Champagne bottles that are used as detergent on the Swedish lubrication trailer. Ronja Røverdatter parodies. Sparkling water that is served to the Swedes around the dinner table after Norwegian success. This is how the greasers on the Norwegian national team teased the neighboring country and their greaser colleagues. Because via the Norwegian smearers’ own Instagram account, the stings have come on a conveyor belt. – It has become too much. It’s not cool anymore. They have crossed the line. That’s what Sebastian Samuelsson says to news, with an ironic undertone, after Sweden came in 4th place at the relay in Anterselva. See how the Norwegian lubrication team has teased the Swedes: Because the account has really been noticed in the biathlon circus. It has approached 3,000 followers in a few months, and the jokes have only become more and more numerous. – Sometimes I think it gets a bit on the edge with the poor Swedes, says Karoline Knotten. – It just gets rougher and rougher posts, the athletes may have to put their foot down eventually, says Sturla Holm Lægreid smiling. Smørebuss jealousy So far, the Swedes have not had the opportunity to respond in return. – It’s going a bit one way on social media for now, says Norway’s lubrication manager Tobias Dahl Fenre. RESPONSIBLE: Lubrication manager for the Norwegian biathletes, Tobias Dahl Fenre, is responsible for the Norwegian skis, but also the “plaguing” of the Swedish neighbours. Photo: Anders Boine Verstad / news The Swedish Biathlon Union has not created a separate account for the skiers on the national biathlon team, and the profiles of the athletes are still not allowed to be touched. – Internally between us, out in the test area and at the hotel, there will be some answers, says Fenre. – I think they are a little jealous, at least of this lubrication trailer. I think they are a bit bored, says Sweden’s lubrication manager David Larsson. When Martin Ponsiluoma went into 3rd place at the start of the hunt in Anterselva, the noble champagne drops were used like this: Because before this year’s season, Sweden rolled up with a new lubrication trailer, which is almost twice as big as the Norwegians’. Nevertheless, this year’s big biathlon star on the men’s side, Johannes Thingnes Bø, could not help himself. When he saw the trailer for the first time, he referred to it as an Ikea trailer. – Going to bite us in the ass While the Norwegian smearers take the jokes one step at a time, the athletes are left in a pinch in the middle. So far, they haven’t gotten involved in the “stunts”, and they don’t dare to in the future either. – It’s going to bite us in the ass, says Tarjei Bø and continues: THUMBS DOWN: Tarjei Bø is not exclusively happy with the inventions of the Norwegian greasers. Photo: Anders Boine Verstad / news – We are involved in a sport where we can have very little harassment, because things change so quickly compared to other sports. We dare not harass the foreigners because we know that in the next competition you will quickly end up even in the penalty round. Both the Swedish lubrication manager and Samuelsson now promise that the Norwegian team will get a taste of their own medicine on the day Sweden beats Norway. – If we win a relay medal in Oberhof, we will hit back hard, says Samuelsson. The Biathlon World Cup starts with a mixed relay on Wednesday 8 February. You can watch the championship on TV 2 and news.
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