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At this time Ole Einar Bj ø rndalen & egrave; at the center of a controversy concerning his very unusual absenteeism from the IOC athletes commission, where & egrave; He entered in 2014.
Thursday 25 June 2015 4 minutes reading time
The Norwegian had announced his candidacy for the athletes commission on the eve of the Olympic Games in Sochi, and was easily elected February 19, 2014.
At the time the Scandinavian was convinced to end his career in a matter of weeks, but just the results of those games led him to change his mind and continue his activities & agrave; racing up to the World Cup of 2016.
Precisely because of this fact, Bj ø rndalen then missed several meetings of the Committee.
Today Duncan Mackay, managing editor of the website insidethegames.biz, has heavily attacked the 'athlete through the pages of the newspaper Dagbladet saying: "I think it's fair to say that the IOC is not & egrave; very happy, especially considering how he also missed the special session Monte Carlo. If you were not even present at the next meeting in Kuala Lumpur, then I think the IOC should dismissing him and entrust the 'assignment to the next in the list. "
However Bj ø rndalen, the one who won the most gold medals and medals in the history of the Winter Olympics, & egrave; He was promptly defended the IOC president, the German Thomas Bach: "I am a former athlete and I understand the situation of Ole".
In the afternoon the individual concerned responded to Mackay saying "When I was elected in the committee was convinced to retire, but while respecting the work of the IOC, my situation & egrave; subsequently changed. Unfortunately & egrave; impossible to attend all sessions and all meeting Olympic Committee, managing to be both competitive in the biathlon.
Therefore I have appealed to the IOC president Thomas Bach and the chairwoman of the Committee athletes Claudia Bokel to clarify my role in the IOC until the end of my career. Both have given me to give BACKGROUND to my activities & agrave; racing up all''aprile 2016, expressing its understanding regarding the fact that the workouts will be the priority until then.
In any case, most of the meetings of the Committee & egrave; did you participate via conference call and consistently. "
Mackay hit and sunk.
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