news meets Narve Gilje Nordås together with his girlfriend Oda Andersen Lundeby on the training track, the day before he is to compete in the 1500 meters in the Diamond League meet in Zurich. A few weeks have passed since he returned home empty-handed from the Olympics, and in the time afterwards he regretted for a long time that he took an extra practice in Paris – fearing that the rest of the season would be in jeopardy. – When I reached the finish line of 5,000 after the final, it was a feeling of being slammed into the asphalt and rolled over by four wheel loaders, Nordås tells news. In terms of medals, the Olympics were a huge disappointment for the 25-year-old and the time afterwards was difficult. NO MEDALS: The Olympics ended with a seventh place in the 1500 meters for Nordås. – I felt absolutely terrible Going home and continuing for a season after that setback felt unrealistic at that point, he says. – There were no medals for any of them. It was unfortunately expected, but of course disappointing. I ran out a bit and got the famous “post-Olympic blues”, he says. The girlfriend says that they took a quiet period after they returned home from Paris. – You can tell that he is tired. Now I wasn’t a performer, but I was there and you’re always on. I understand him well. I felt we disconnected well after we got home and relaxed and didn’t think much more about it. We did what gave us joy in the race, says Lundeby. BOYFRIEND: Oda Andersen Lundeby is with Nordås in Zurich. Nordås then went from being able to jog, to running threshold sessions, to then starting to feel like himself again. – Suddenly you are able to readjust and want to run track sessions again. When you see that things are going well there, you want to compete. But still, there was no easy way back. – It was the first real hard session where I felt absolutely terrible. I couldn’t run one lap at 1500 speed and couldn’t get air. I was a bit like “ok, how is this going to go then?”. But then I was at the top, got to build myself up gradually and have felt a little better, says Nordås. – Became hungrier The Olympics in Paris ended with a seventh place in the 1500 meters for Nordås. After that, he also chose to give it a go in the 5000 metres, where he finished 17th. Nordås explained the choice afterwards by saying that he felt persuaded to run in the 5,000 metres, but that it was not an individual who was behind it: – Do you regret running the 5,000 meters instead of going home? – Yes, but you can’t do anything about that, replied Nordås. – Is there anything positive to take away from it? – Not really, because the fact that I’m betting on 5,000 means that I’m completely drained with regard to the rest of the season, so now it may also fail, he said at the Olympics. REGRETTED: Nordås regretted for a long time that he chose to run the 5000 meters in the Olympics. Photo: Beate Oma Dahle / NTB Now he looks far more positively on the last part of the season. – For my part, there wasn’t so much to get full at the Olympics, you got hungrier, quite simply. Even if I was physically completely destroyed, there can be a big gain in running so many races in such a short time in terms of the super compensation. It requires that you take it very easy for many weeks afterwards, which I have done. The shape has steadily gotten better and better. I hope it matches what I perform out here this morning. From At 20.00 you can watch the Diamond League meeting from Zurich on NRK1. The 1,500 meters with, among others, Narve Gilje Nordås and Jakob Ingebrigtsen starts at 21.27. Grandmother in tears after bronze medal 00:49 Gets competitor’s help before the start: – It doesn’t get more beautiful 00:46 Shocked by what the Olympic winner says about the muffin 01:18 Using MacGyver solution: – A lot you can’t get hold of 01:20 Show more Published 04/09/2024, at 12.38 Updated 04.09.2024, at 12:48 p.m
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Narve Gilje Nordås opens up about the downturn in the Olympics in Paris in an news interview – news Sport – Sports news, results and broadcasting schedule
