– I was a little surprised, I must admit. I was absolutely sure to Bislett that all hope was gone since I did not take the claim, says Narve Gilje Nordås. He meets news at the athletes’ hotel in Stockholm right after the World Cup confirmation came on Thursday morning. Tonight he runs 3000 meters during the Diamond League competition in the Swedish capital. WC-READY: Narve Gilje Nordås runs 3000 meters in Stockholm during the Diamond League competition on Thursday. Photo: Hanne Skjellum / news Next week he travels to the USA to make the final preparations for the championship in Eugene, where he has been given a ranking place in 5000 meters. Nordås also captured a place at the Summer Olympics in Tokyo via the ranking system, but was only number 12 in the attempt. Watch Diamond League from Stockholm on news 1 at 20.00 Thursday. – Is a hypocrite After the race, Gjert Ingebrigtsen’s student was clear that he did not want to go to the championship without taking the requirement and having something to do there again. Now the tone is a little different. – I’m a hypocrite, as I have said myself. If you are qualified then you are qualified. The thing is, I always think I’m better than I can perform on the field. COACH AND STUDENT: Gjert Ingebrigtsen will not join the WC as an accredited coach for Nordås. Photo: Stian Lysberg Solum / NTB – Do you regret saying that? – Not necessarily. Even though I have not taken the claim, I feel that I have it inside. I have taken steps compared to last year, and that is the most important thing. At the same time, maybe I should take care to express myself so strongly in the future, the 23-year-old answers. After Nordås ran into a personal record, just over two seconds behind the World Cup requirement, during the Bislett Games, Filip Ingebrigtsen came with a small sting when VG asked if he had compassion for his former training partner. – You do not bother to go to the championship as a tourist. I do not think he wants that either, he told VG. These 22 athletes are ready for the World Championships in Athletics Women: Elisabeth Slettum, Skjalg (200 m and 4 x 400 m relay) Hedda Hynne, Tjalve (800 m) Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal, Tjalve (5000 m) Amalie Iuel, Tjalve (400 m hurdles and 4 x 400 m relay) Line Kloster, Vidar (400 m hurdles and 4 x 400 m relay) Beatrice Nedberge Llano, Laksevåg (sledgehammer) Linn Oppegaard, Moss (4 x 400 m relay) Astri Ayo Lakeri Ertzgaard, Tjalve (4 x 400 m relay) Men: Ferdinand Kvan Edman, Tjalve (1500 m) Filip Ingebrigtsen, Sandnes (1500 m) Jakob Ingebrigtsen, Sandnes (1500 m and 5000 m) Narve Gilje Nordås, Sandnes (5000 m) Karsten Warholm, Dimna (400 m hurdles) Jacob Boutera, Ullensaker / Kisa (3000 m hurdles) Tom Erling Kårbø, Stord (3000 m hurdles) Sondre Guttormsen, Vidar (pole) Simen Guttormsen, Vidar (pole) Pål Haugen Lillefosse, Fana (pole) Marcus Thomsen, Norna- Salhus (bullet) Eivind Henriksen, Tjalve (sledgehammer) Thomas Mardal, Gloppen (sledgehammer) Sander Aae Skotheim, Tjalve (tikamp) WC takes place in Eugene, Oregon from 15 – 24 July and v ises on news. Not a tourist Nordås thinks he is not. – It is asked how to define tourist. Is it based on the results you achieve, or based on the preparations you make? If it’s based on the latter, then I’m nowhere near a tourist. Then there are more in that World Cup who are a bit more touristy than me to put it that way, he says. The plan now is to take the experiment “as a normal race” rather than stress with time or location. If it becomes a more tactical race, Nordås believes he has a real chance of a final place. – I really hope for the same type of race as in the Olympics last year. Just that I do not run like an idiot like I did then, where I let go and dig and hunt, lie on my tail there, and run an accordion race, he describes, pointing out that the climate in Oregon should suit him better. HOT AND HEAVY: Narve Gilje Nordås did not have a good experience in the Olympic attempt at 5000 meters last summer. Photo: Lise Åserud / NTB – Are you better now than in the Olympics last year? – Absolutely. I felt terrible there, so it won’t take long, he confirms and smiles. Expert belief news’s expert Vebjørn Rodal believes Nordås is right to change his mind. – He is in the category young and promising, and relatively new to running at an international level. I have a strong feeling that we have not seen his maximum level yet, says the Olympic champion in the 800 meters. Rodal points out that the 5000-meter at Bislett was misappropriated and that Nordås has a greater potential. – He is definitely a final candidate if the race is right, because he is quite strong in the end, says the news expert. – So you do not mean that he travels as a tourist? – I am against tourists in the World Cup and Olympics, where you have to protect the level, I think. So I do not think he is, if he makes things clap in the preparations. He must do things right, not boil over and be smart.
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