On 5 August, news could reveal that Narve Gilje Nordås did not bring their coach Gjert Ingebrigtsen to the WC in Budapest. The Norwegian Athletics Federation (NFIF) would not give the success coach accreditation. – It is an overall assessment, athletics president Anne Farseth stated as a rationale, without wanting to elaborate. When asked directly by news whether Jakob Ingebrigtsen had influenced the decision, she replied: – No. Slokvik: – Known since before Thursday, the Swedish Athletics Federation sent out a press release that Gjert Ingebrigtsen will also be denied accreditation to the indoor WC in Glasgow and EC in Rome in 2024. The federation also does not want the Olympic summit to give him accreditation to the Olympics in Paris. IN FOCUS: Narve Gilje Nordås will not be able to bring coach Gjert Ingebrigtsen to the indoor WC and EC. Photo: Hanne Skjellum – Central to the foundation is a safe framework with practitioners in the centre. Something we consider is not possible as the situation has been over time and is between Gjert and the brothers Ingebrigtsen, the association wrote in the press release. Sports manager Erlend Slokvik then confirmed to news that Jakob, Filip and Henrik Ingebrigtsen were involved in the council. – It is known from the past that they do not want him present, said Slokvik. – Brørne Ingebrigtsen was listened to The answer contrasts with the blanket rejection of the president in August. news therefore sent the following questions to Farseth: Is it true that Jakob Ingebrigtsen did not influence the decision in connection with the WC, by expressing a wish that Gjert was not awarded the accreditation? If Jakob Ingebrigtsen contributed to influencing the decision, why did the athletics president answer “no”? – I shouldn’t have answered no without elaborating. The Ingebrigtsen brothers were among several who were listened to, before NFIF made its decision, Farseth replies in an e-mail to news. When asked why she replied dismissively that Jakob Ingebrigtsen was involved in influencing the decision, she replies: – The decision was made by NFIF, and Jakob was not involved in it. That was the starting point for my answer, but as I wrote, several people were listened to before a decision was made. Critical of the athletics president Jan Petter Saltvedt, news’s sports commentator, is anything but impressed by the work of Anne Farseth and the Athletics Association in the accreditation case. – You cannot have a president in a federation who regularly comes up with untruths. This is too significant and too important to continue like this, says Saltvedt. COMMENTATOR: Jan Petter Saltvedt. Photo: Lars Thomas Nordby / news It is mostly sports manager Erlend Slokvik who has spoken out in the case of Gjert Ingebrigtsen’s refusal of accreditation. Saltvedt believes that Farseth has largely remained in the background, something he is critical of. – I think from day one that it is strange that they have not taken greater responsibility externally to defend why the decision was the way it was and what kind of reasons they have had for doing it, he says, and adds: – The athletics president has chosen to retreat quite far behind in the whole process, and that is perhaps not so strange: when she first really speaks out on the matter, she is accused of not telling the truth. In an e-mail to news, Farseth wrote the following about Saltvedt’s actions: – Saltvedt is news’s commentator and can of course mean what he wants. NFIF has acted from the best of intentions, in a very difficult matter for us.
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