– I was a bit put off. There was someone with a mobile camera on me when I was sitting on the barrier. I was a bit annoyed, Andersen says to news. With a jump of 100 metres, he comes out as number 18, 1.48 behind Johannes Lamparter. He himself says that he was late on the edge and further tilted in the air, which he thinks he lost three or four metres. And precisely there, the mobile filming may have come in handy for Andersen. – It is not good at all. It disturbs Espen in his set preparations for the ski jump and perhaps spoils what Espen was supposed to do a little. He was really frustrated when he came down, says sports director Ivar Stuan to news. – Basically, it shouldn’t be very disruptive, when you sit on the boom it should be you and your tasks. But if he gets too close, and he talked about being almost up on the boom. So it is clear that it is disturbing. It shouldn’t be there when there is a ski race, says news’s jumping expert Anders Bardal. – A bit of a scheme The former combined profile Magnus Moan believes it may have led to uncertainty for Andersen. – The thoughts are that he is probably starting to deceive, since he gets it in the side view. Maybe double check their bindings an extra time. I believe that he has nothing to do there, says former combined player Magnus Moan in news’s winter studio. Andersen himself says he tried to avoid thinking about it. – He almost sits and touches me when I go skiing. I get a little annoyed that it should be allowed for a guy to sit right next to me. I’m supposed to ignore this and jump on skis, but you can’t go on like that either, says Andersen. FRUSTRATED: Espen Andersen. Photo: Terje Pedersen / NTB – Did you talk to him or did you communicate? – I try not to think about it when I sit on the barrier. When I hardly have room for my hand because there’s a guy sitting next to me… It’s a bit of a scheme, Andersen replies. The race manager apologizes. Stuan goes on to say that Andersen was pissed when he came out of the ground. – He felt it had been ruined for him and it is senseless that this should happen, says Stuan and continues: – This is very unusual and completely unnecessary. This is just nonsense. The race director in combined for the International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS), Lasse Ottesen, regrets the whole thing. – I have seen the pictures afterwards and see that there is a disturbing element that should not be there. Of course, we have to clear that up. Fortunately, he is not physically in the way, but in any case it is a disturbance both in the preparations and what will happen to Espen. It is very regrettable, says Ottesen to news. LEADER: Lasse Ottesen. Photo: Terje Pedersen / NTB The Norwegian says they have now started work to find out who the person was, but are clear that the person was not supposed to be there. – We have to have a chat with him first, to hear who he is and why he was there. But there is no doubt that there will be consequences for him, and then we must apologize to Espen that something like this happens, says Ottesen about possible consequences. Ottesen adds that the Norwegian camp could have complained before the show jumping was over, but as they were only made aware of it after the show had finished, he will not be allowed to jump again. After the jump race, Johannes Lamparter leads before the last race in the Seefeld triple. Jens Lurås Oftebro goes out in fourth place, 38 seconds behind.
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