– It is up to the audience to be disrespectful, Ottesen believes. He recalls that it was approximately 20 minutes from the prize ceremony in the men’s sprint to the combined women’s cross-country. – And in that period, 95 percent of the audience jumped. I have never experienced that abroad, says the FIS top. He believes that one can neither blame the organizers nor “other things”. – I had expected that the Norwegian people would support their own greats such as Ida Marie Hagen and Jarl Magnus Riiber, who are the best in the world, says the former ski jumper. He is now head of race at the International Ski Federation (FIS), and discovered the same thing as the news picture shows: As soon as the cross-country sprint was over, a number of cars left the ski stadium at Lillehammer. See the difference between the competitors here: – Had Bayer been bought, Ottesen is sure that the same would not have happened in countries such as Germany, Italy and Austria. – In Germany, the public had gone and bought a würstel and a bayer, and then came back and watched the combined race. – But isn’t it your responsibility to make the sport attractive? – You are right about that. We work every minute of the day to make the sport attractive, says Lasse Ottesen. He adds that he has experienced a similar crowd exodus in Falun and Lillehammer, but never in Central Europe. CRITICAL CLEANING MANAGER: Lasse Ottesen. Photo: Terje Pedersen / NTB – A mystery Per Olav Andersen, who is the leader of the organizing committee for the World Cup, says he agrees a lot with Lasse Ottesen. – This is difficult to understand. The program is the same for cross-country and combined. The performers deserve attention. I have a hard time understanding it, says Andersen about the audience flight. He thinks the flight is worst for the athletes themselves. – The TV product will be about as good. And the TV figures for combined in Norway are good. So why people don’t want to see this live is a mystery to me, says Andersen. LEADER OF THE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE: Per Olav Andersen. Photo: Eirik Fure / news – Fun with more Ida Marie Hagen, who superbly won the combined race that large parts of the Lillehammer audience did not get to see, says that she heard a lot of people on the slopes. – So I heard those who were here well. Of course, it would have been fun if there were even more, but that’s how it is. I hope more people will see combined, says Hagen. TO THE TOP X 2: Ida Marie Hagen won the World Cup race at Lillehammer on both Friday and Saturday. Photo: Geir Olsen / NTB Jarl Magnus Riiber, who also won superbly on Saturday, thinks there was little audience both in the combined event and during the cross-country sprint. – I don’t think there are fewer here now than during cross-country skiing. But there was a little too little public celebration here. There should have been something more here, music or something, to attract people, says Riiber. The men’s ten kilometers for combined went right after the women’s five kilometers. SOVEREIGN: Jarl Magnus Riiber easily won the combined race at Lillehammer on Saturday. Photo: Geir Olsen / NTB Drama between Norwegian teammates It was thus a sporting day of success for the Norwegian combined runners, with victories for Ida Marie Hagen and Jarl Magnus Riiber, in addition to Gyda Westvold Hansen coming third among the women. In total, there were a further four positions in the top ten for the Norwegian runners. Among the men, among others, Jørgen Graabak was number six, while Espen Bjørnstad followed in tenth place. After the finish line, the latter was annoyed and claimed he was driven to the ground by Graabak. – I’m going to squat, and as I’m going to do it, someone steps on the back of my ski, so that I simply lose my footing on my left foot. And then I fell on my ass, he says. – In any case, it’s really annoying when it’s not my own fault, says Bjørnstad further. Graabak says for his part that he could not get away. – But it seems silly for that, he says, and continues: – I’m not trying to run over him. I’m there, so I’m trying to get away. But if I’m going to make it, then I have to go out into the forest. Then there will be a commotion, but of course I didn’t try that, because it happens quite quickly. But it’s not on purpose anyway, of course. I don’t know whose fault it is, quite simply. Refused to take an opponent by the hand after this: – Childish and hopeless 00:50 Ola Lunde has never seen this before: – Very special 00:51 The hare is chased by 90 skiers: – Hysterical – pictures from Vsport1 00:55 Here the wild pick-up is decided 01:13 Show more Published 07.12.2024, at 16.15 Updated 07.12.2024, at 16.37
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