The Norwegians to Sochi will be chosen before Christmas and will jump Anterselva?

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The sports director Per Arne Botnan unveiled plans for the season, revealing the details of the strategy of reaching out to the Olympic Games in Norway.

Saturday 12 October 2013 3 minutes reading time

The most interesting is the will to choose with great anticipation the 12 biathletes (6 per sex) who will compete in Sochi 2014. Even the'' intention is to select them on the basis of the results obtained in the three stages pre-season. You should therefore carry out a practice already used several times in recent years at the base there is a reasoning rather simple. By deciding in December who are summoned, they will compete in January without the worry of'' qualifying for the big event and will be able to prepare properly without wasting precious energy. Also, knowing the selection criteria, all must have a physical condition brilliant right from the start and then direct confrontation will take place on an equal footing with the ability to understand the real power relations. Botnan has pointed out that all the athletes start the same plane. '' At the moment the only privilege is granted to Emil Hegle Svendsen, Tarjei BÃ¸, Ole Einar Bjoerndalen and Tora Berger. This quartet is certain to be deployed in the first stage of the season in Ostersund, while the rest of the quota (three men and five women) will be decided after the internal competition for SjusjÃ¸en (16-17 November). If the results of the appointments in the calendar year 2013'' should not allow to clearly establish hierarchies, you can extend the range of some athletes Fubi to 13 January, at the end of the stage of Ruhpolding. This means that in all probability the Norwegians will miss the big stage in Anterselva, scheduled for January 16 to 19. At that time the 12 squad for Sochi will instead be training at Lenzerheide (Switzerland) before departure for Russia secured the'' 1 February.

Francesco Paone

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