25 June 2023 at 18:44 Norwegian relegation in the team EC: – Nitrist After an uplifting start to the season for Norwegian athletics, the team EC in Poland this weekend was a big letdown. Norway finished in last place of the 16 teams in the 1st division and is relegated. – It was a terribly bad end to day two, and today it has been gloomy at times, notes news’s commentator Jann Post. Even before the last practice, relegation was clear. – Then there is one exercise left here, and we can congratulate Norway on last place, unfortunately, Post then said. – We know that with the top team, we would have been guaranteed to continue among the 16 best teams in Europe, it would have been completely unproblematic, says expert commentator Vebjørn Rodal. Norway fielded a far from top team in the championship. Neither Jakob Ingebrigtsen nor Karsten Warholm participated. – We have encouraged participation, but we have not used any means of force to get them to join, says sports manager Erlend Slokvik in the athletics association to news. Also Sondre Guttormsen, Henrik Ingebrigtsen, Narve Gilje Nordås – and others with them – shone with their absence. Nor was the supposed best scorer on the women’s side, Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal, present. She is undergoing training after an injury which recently forced her to drop out of the Diamond League events in both Paris and Oslo due to an injury to her foot. At the same time, few of the Norwegian participants, including shot putter Marcus Thomsen (pictured), came up to their very best level in the championship, with a few honorable exceptions. Already before the last day of the championship, Rodal questioned whether the team EC as a concept has a future. – Germany provides B-rated crew and so does Great Britain. If you remove the support device in the stands, there are no spectators there. I’m guessing the viewing figures around Europe are relatively low, and when the athletes themselves don’t want to participate, what’s left then, he asked rhetorically.
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