Birgit Skarstein

"It was just about how to ... fit the wheelchair into my life, rather than fitting my life into the wheelchair." Before her third Summer @Paralympics, rowing star @BirgitSkarstein 🇳🇴 shares her stories with @armlessarcher & @MJGold on ep4 of Rising Phoenix: What Does It Take?

“It’s not about what you cannot do, it’s about what you can do.” – @BirgitSkarstein on falling in love with the @Paralympics ❤️💙💚 📺 Rising Phoenix: Road to Tokyo – watch all 3 episodes on the #Paralympics YouTube channel. #RisingPhoenix #RoadToTokyo

Très heureux d’avoir accueilli à l’ambassade @BirgitSkarstein, championne paralympique d’aviron à #Tokyo2020 et multiple championne du monde, en pleine préparation pour @Paris2024. Membre du conseil des athlètes de @Paralympics, Skarstein sera pleinement engagée lors des Jeux !

It's a new WORLD BEST TIME in the first A-Final of the day for Birgit Skarstein 🇳🇴 in the PR1 W1x 💪 She crosses the line in a time of 9:47.83. The previous time was 9:50.39, which she set last year. #WorldRowingCup #WRCVarese

THIS is amazing news. @bbcstrictly - I’m a lil excited to see this in the UK. Norway were brilliant with doing this and @BirgitSkarstein was brilliant!👏🏾

@kajsaha @rufuswainwright @NobelPrize Thank you so much for joining 🥰

All panels sparkled with brilliant minds, @rufuswainwright sang like an absolute angel and @BirgitSkarstein and Benjamin List shared heartbreaking stories about what it is to be human and what matters. Smiling as I go to pick up my kids from school. Thanks @NobelPrize!✨

“What is life? A mystery…” This morning I am enjoying the science culture surrounding the #NobelPrize ➡️ Tune in you too!

Honored to have moderated this session. I learned a lot! Several thought provoking comments and discussion points on the topic of how we will evolve at @NobelPrize week dialogue w/ Paul Nurse @francesarnold Tom Kirkwood @BirgitSkarstein Take a listen👇

Dette var gøy, #nrksport 😊😊 ⁦@MagnusMoan⁩ ⁦@BirgitSkarstein⁩

Superteam! 😍 Og for en stjernekommentator @arestrandli 🫶🌟

European championships! 🥇🤩🚣🏼‍♀️ Jeg har søren meg verdens beste lag og støtteapparat, for noen helter 🫶💥 #teamwork @ Munich, Germany instagram.com/p/ChNISTlj1pI/…

Har nettopp publisert et bilde @ Paris, France instagram.com/p/Cfwwo6wL67G/…

Har nettopp publisert et bilde @ Zhangjiakou instagram.com/p/Ca5BIRNgWaw/…

"All the children who followed me talked about 'the princess in the golden dress', not the princess in the wheelchair.” - @BirgitSkarstein 🇳🇴

“It's not hard to see your limits. But it's more fun to see your possibilities and focus on what you can do." @BirgitSkarstein🇳🇴 became the first wheelchair user to take part in 'Dancing with the Stars' Norway. "Dancing gave me a general training in flexibility and precision."

Training days! #ParaCrossCountry skiers are testing out on the course ahead of the competition. #WinterParalympics #Beijing2022

The rigorous training regime she underwent for the TV show has reaped rewards as she switches from rowing to attacking the curves of the ski course. "I've gained a lot of body understanding and body control, which is beneficial." - @BirgitSkarstein

Forholdet mellom idrett og politikk er dessverre igjen svært aktuelt. Nysgjerrig på noen av dilemmaene her? Hør kloke @BirgitSkarstein tenke høyt med oss i Ytringsfrihet i 100&10 fra september. open.spotify.com/episode/0J2kxY… @JUSiOslo

Har nettopp publisert et bilde @ 張家口市崇禮縣．太舞滑雪場 instagram.com/p/Caw6XR9gFTM/…

@PetterSkinstad @AasanViljar Rimelig strengt regulert når en får reise inn for å unngå å ha for mange i leir samtidig mtp smittevern. Er i alle fall mye å tjene på å være litt smart og fintfølende når en er der, samt ha respekt for utfordringen på en offensiv note.

@AasanViljar @BirgitSkarstein Er i hvert fall greit å komme seg på første mulige fly nedover, for noe mindre enn en 6-7 dager før første konkurranse er ikke optimalt. De fleste får jo noen tøffe dager rundt dag 3-5.

Jeg liker ikke det jeg ser i OL-løypene. Er Norge godt nok forberedt? #2sport tv2.no/mening-og-anal…

@PetterSkinstad @AasanViljar Kan hende resten av skilaget klarer seg ok med turene de hadde til Livigno i fjor, jeg må innrømme at jeg er rimelig spent. Lukter å droppe første distanse for å kjøpe et par ekstra dager og ikke smelle med én gang i alle fall

@AasanViljar @BirgitSkarstein Får holde pusten på trening eller satse på et sinnsykt lavtrykk!