– It’s hard to say, but something has to happen. There will be some sort of settlement, at least from my side. I can say as much as something will come. That’s what Narve Gilje Nordås says to news when asked if he wants to make a proper settlement before the 2024 season, with, for example, the Ingebrigtsen brothers. – What do you hope for at best? – I hope that people can travel around to conventions and championships to live under the same roof without it being so uncomfortable and tense, so that you almost can’t even be in the same arena, says Nordås, and continues: – That people get along their coaches and that people don’t get hung up on what other athletes have with them in terms of support equipment and personnel and get carried away with it when you’ve had enough with yourself. A bit like that type of settlement. Demands change before the Olympics Nordås believes that what he calls a “settlement” will be beneficial for all parties. – Changes will at least have to be made, that is one hundred percent certain. Everyone saw it during the WC. It’s not that useful in the Olympics next year, so something has to happen. – Do you know what you are going to do? – No, it’s clear that I have to talk to people in the board and management, confederations, the Olympiatoppen and everything like that before a solution is found, but we’ll see exactly what happens, says Nordås. ON HOME TRACK: news met Narve Gilje Nordås at the Sandnes stadium, where he and his mate David Tørre Asprusten, who has a WC bronze in the quiz, were to check how long the “man on the street” could hold Nordås’ 1,500-metre speed. It lasted for just over 200 metres. news has presented Nordås’ quotes to Henrik Ingebrigtsen, who is the coordinator for the brothers, but so far without a response. news has also been in contact with the agent of the Ingebrigtsen brothers, Daniel Wessfeldt. He writes in a message that Jakob Ingebrigtsen is on his honeymoon and will not comment on anything until he is back home. – For us, there is no settlement.Sports chief of the Norwegian Athletics Federation, Erlend Slokvik, admits that they must avoid the noise from this year’s WC in 2024, where there is both an EC and an Olympics on the programme. – We are now in talks with the various athletes and coaches. We’ve had some and we’ll have some with a view to how they think next year, what their needs are, how we’re going to optimize and how we’re going to solve and solve our solitaire overall, he says. – Nordås says he will make a proper settlement. Do you think a proper settlement is necessary? – For us, there is no settlement. We have constructive conversations with the various parties. We arranged very well for Narve during the WC, based on the framework that was set then. We will make arrangements for the athletes in the upcoming championships once we have put the framework in place. SPORTS MANAGER: Erlend Slokvik. Photo: Fredrik Hagen The sporting director says that they have started talks with the whole team, talks which started last week and will extend to next week. – Do you see any measures that you think you should consider or make towards next year? – It is too early to say. What we want is to have the framework ready quite early on, says Slokvik. Slokvik: Many who do not get their own coach to the Olympics Top sports manager in the Olympiatoppen, Tore Øvrebø, writes in an SMS to news: – An important part of the preparations for the Olympics and PL next year in Paris is to create the right conditions for the athletes to be able perform at their best. This also applies to athletics. Who we talk to about what and when, we don’t want to go out with. Nordås is already qualified for the 1,500 meters in the Olympics in Paris next year. So is Jakob Ingebrigtsen, who is the reigning Olympic champion over the distance. Slokvik points out that it is the Olympic Summit that ultimately makes the decision about who gets to participate in the athletes and surrounding support apparatus. – The only thing we know is that there are many athletes who do not get to bring their own coach to the Olympics, because there are very limited accreditations. But nothing has been done regarding which trainers will receive accreditation. It is too early, as we do not know the squad, says Slokvik. CHIEF: Tore Øvrebø is top sports manager in Olympiatoppen. Photo: Fredrik Varfjell / NTB About the World Cup match: – Could have saved it After the final of 5,000 meters on the last day of the championship, where Ingebrigtsen took gold and Nordås came 14th, Nordås opened up that he might have said too much along the way. It’s a feeling he also has now, a month after the WC. – Is there any criticism you have made that you think you should not have said? – Yes, a bit like you may have said too much in the press zone down at the WC. Not that I regret anything I’ve said, but a little about myself. That it may have meant that I used a little more effort than necessary and spoke out a little too much, replies Nordås. – I could probably save some of those things for after the season and make a proper settlement, instead of small jabs down there where you only touch the surface. Clear dissatisfaction during the WC While the running brothers Henrik, Filip and Jakob Ingebrigtsen broke with coach father Gjert Ingebrigtsen at the start of 2022, Nordås continued with Ingebrigtsen as coach. During the WC in Budapest, Nordås took bronze in the 1500 metres. The 24-year-old was also considered in advance as a clear medal candidate at the exercise, after a number of impressive races earlier in the season. Despite that, Gjert Ingebrigtsen did not receive coach accreditation for the championship. Head of sport in the Norwegian Athletics Federation, Erlend Slokvik, stated that it was all a “total assessment”. COACH AND STUDENT: Gjert Ingebrigtsen and Narve Gilje Nordås. Photo: Hanne Skjellum / news Instead, Nordås’ training mate, Per Svela, received an accreditation. As Gjert Ingebrigtsen was not allowed access to the athletes’ hotel, Nordås, Svela and Ingebrigtsen chose to stay in a different hotel to the other Norwegian athletes. Just before the start of the WC, Nordås opened up about what he thought of the “overall assessment”. At a press conference, he said that he felt “a little opposed” and that he and Jakob Ingebrigtsen had a “non-existent relationship”. During the WC, Nordås made a jab at Jakob Ingebrigtsen, which Henrik Ingebrigtsen called “disrespectful”.
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