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In the last hours Norway's biathlon mounted a polemic against the North American stages of the World Cup in 2015 - '' 16, sparking a strong reaction by the international federation and proving to have a short memory because & eacute; in 2011 ...
Thursday 9 July 2015 8 minutes reading time
& Ldquo; I wish the races were in Europe. "(Emil Hegle Svendsen)
"I hate un''organizzazione of this type." (Tarjei B ø)
"The program & egrave; done so amateurish." (Johannes Thingnes B ø)
These harsh statements were made by the three athletes & Outdoors; broadcaster NRK, which is & egrave; also addressed the & rsquo; head coach of the team Egil Gjelland, who said that the calendar 2015- & rsquo; 16 "& egrave; a headache for all of us. We had proposed to start the season with two stages in North America, so as to play those of February in Europe. "
Norge discontent about the structure of & rsquo; vintage ventura & ndash; which involves two stages of the World Cup in North America in the first half & agrave; February with the World Championships in Oslo in early March & ndash; It angered not just the international federation, which have responded very piccate.
Even the president of & rsquo; Ibu Anders Besseberg, pulled his ears to his compatriots with harsh words: & ldquo; No & egrave; a secret that has been discussed to start in North America, but our technical committee has decided to stay on the safe side and to start as usual at & Öland; stersund then play the second leg in Hochfilzen.
I am resort & agrave; where snow is always stored and then guarantee the performance of milestones. It would be stupid to risk having competitions deleted early in the season if you & egrave; the possibilities & agrave; to avoid it.
The appearance of the calendar & egrave; It was discussed in the meeting of the directors competitive in March and about l & rsquo; Ibu received no official complaint from Norway or other countries.
The US and Canada have several good athletes must always come to Europe to race, so I think it's rather mean if someone were to boycott the games over there & ugrave ;. I also think it's stupid if Norway does not compete with some of its best athletes & rdquo ;.
This was echoed by the Technical Delegate Max Cobb US through specialized site fasterskier.com: & ldquo; We made sure to maximize the & rsquo; interval between the American and World stages. There are two and a half weeks of time between the two events, it seems a reasonable time to prepare properly. There had been a week less I understand the complaints.
We felt it was important to place Canmore as the first of two stages Since & eacute; in this way the team can decide & nbsp; when arriving in America on the basis of jetlag and training programs.
In addition, the & rsquo; & egrave Calgary airport; an international hub, so there you can & ograve; come from & rsquo; Europe with direct flights. It does that stage, you go to Presque Isle & ndash; whose time zone & egrave; 2 hours & more ugrave; close to European & ndash; and then he goes home.
It is worth mentioning that in 2011 there was the same interval between the stages of the World Cup and the World Cup for North American & ograve; quell''anno they were in Siberia, with 4-hour time difference in pi & ugrave; and a long charter flight to get there.
In all those World 8 individual golds, as well as & eacute; 21 of the 24 medals awarded in total, were won by men and women who competed in the United States. Travel & pu ograve; be tiring, but with pi & ugrave; of two and a half weeks to prepare, it is a calendar manageable & rdquo ;.
Actually what was said by Norwegian & egrave; surprising and, at best show to have a short memory.
L & rsquo; & egrave last race in America; scheduled on February 14, while the World Cup starting on March 3. So there are less than 17 days between the two events, exactly the same range as in 2011 between the end of the stage in Fort Kent and l & rsquo; start of the event World Championships in Khanty-Mansiysk (which is located in Asia and not in the heart of & rsquo ; Europe). & Nbsp;
Quell & rsquo; year Tarjei B ø & ograve participant; all competitions in the US and the World Cup picked up a gold, two bronze medals and a fourth place.
Emil Hegle Svendsen salt & ograve; the first of two stages because & eacute; tent & ograve; to qualify for the World Cup cross-country skiing in Oslo, but it is present & ograve; Fort Kent in Siberia and won one gold, one silver, one fourth and one fifth.
Ole Einar Bj ø rndalen instead disert & ograve; the American trip and Khanty-Mansiysk was high and dry, at least at the individual level, since & eacute; Norway prevailed in fluency in both the men's relay in the mixed.
In short, in the light of the good done quell & rsquo; year it seems that the brothers B ø and Svendsen have lost a & rsquo; opportunity to keep quiet. It should also be remembered that the jet-lag applies to everyone, not only for those & egrave; born in Trondheim and around.
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