Steve Skavik is Norway's surprise choice to lead the men's national team

The 52-year-old coach has not coached high-level teams since 2004, after his first experience in the technical sector of the federation that he finds to replace Christian Mitter

Saturday 27 April 2019 3 minutes reading time

The new course in Norway starts from Steve Skavik. Who are we talking about? This is certainly not a well-known name, given that the 52-year-old Norwegian technician was out of the loop since 2004, having been coach of the technical sector for the Viking team and, once he had started a family, decided to devote himself to the private sector. "Steve is a professional who wanted to return to this world," said the sporting director Claus Ryste to announce the choice of the new male head coach, replacing Christian Mitter who resigned. Skavik was in charge of the ski department, at the Heming IL club in Oslo, practically for the last decade: "I decided to stop in 2004 to dedicate myself to the family - explains the person concerned - My children are now grown and I have the possibility to return to training at this level â€. The new manager of the various Kristoffersen, Jansrud, Kilde and the young rampant of Norway does not find a very simple situation in terms of technical staff: in late January in fact he had left his position the head of the slalomgigantisti, the Austrian Stefan Kornberger, who admitted how the conflicts with Henrik Kristoffersen and his entourage were decisive for his choice, just as he abandoned the downhill racer, Reto Nydegger, who returned to his country to lead the Swiss sprinters. Decisions are expected in the coming days on the new coaches who will have to lead a very ambitious national team, but which has to deal with conflicts and various changes, as well as the withdrawal of the true team leader in recent years, Aksel Lund Svindal.

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