– Why does the management of the Norwegian Skiing Association allow the runners to run one race in order to prioritize the World Cup in Livigno, which is not even a WC exercise? news expert Fredrik Aukland leaves the question hanging in the air. The NM in Gjøvik is organized from Thursday to Sunday – and it will be of the low-profile kind. He reacts strongly to the fact that the men’s national sprint team and several of the women go to Livigno to do World Cup sprints at altitude. – The Norwegian skiing championship is the most important event for Norwegian cross-country skiing. The national team runners should also stand there. The fact that the national team skiers are allowed to go in the World Cup I think is disrespectful to the ski clubs and Ski-Norge, says Aukland – and continues: Photo: Julia Marie Naglestad / news – Here I understand it to mean that since Klæbo doesn’t have to go, several others don’t have to go . They treat several equally. Then there will be fewer national team runners at the start. It is unfortunate for cross-country skiing. Program NM in Gjøvik 2023 Thursday 19 January: 10:00 Sprint, prologue, freestyle, men and women 12:30 Sprint, qualifying rounds, freestyle, men and women Friday 20 January 09:00 15 kilometres, freestyle, men 12:50 10 kilometres, freestyle, women Saturday 21 January 10:30 15 kilometer skiathlon, women 13:40 30 kilometer skiathlon, men Sunday 22 January 09:00 3×10 kilometer relay (KKF), men 12:00 3×5 kilometer relay (KKF) , women’s NM part 1 at Gjøvik is broadcast on news. Johannes Høsflot Klæbo is not ill, but he is standing over the entire championship to prioritize the World Cup races in Livigno this weekend. In the national team athletes’ contract, it is basically stipulated in the contract that they must compete in the National Championships. Klæbo’s fiercest competitor in the overall World Cup, Pål Golberg, will compete against Klæbo in Thursday’s sprint at Gjøvik. However, it will be the only practice he attends. Bjervig: – It will be wrong regardless. Norway’s head of cross-country skiing, Espen Bjervig, explains the loss of men as follows: – The World Cup is the top division in which we compete. We are obliged to compete. It is a terrible shame that it collides with the National Championships, but that is why we have adapted the program so that they can go to the National Championships and the World Cup. Bjervig does not confirm the selection for this weekend’s sprint race, but the national team sprinters Håvard Solås Taugbøl, Sindre Bjørnestad Skar and Erik Valnes have told VG that they are going to Livigno after the NM sprint. Sprint coach Arild Monsen told Adresseavisen that Even Northug will only do the sprint in the NM before he goes to Livigno. Ane Appelkvist Stenseth told news on Wednesday that she is moving south on Friday. CROSS-COUNTRY RUNNING MANAGER: Espen Bjervig. Photo: Terje Pedersen / NTB – There will be errors regardless of when there is a collision in the calendar. NM is very important. There is no doubt about it. We are so lucky that we have several very strong athletes behind the best. Those in question are six men and Johannes Høsflot Klæbo and six women, explains Bjervig. – Why didn’t you organize the NM last weekend when you could have avoided a collision? – That’s because then we would have gotten very few of the nine girls and ten boys who went on the Tour de Ski to stand. The program will be far too tight. A double-digit number of national team runners will not be competing in the National Championships this weekend. However, he does not want to place the blame on the International Skiing and Boarding Federation (FIS): – I sit in the same calendar group myself and plan. There are World Cup races every weekend and a rest weekend after the Tour de Ski. It is a requirement from all the nations that the athletes are allowed to recover after a demanding race programme. In addition to the men’s national sprint team only running one distance, Tiril Udnes Weng and Anne Kjersti Kalvå have reported absence due to illness. The same applies to Didrik Tønseth and Simen Hegstad Krüger on the men’s side. Emil Iversen is sitting out all the individual distances due to a cold, but hopes to make it to Sunday’s relay. The entry lists also show that Astrid Øyre Slind, who came seventh in the Tour de Ski, will not go any distances in the NM. She prioritizes the long-distance race La Diagonela. Bjervig still thinks it is important not to talk down the importance of the National Championship, not even in connection with the World Championship selection to Planica in February: – Performing well in the National Championship, taking medals and winning the National Championship is a total that will weigh heavily. If you have an illness and it collides with a World Cup, there will still be opportunities to show off.
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