This is what the sports manager told news on Friday morning. Slokvik confirms that he has met and spoken to Henrik Ingebrigtsen after the runner’s strong criticism of the scheme around his little brother Jakob in Budapest. It was on Thursday evening that elder brother Ingebrigtsen referred to the scheme around the silver medalist in the 1500 meters as a total failure. – Obviously, the system around Jakob has failed completely. When a top athlete and competitive person like Jakob, who is the gold favorite, has the worst day during the year in a WC final, it is obvious that he is not looked after enough, said Ingebrigtsen, among other things, according to NTB. Photo: Beate Oma Dahle / NTB – Have you got any clarity on what Henrik is reacting to in the arrangement around Jakob, Slokvik? – No we have not. And in the usual way we evaluate after the championships, says Slokvik to news. – What demands has Henrik made that are not already in place? – Don’t know, says Slokvik. To news, Ingebrigtsen said on Thursday evening that the arrangement around his brother Jakob had been carried out as well as possible five to a week ago. The WC started less than a week ago. – Then there is dealing with that situation in a championship, where there are many things you cannot control that create noise. I think Jakob would really have sat alone in a room with Pokémon Go in his hand and just focused on himself and what he has to achieve. Now the world is not such that he is allowed to do that. There are many different parties trying to get attention away from what he is actually going to do, said Ingebrigtsen. news has tried to contact Henrik Ingebrigtsen to get a comment on Slokvik’s statements. The inquiry has not yet been answered. Slokvik expresses to news that he had wanted Henrik Ingebrigtsen to take his dissatisfaction internally. No new measures The sporting director says no further measures will be put in place around Jakob Ingebrigtsen until Sunday’s final in the 5,000 metres. Ingebrigtsen also went so far as to suggest that the scheme around Jakob Ingebrigtsen may have cost him the gold in the 1500 metres. – How has the scheme around Jakob actually been? – It has been in relation to what was agreed on in advance. As the Secretary-General said yesterday. The rest of the team are very happy, says Slokvik. He says that Ingebrigtsen conducted a precamp just outside Budapest with the people he wanted to have around him. Yesterday, Jakob Ingebrigtsen said that he had a slight fever for the 5000 meter heat. However, he secured a place in the final. The runner said after the silver in the 1,500 meters that he had, among other things, struggled with a dry throat and a feeling of illness ahead of the final. Slokvik says that the situation has not changed after yesterday’s race. – There is nothing new to report, says Slokvik. See no mistakes Sickness came on top of the cool relationship that has emerged during the WC between “Team Ingebrigtsen” and the team of Narve Gilje Nordås, which is coached by the Ingebrigtsen brothers’ father Gjert Ingebrigtsen. – Has there been anything in the system that you see yourself that has not been good enough or perfect around Jakob? – No. Perfect, I don’t know. But we can’t point to anything, says Slokvik. Ingebrigtsen made it clear in his tirade on Thursday evening that no one else will decide anything about their scheme in the future apart from himself, Filip and Jakob. Of the three brothers, Filip is the only one who is not part of the WC squad. – Was it appropriate to bring Filip to the WC as support staff, as Per Svela is for Narve Gilje Nordås.? – No, that was never applied for. He was at the pre-camp, says Slokvik. He does not want to comment anything more about the situation now and says he will focus on the competitions. Living in his own room, Slokvik says there will be no further screening of Jakob Ingebrigtsen going forward towards Sunday’s race. – He is actually very sheltered and he lives in his own room, says Slokvik and repeats that they will evaluate the WC after the championship. At the same time, he points out that there has been a lot of non-sporting focus. He knew that it was controversial that Gjert Ingebrigtsen did not receive coach accreditation for the WC. – Are you surprised that there has been so much non-sporting focus in this championship? – It has been more than we had imagined, says Slokvik.
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