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– This is exactly what I don’t understand very much. It is too stupid to say that Iversen is a national team runner, so he goes ahead of you anyway, says Jenssen to news. The 26-year-old from Hommelvik is part of the regional team Team Elon Midt-Norge. He started the season with a fourth place (third best Norwegian) in the 10 km freestyle in the national opening at Beitostølen and sixth place at the same distance in the Norwegian Cup at Gålå, where he was only 10.9 seconds behind the victorious Sjur Røthe. He reckoned that would hold him for a place when the same distance is on the program during the World Cup in Lillehammer this week, where Norway can field 12 runners. BLACK DAY: Emil Iversen did not make it at the start of the chase in Ruka and was number 35 with the 39th best race time. Photo: Terje Pedersen / NTB Instead, Emil Iversen gets renewed confidence, after two disappointing freestyle races so far in the season. The national team runner finished ten places behind Jenssen at Beitostølen. In the World Cup in Ruka, Iversen had only the 39th best time in the 20-kilometer pursuit start in freestyle on Sunday. – Somewhere the border has to go Jan Thomas Jenssen says that he was called by national team coach Eirik Myhr Nossum on Sunday evening with the message that he was not allowed to go to Lillehammer, referring to the fact that the season information from the Norwegian Skiing Association states that national team skiers must be prioritized in the World Cup before Christmas. Then Jenssen did not know who had actually been taken out. When he saw Iversen’s name on the list on Monday, he was very surprised. – If you look at the season information, which is what we have to deal with, it is clear that the national team runners have first priority. I have no problem understanding that. But the line has to be crossed somewhere, says Jenssen, and elaborates: – What he performed on Sunday was all night. news’s ​​cross-country expert Fredrik Aukland gives Jenssen his full support. – It is disrespectful to Cross Country Norway that they dilute this written so far and hide behind it, says Aukland with reference to the aforementioned season information, which is a ski political decision. This is what the seasonal information says about selection for the World Cup in cross-country skiing before Christmas. In all WC races before Christmas, athletes from the elite national teams (EL) will initially be given priority. But athletes from EL will be considered at their discretion if they are in good enough shape to participate in WC at the expense of non-EL athletes. Exceptions are those with a free place from COC and in cases where we have illness/decrease and there is an opportunity for athletes from recruits, Team Elon, circuit teams, clubs and other teams. The same applies to WC Lillehammer and Beitostølen, but here naturally opportunities will open up based on results from Gålå and Beitostølen. Winner of Equinor NC Gålå Sprint F has a free place for Sprint F WC Lillehammer, correspondingly winner 10F will have a free place for WC Lillehammer 10F, and winner of Equinor NC 20km K will have a free place for WC Lillehammer 20km K. WC Beitostølen, Winner of sprint K Beitostølen has a free place for sprint K. Teams for the relay take out as a total assessment after Ruka, Lillehammer, Beitostølen WC – Destroyer – When you get the chance and don’t deliver, you should be put out so that others get the chance. Otherwise, you ruin recruitment, Aukland elaborates. Exactly that is also Jenssen’s main point. He tells news that it is frustrating and demotivating not to get the chance at the highest level. – It sends a very bad signal to those of us who are not in the national team, he states. CRITICAL: Fredrik Aukland. Photo: Ole Martin Wold / NTB Norway can field 12 runners in the race. Johannes Høsflot Klæbo has a free place as the reigning World Cup winner, Mattis Stenshagen a free place as the reigning winner of the Scandinavian Cup. Sjur Røthe secured an automatic starting place by winning at Gålå. Two out of 12 must be U23 runners, and these places went to Iver Tildheim Andersen and Edvard Sandvik. Disappointed Dønnestad The seven remaining places went to Pål Golberg, Hans Christer Holund, Simen Hegstad Krüger, Martin Løwstrøm Nyenget, Håvard Moseby, Didrik Tønseth and thus Emil Iversen. This means that there was also no place for Henrik Dønnestad, who came second in the 10 km freestyle at Beitostølen, only beaten by Klæbo. Dønnestad fell ill before the Norwegian Cup at Gålå, and was only number 28 in the distance there. – I am very disappointed that the second place at Beitostølen was not enough to go to the World Cup, but I see that it is possible to defend the selection, Dønnestad tells news. – I think that both Dønnestad and Jenssen should have been ranked ahead of Iversen. The smartest thing about Dønnestad might have been not to go to Gålå at all, says Fredrik Aukland. Cross-country manager Espen Bjervig defends the selection as follows in a text message: “There is always a lot of emotion in selection, and I respect that athletes are disappointed if they are not selected. We believe we have followed the selection criteria that are clearly described in the season information when we selected the squad for Lillehammer.” – A knife to the throat that is exceptionally sharp The former great runner Martin Johnsrud Sundby, who is now an expert for Viaplay, defends the withdrawal of Iversen. – The weak race to Iversen on Sunday can be partly explained. It was a chase start, he opened very hard to push into the lead and went very stiff. early He never gets rid of that acid, and then things quickly look ugly. Whether you like it or not, it is common for a national team runner to get the chance to prove that such a race was an accident at work, says Sundby to news. On the other hand, he is unsure whether it is smart for Iversen to actually run the race. – Emil had a weak season last year too, and with a start like that in Ruka, he is going with a knife to his throat which is exceptionally sharp and which is very close to the main artery. If I had been Emil, I might have stood over Lillehammer to prepare for the World Cup at Beitostølen the following weekend to show that he is good enough for the Tour de Skii, says Sundby. Understands Iversen Jan Thomas Jenssen emphasizes that he fully understands that Emil Iversen uses the place he has actually been given by the national team management. – I would have done that too. As a skier in Norway, you take the chances you get. So I’m not blaming Iversen, it’s the system I’m criticizing. Nossum and Bjervig should be alert enough to see this, says the Trønder. Emil Iversen has not responded to news’s ​​inquiry on Monday.



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