– It made me upset and it gave me a bad feeling, says Eli Brown to news. The USA butter is in place in Lahti after a quick trip to Estonia’s capital, where all the athletes skied, who were scheduled to receive equal treatment. The lubricators received one pair per athlete and received detailed instructions on what products to use and how to apply them. Some took greater liberties than others, believes Brown, who claims the Swedes set a bad example. – That makes me worried. Because in the “clean area”, he claims that Sweden brought skis that had been treated with fluoride powder. – It was striking for me to see that, in the clean room, where the idea was joint lubrication, fair play and no fluoride. That they start like this forces a bigger question about trust and about cheating the system. It makes me worried about the future, says Brown. OUTRAGED: Eli Brown. Photo: Fredrik Tombra / news From next season, fluoride is prohibited in the World Cup. The American oiler believes that ideally they should have had access to check the skis before they were delivered. Then the Swedes would be forced to clean them again if they had too high fluoride values. – It should not be about being as close as possible to the legal limit on what is permitted in terms of fluoride use, or as close as possible without cheating. It should be clean and fair, continues Brown, who suspects that the Swedes’ antics may have had something to do with the greasers receiving strong criticism during the World Cup. The USA’s head of lubrication, Oleg Ragilo, believes several people may have done the same in their own lubrication trailer. He nevertheless questions the way Sweden did it. – The tents were to be fluoride-free. If you want to use the powder, just use it and brush it out in the trailer or whatever. Bring clean skis, so that the tent is not filled with powder, because we expected the tent to be fluorine-free and everything to be fluorine-free. It was outrageous, says Ragilo to news. Sweden boss: – Very bad. He believes that Sweden hardly broke the rules, because it was not explicitly said that it was not legal, but questions the method. – If we all agree to move towards fluoride-free skis, but someone turns up in a tent that is supposed to be fluoride-free and starts brushing fluoride out… It’s quite disturbing. Sweden’s national team manager Anders Byström believes it was done in the right way. – It is a great shame that things like this should happen. These are the kinds of things I am afraid of, if there is a fluoride ban next year, that nations will look askance at each other. We don’t want to end up in a situation where there is distrust and accusations of cheating all the time, says Byström to news. SWEDEN-MANAGER: Anders Byström. Photo: Terje Pedersen / NTB – Did it feel like an accusation of cheating? Yes, it is clear when they say so. It feels like they want to put the cabinet in place, so to speak. Something must be behind it. We do not use any energy. We have followed the guidelines and have a clear conscience, says the Swede. Sweden’s bronze winner from the WC sprint in Planica, Maja Dahlqvist, calls it a shame. She points out that most of the skis probably have products under them from previous races and that all were cleaned before the race. Norwegian lubrication chief: – Better control is needed Norway’s lubrication chief, Stein Olav Snesrud, thinks it is a shame if the Swedes had fluoride under their skis. He emphasizes that it is difficult to know exactly what was used. – Some say it is one, some say the other. There will be allegations against allegations, but it is absolutely certain that a better control and procedure is needed on whether this is to be done in the future, says Snesrud to news. BUTTER MANAGER: Stein Olav Snesrud. Photo: Terje Pedersen / NTB However, he believes it could have been set up differently: – In retrospect, perhaps more of the cleaning should have been done the day before. We checked them in then and could have just as easily used the time that day, instead of doing it on the actual competition day, says Snesrud.
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