The Norwegian fought for the first podium of his career during the start of the chase in Lenzerheide, but in the last standing it went wrong for Endre Strømsheim. He lost the magazine and actually had to take off both skis to pick it up in front of the stand itself. – It was the most stressful situation of all time. I lost the magazine and had to get rid of the skis, explains Strømsheim, who eventually finished second. But the podium was definitely hanging in the balance. His maneuver in the stands led to the jury choosing to check whether Strømsheim broke the rules. IBU sports director Daniel Böhm confirms this to news after the race. – Lucky The reason is that athletes are not allowed to go in front of the stands, which made national team coach Siegfried Mazet stressed: – Absolutely, absolutely. If other nations had not agreed, they could go to the jury. There are rules here. He could have been disheveled. We were lucky, he says to news. – We were lucky because it is not usually allowed to walk in front of the stands, but I have spoken to the race director who said that they have checked four or five times on TV and there was no dangerous situation and that everything was in order, adds he to. GOT A WARNING: Endre Strømsheim went into second place at the start of the chase. Photo: Gian Ehrenzeller / AP Strømsheim had no idea that his series had been discussed and watched by the jury when news met him after the press conference. – Do you know what the rules are in such a setting? – No, I was not aware of that. I have not heard that before, says Strømsheim and continues: – I have heard that you are not allowed to shoot without your skis on. I am aware of that. But I didn’t think that what I did today fell under that. Hopefully more people have thought that, he says. During the race, despite the stressful situation, he managed to deliver when it mattered most. In the end, he finished second. He thus took his first podium place. – Bad assessment news afterwards pointed out to Strømsheim that he should actually raise his hand and get someone else to come over with a new magazine. – I stood there thinking: “Should I do it or not?”. That was the first thought that struck me. But then I thought that there could be a wait and a deduction in time. Then I thought I’d just fix it. It was certainly an assessment I made then and there. Now I have learned that I will do the opposite next time, says Strømsheim. He himself thinks that it would actually have gone faster to get someone else to come over with a new magazine. – It was a very bad judgment not to raise your hand, says Strømsheim, who was relieved that there was no protest. CAREER BEST: Endre Strømsheim during the race where he came in second place. Photo: JOE KLAMAR / AFP In the last round, he managed to catch Sturla Holm Lægreid, in what had developed into an all-Norwegian showdown at the top. Holm Lægreid said that he was simply stiff when his teammate came violently towards the end. In front of them, however, Johannes Thingnes Bø was superb and won the chase start in Switzerland. Drama in the scenes They were also cheered by the women earlier in the day. But it was something completely different than sporting results, which was talked about after the women’s race. – Of course you put life and health before sport, says Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold to news after the race. She had then received an apology from IBU general secretary Max Cobb, for what prevented her during the race. A dramatic incident at the stadium left its mark on what happened in Lenzerheide. The TV images showed how a number of people stood outside on the track in the last turn towards the shooting while the runners passed through the turn. – We had an incident with a volunteer official during the shooting. We had to transport him off the trail to a helicopter. We hope it didn’t disrupt the race too much. But life comes before practice, says IBU’s sports director Daniel Böhm to news. The official, who had collapsed, had to be carried through the stands. One of those who had to go outside was Tandrevold, as she was on her way to the first shooting. – Did you notice it? – Yes absolutely. I came swinging in to the first shooting. Then there was a stretcher out on the trail and there were ten officials. I was very surprised, was a bit put off by the shooting. says Tandrevold to news. FIRST AID: The pictures show how people worked to transport the official who collapsed. Photo: news She says that she was a bit put off on the way in to the shooting. But she points out that the officials just had to get as quickly as possible to the helicopter with the person who had collapsed. news’s journalists in Switzerland watched the whole thing and say that runners had to bypass several officials, who were working to transport the official away. news was informed on Saturday afternoon that the official survived the incident. Sensation French Justine Braisaz-Bouchet won the pursuit start ahead of her French colleague Julia Simon. But sportingly, it was 25-year-old Marit Ishol Skogan who stole the spotlight. – This is completely, completely insane. It never stops. I continue to surprise myself, and I am completely speechless, says Ishol Skogan to news right after the finish line. For this podium, no one expected, including herself. – It is absolutely incredible, says news expert Ola Lunde about Ishol Skogan after she had decided the duel against German Franziska Preuß towards the end of the race. In her debut season in the World Cup, the Norwegian woman has clicked. And it culminated with a podium at the start of the hunt in Lenzerheide. She herself does not understand what has happened this year, a season that just keeps on delivering for her. – This is absolutely enormous. It shows what can happen if you train and keep at it for many years, says news expert Synnøve Solemdal. She points out that Ishol Skogan was number 20 in the NM last year. But in Switzerland, the Norwegian biathlete was suddenly at the top of the world.
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