liberec with Marit Bjoergen whilst at the season highlight, the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Oslo she won the bronze medal in the team sprint classic with her team mate Astrid Jacobsen...Falla concluded the season in 6th in the overall sprint World Cup.