– Then it’s just a matter of getting on. It will certainly be cramped, said Johannes Høsflot Klæbo when he welcomed journalists from ten different media houses to his own house. There he showed off a “secret” – namely a brand new roller ski mill he has installed in his home. – Here is my latest purchase, finished in place. Klæbo says that it cost NOK 1.4 million and was completed on Sunday. – I hope it will give a good return in the years to come, says the ski star. TOUR: Klæbo showed off the mill to the press. Photo: Anders Skjerdingstad/news Banned from the Olympic summit Other skiing profiles, such as Johannes Thingnes Bø, have previously done the same. Klæbo is no longer part of the national team, and has therefore also lost access to their facilities – including a roller ski mill on Olympiatoppen. – I no longer have access, so I will have to take it into my own hands. This is mostly in view of what will happen in 2025 (Ski WC on home ground) and 26. This is the start, then some things will come later. In the room, a TV will also be installed that shows different track profiles. – I just need a good chair so that grandfather can sit there and control the mill. A bit skeptical that it’s touch, then. He’s getting old, so he’d rather have buttons, grins Klæbo. news asks coach and grandfather Kåre Høsflot if the mill at the Olympic summit has been missed after the break with the national team. – No, I can’t say that. We haven’t used the Olympiatoppen in particular, apart from some testing, so it’s not really a big miss. GOLD WHOLESALER: Johannes Høsflot Klæbo has won before and will win more in the years to come. Then a roller ski mill is one of the measures he takes. Photo: Heiko Junge / NTB Still without a representation agreement On Monday, he met the press at home in his own garden in Byåsen. The cross-country star trotted out in a summery outfit for the occasion. Perhaps not so strange as it is reported to be over 30 degrees in Trondheim. It is the first time Klæbo has spoken properly after he broke with the national team in April earlier this year. IN PROGRESS: Klæbo has started mill training at home. Klæbo says that he is still in negotiations with the Ski Association about a representation agreement. Such an agreement is crucial for him to be able to go to the World Cup next season. – The status is that we do not have a representation agreement in place, says father and manager Håkon Klæbo. – You told me yesterday that it’s one step forward and two steps back, the son interjects to laughter from the others. – It is a long time until Ruka and I take some comfort in the fact that Tove Moe Dyrhaug has said that if you are good enough, you can go to the World Cup. We are working on, are in dialogue with the union and have used May and June as well as possible, the father emphasizes about the negotiations. Tove Moe Dyrhaug confirmed the same to news on 25 April. It was a hectic time for the Norwegian Skiing Association after they were informed of Klæbo’s national team rejection. The 26-year-old justified it himself as a “total assessment”. He and the team around him believed that it would be beneficial from a purely sporting point of view to bet on one’s own outside the national team. Travels to the USA Now a lot of travel awaits before the national opening at Beitostølen: After the top sports week, Klæbo travels to the USA and stays there for a month. He will stay there for large parts of September before returning home. After three weeks at home, he travels to Livigno and stays there for the competitions at Beitostølen. At Christmas time, he probably travels to Davos, he says. Those are the three altitude stays he has planned.
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