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– I hardly slept last night, says Kasper Moen Flatla to news on Saturday morning. – I was lying thinking about that transponder. It was grinding away, he continues. TIMERS: These transponders are ready for the athletes before each cross-country race. Photo: Sophie Hargesheimer / FIS Yesterday turned into a nightmare for the Norwegian national team runner in the combined. During the joint start, he was told that he had failed, and the reason was simple: the 23-year-old simply forgot to put on the timer chip, popularly called the transponder, which the runners must wear at the bottom of their calves. As a result, no time was recorded for the Norwegian, and he interrupted the ongoing race and strolled off the track. – Junior mistake by a senior. I am embarrassed for myself, is the main character’s conclusion. – It’s rubbish. Saturday is also not likely to be the climb he dreamed of. The 23-year-old landed after 91 meters in the new compact exercise, and he was merciless with himself. – I can’t do the job. It sucks to jump badly, is Flatla’s summary. He believes, however, that there are worse days to jump badly on: – If there is a day where you have to jump badly, it is in the compact exercise which is just “jalla”, and where the jumping has nothing to do with it, he says. In the compact exercise, the athletes start at six-second intervals, no matter how big the distance has been in the jumping hill. It has been heavily criticised: – Absolutely insanely bad Another Norwegian who failed on Saturday morning was Simen Tiller. He landed after 87.5 metres, which led to a merciless self-slaughter on the live: – If I’m going to embellish it a bit, then it’s bad. And if I’m honest, it’s really bad, says the 28-year-old. – I have completely messed up. It’s crazy bad. If I then go up and try, I can’t jump worse, says Tiller. Austrian Thomas Rettenegger leads the race after the jumping part. Jarl Magnus Riiber follows in the place behind. The cross-country race is at 3.30pm and is broadcast on NRK1. The Vålerenga captain refuses to comment on the relegation 00:46 The Kristiansund players take off in the dressing room after the promotion 01:06 Showa to victory: – There was a blow in the landing 00:52 Trying to give the victory flower to the news reporter 00:21 Show more



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