– I have tried to call him, but he has not picked up the phone. So it’s a bad sign, says Egil Kristiansen to news. World cup manager Johannes Thingnes Bø took three golds, three silvers and one bronze in the WC in the Czech Nove Mesto earlier in February, and with that became the great WC king. He has now been at home in Norway for a week and a half. Before this week’s World Cup round in Holmenkollen, he says that it has not gone smoothly and that he has not trained since Friday morning. – I trained well the first few days and then I got sick. I have been ill for the last five days, says the biathlete. The 30-year-old says that he has now recovered, but that he had a cold. Coach Kristiansen says he made up his mind when he didn’t get an answer from Thingnes Bø. – I’ve thought that he’s probably doing what needs to be done, and if he’s sick, he’s sick. We can’t do anything about that. – We made a plan before we left Nove Mesto. When he couldn’t carry out the plan and is sick… I can’t do much about it. – How do you know that he has not carried out the plan? – No, it’s a bad sign when he doesn’t pick up the phone, he says with a chuckle. DIDN’T GET AN ANSWER: National team coach Egil Kristiansen. Photo: NTB Big brother: – No information that he has been ill Before the last three World Cup rounds, Thingnes Bø leads the World Cup with 92 points to Johannes Dale-Skjevdal and 98 points to big brother Tarjei Bø. They still do not believe that Thingnes Bø’s illness will open it up for those who come behind. – I feel that the less he trains, the better he is. I think maybe it’s the opposite. He has certainly gotten better, I know him right, says Tarjei Bø. The older brother says that he had not heard about his weasel brother’s illness before the press conference in Holmenkollen on Wednesday afternoon. – We have a family group on Snapchat, but there is not much of a sporting focus there. It’s mostly all other things. There is no information that he has been ill. It usually works well for Johannes. Get some time off. It is usually his best medicine, he says. Thingnes Bø didn’t just impress as a biathlete during the World Cup: Skeptical Christiansen: – Surely a white lie Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen is altogether doubtful that his team-mate has been ill. – It’s probably an outright lie. He was probably just a little disheveled. I have seen stories that he has posted from both the treadmill and the storm mill, so he has probably done the job required, he says with a smile. – You don’t believe him? – No, I have stopped believing in Johannes. He’s just lying, says Christiansen, still smiling. LUCKY LUKE: Therese Johaug tried out biathlon and hitchhiked off the guard sled – to the laughter of the biathletes. Will “never” be very unwell Thingnes Bø himself says that the illness has been of the mild kind, and that he would have competed in Holmenkollen even if he had been a little worse. – Often when I’m ill, I’m moderately ill. I’m never really bad, so I think I could work in most cases anyway, he says. According to trainer Kristiansen, the plan was for Thingnes Bø to have, among other things, an interval session towards the end of last week and a new interval session earlier this week. – How do you think it might affect him? – It doesn’t have to be very much to say, as long as it’s just a slight illness and a slight cold. Johannes will come back very quickly, fortunately, says the trainer. On Thursday, the women will walk 15 kilometres, while the men will walk 20 kilometers on Friday. On Saturday, there are joint starts for both sexes, while there is a mixed relay and a pair relay on Sunday. You can see everything on news. Who is news’s new expert? 00:45 No one had managed this for over 80 years 01:05 Here they try a unique jump 01:08 Hides the chocolate when he is filmed 00:44 Show more
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