Gyda Enger will participate in the 2014 Sochi instead of Alexandra Pretorius

Gyda Enger parteciperà a Sochi 2014 al posto di Alexandra Pretorius
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Gyda Enger will participate in the 2014 Sochi instead of Alexandra Pretorius

The waiver of the Olympic Games due to injury of Alexandra Pretorius, with its decision not to replace Canada's eighteen, he opened the door to a repechage also in female jumping.

Norway, the first country in the list of alternates, has decided to exercise its right to deploy a fourth athlete and as a result has increased to 4 its participants in Sochi 2014. The one chosen to join Helena Olsson Smeby, Maren Lundby and Line Jahr is Gyda Enger. The head coach Clas Brede Bråthen explained that the decision was a foregone conclusion since the ventunnenne was the only athlete in addition to the three already selected to have met the criteria of internal qualification (a place in the top-6). CLICK HERE TO SEE THE UPDATED LIST OF PARTICIPANTS AT THE OLYMPIC RACE
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