“I hate journalists”, said a clearly upset Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold in a video on her own Youtube channel during the WC Oberhof. Norway were gold favorites before the WC relay in the championship, but the exercise ended up being a nightmare for Tandrevold. The Bærum girl missed four times and had to go through three penalty rounds in the relay disappointment which ultimately ended with a Norwegian 6th place. After the race, the press waited and Tandrevold had to answer for himself after the shooting fiasco. It did not go down well. The biathlete reacted strongly to the treatment from the journalists. – I just get so bored when I have to stand and answer for myself in 50 interviews about why I shoot so badly, why I’m such an ass and why I can’t get it done. Then I try everything I can to make it happen. It’s not so easy to try to believe in yourself, when everyone else is going to tell you how bad you are, she said on her vlog. STATED: Tandrevold was also frustrated with the journalists after the WC silver during the championship. Raste Eventually she used stronger words. – I hate journalists. They are sick buddies when things go well and absolutely terrible when things go bad. Then you know it’s like that, but it’s still damn good. Such as today, where I actually run the best sprint cross-country skiing for as long as I can remember, she said, among other things. news meets the biathlete a little over a week after the WC. Then she explains the wording in the video like this: – I spoke into my camera right after the sprint and I also signed that I hadn’t said the same thing a week later. I feel that’s the idea behind that vlog, that I want to show what it’s like there and then and the feelings you have there and then. – You say you hate journalists. Do you hate journalists? – No, I don’t hate you and I don’t hate the other journalists and nothing. I felt I tried to be quite clear afterwards that I had never said the same thing now. I also wanted to show a bit of what you feel there and then, and we put a lot into this. Then there will also be a lot of feelings for some and I am one of them. EMOTIONAL PEOPLE: Dental violence often shows emotion, at both ends of the scale. Here she is cheering for silver in the WC. Photo: Matthias Schrader / AP – The fact that one expects critical questions – you expect that? You’re not the type to hope it never comes? – No, I expect critical questions. The biggest critic is yourself, so there is no one who breaks me down more than myself, from time to time. That is perhaps what is a bit tough then. Critical questions must be asked when you do not perform well, but sometimes it is easy to forget what is also good. After all, biathlon is a puzzle and you may have put many pieces correctly, but not quite find the last piece, she reasons. – Emotional person Botnan has not seen the video of Tandrevold crying and raging at journalists after the WC relay, but still says this: – She is an emotional person to such an extent, for both good and bad. It is important to show your feelings and not keep them inside. ANSWER: – We know that and that’s how it is. When things go up and down, we have to be prepared that we will get questions when things go badly too, says Botnan. Photo: Javad Parsa / NTB – She spends quite a bit of the video talking about how terrible people like me are in the interview zone. She even says she hates journalists. Is it okay to say that you hate journalists? – Eh, no, as I said, she is an emotional person. When you are at your lowest point, most of us know that we can say things that we don’t really mean. Hate is a word that is perhaps used in the wrong way in many cases. There are a number of other words that you probably shouldn’t use so much either. You have met her too. When you are in a good mood the next day, such things are forgotten. That’s how Ingrid is now, Botnan replies. – Shouldn’t be our best friends Botnan is supported by Johannes Dale, who points out that it is natural to have a lot of emotions after a race. At the same time, he is aware of the media’s importance. UNDERSTANDING: – Biathlon can primarily contain a lot of emotion, and things like that can go both ways, says Dale. Photo: Javad Parsa / NTB – You’d rather swallow some questions you don’t like sometimes and put on a smile and give proper answers. I live very well with it. I think it’s nice with the media. Then some critical questions can come when it is justified and praise come when it is justified. I feel it’s a nice balance, says Dale to news. Nor does Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen agree with the statement from her teammate. Rather, he wants the press to be even harder. – Journalists, you, should not be our best friends. You should not be our closest supporters. At times I think we get too little criticism, because we are quite quick to slaughter ourselves if we do badly. We are quite aware of what we are doing wrong when we do it, says Christiansen to news. – For my part, I respect the journalist’s profession and work. They are supposed to ask objective and critical questions and not just go along. You have to put up with being sidelined a bit when you’re not doing the job.
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Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold said she hated journalists – now she responds to the use of words – news Sport – Sports news, results and broadcasting schedule
