– I have to say that I am puzzled by that particular part. That’s what Simen Hegstad Krüger answers when asked if he has heard Johannes Høsflot Klæbo talk about bad treatment from the Norwegian Ski Association. – I cannot put my finger on anyone who has been treated badly, that I know of. Exactly that point I don’t agree with, no, Krüger continues. WC KINGS: Both Johannes Høsflot Klæbo and Simen Hegstad Krüger wreaked havoc during the WC in Planica. Photo: Heiko Junge / NTB Klæbo broke into the national team this spring, and at the same time he stated that he had “several mates on the national team who I feel have been badly treated in this selection process”. A few weeks ago, he repeated the criticism in the podcast “Faster Skier”. Krüger therefore does not recognize himself in this. – I have always felt well treated. There are a lot of good people in the Ski Association. There are occasional challenges and certainly something that could have been done differently, and then we are in the situation where the management often has to make a bit of a tough choice, whether it is on withdrawals for ski races or who will be on the team, says the man who took three WC golds in Planica earlier this year. news has contacted Håkon Klæbo, Johannes Høsflot Klæbo’s manager and father. He hasn’t answered. Iversen: – It was an ugly case Emil Iversen, who lost his place in the national team this year, has a different perception of the situation. – It was an ugly case that I would have been quite critical of if I was on the team, he says. – Do you understand what Klæbo is referring to? – I probably understand a little. There are always two sides to the same issue, but this is at least one example of something that was not quite good, says Iversen, and adds that he was generally satisfied with life in the national team. NATIONAL TEAM FRIENDS: Iversen and Klæbo during the Tour de Ski in January. Now both are out of the national team. Photo: Terje Pedersen / NTB – During your time at the national team, do you feel you came into any conflict of values with the association? – I have now been in some unfortunate situations myself. But mostly I feel that it is a good place to be. National team runner Sjur Røthe makes no secret of the fact that Klæbo’s conflict with the union affects the remaining athletes, but he does not recognize Trønder’s description of “several comrades on the national team who I feel have been badly treated”. – Personally, I cannot say anything other than that I have been treated extremely well since I joined the national team in 2012. I think that things are very good and that the Norwegian Ski Association is a great place to work, replies Røthe. Nor does national team colleague Martin Løwstrøm Nyenget understand Klæbo’s statements: – I think there have been few concrete examples. Some of those statements are also a bit surprising, so it’s a bit difficult to say what he’s pointing to when he hasn’t been more specific. I hope this is a closed chapter soon, he says. Inflamed conflict Klæbo’s podcast statements come in the middle of an ongoing conflict with the Ski Association. Superstjerna has therefore chosen to say no to being part of the Norwegian national team, and at the same time he, together with the alpinists Lucas Braathen and Aleksander Aamodt Kilde, has taken up the fight against his own association. The goal is for the athletes to have greater freedom to have commercial collaborations. Braathen and Kilde can drive World Cup races while the conflict is ongoing, but Klæbo will have to sign a so-called representation agreement before he gets the green light to enter the starting line. Krüger is now asking the parties to find out. – I think it is starting to be time to agree. I don’t see what should stand in the way of finding an agreement. It is something that can be an energy leak both for us and for him. Iversen feels confident that things are moving towards a solution. – At least I think he will go to the World Cup. And then I hope they just become friends. I hope and believe that it will be resolved. If not, it is very positive for me, then I have a much easier path to the World Cup. I don’t see the big picture, we’re just Team Emil so I really hope it won’t work out, says Iversen with a twinkle in his eye, before he corrects himself: – I think it will work out.
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