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The voice of Maurice Manificat, frontman of the French national team, & egrave; go yesterday join a host that gi & agrave; They had expressed about all & rsquo; use of anti-asthma drugs by the Norwegian national. And those of the vice-world champion of 15 km TL were not conciliatory statements.
Friday 30 September 2016 9 minutes reading time
& Ldquo; We often feel that Norway receives special treatments & rdquo ;, said Manificat the tabloid Dagbladet. & Ldquo; In a sense, & egrave; normal: they are the nation's leading cross-country skiing, the one with more & ugrave; funds, and they have a lot of power. To memorize options & Egrave; a problem for our sport & rdquo ;.
One of the pi & ugrave points; bitterly debated the affair & egrave; that of & rsquo; preventive use of drugs, and their use even by athletes who are not asthmatic. & Egrave; the case of Therese Johaug, occurred about three weeks ago with a very firm tone on the issue. & Ldquo; & Egrave; very strange that a & rsquo; healthy athlete like Therese uses drugs against the & rsquo; Asthma & rdquo ;, said Manificat, who then added: & ldquo; Athletes have precise responsibilities & agrave ;, can not unload on him to the doctors. & Egrave; difficult to understand what is happening in Norway, c & rsquo; & egrave; something strange & rdquo ;.
The controversy vis the French did not spare even the & rsquo; public: & ldquo; The Norwegians have drunk the explanation of Sundby and the federation. They have not taken responsibility & agrave ;, blamed to a rule too severe, and people have accepted this version. The Norwegian cross-country skiers are so popular that people will support them whatever they do. & Egrave; something crazy, but beautiful in its own way. & Egrave; amazing we memorize options that Norwegians come to believe & rdquo ;.
Among the many criticisms made by 30 year-old native of & rsquo; Haute Savoie, the most & ugrave; Original & egrave; perhaps the one turned to & rsquo; excessive ease & agrave; with which the Norwegians would consider ill: & ldquo; The threshold beyond which & egrave; deemed sick, Norway, & egrave; very low. Just a nothing. They are terrified of germs. In hotels are sleeping patients in separate rooms. & Egrave; completely different from us memorize options that happens to us, in France, or in & rsquo; Central Europe. They are too terrified of bacteria and viruses & rdquo ;.
& Egrave; these days l & rsquo; hypotheses raise -20 & deg; C to -12 & deg; C minimum temperature for carrying out cross-country races, based on studies which demonstrate that the & rsquo; prolonged exercise at low temperatures facilitates the & rsquo; emergence of respiratory diseases. Even here Manificat has changed its line: & ldquo; When an athlete goes to the cold edge, there can be problems with breathing. Not for this to memorize options I go to the doctor and I do prescribe drugs. & Egrave; Crazy & rdquo ;.
Statements that probably will not miss to unleash equally hard answers, despite the Manificat himself has tried to reach out to Martin Johnsrud Sundby: & ldquo; Its not & egrave; a classic case of doping. We are not talking of EPO, he does not & egrave; as Johan M & uuml; hlegg, perci memorize options & Egrave; welcome in & rsquo; the background environment. I answer all & rsquo; attitude of the Norwegian clans and these disparities & agrave; treatment. Will not have memorize options No particular reaction will win Sundby & agrave; all in Lahti & rdquo ;.
In the same hour, Per Andersson, doctor of the Swedish national team, & egrave; It was asked on the same subject by Verdens Gang, and said that what happened in Sundby could not happen to an athlete of his team: & ldquo; We treat l & rsquo; asthma with other procedures. I joined the staff of the national team in 2013, and since then we have never used nebulizers. When & egrave; Sundby broke the case and found out that the Norwegians use them, I wondered if it is really necessary. We get l & rsquo; desired effect with other systems & rdquo ;.
On the issue of & rsquo; use of medications without a diagnosis, Andersson & egrave; even more & ugrave; shearing: & ldquo; I find it wrong. An athlete must have received a clear diagnosis of asthma before being treated with medication. Is not serious; properly treat respiratory problems without a diagnosis & rdquo ;.
Dr. Andersson did however indicate to put confidence in the & rsquo; work of the Norwegian colleagues. The employees however have to answer, in the words of the national team doctor Ellen Moen: & ldquo; One of the main causes of the & rsquo; asthma and other related respiratory disorders in sport & egrave; that the mucous membranes of the respiratory system become dry, because of & rsquo; inhalation of large quantities & agrave; of air. The nebulizer is used to mitigate the consequences of this phenomenon, rehydrating mucous membranes & rdquo ;. Moen has also stated that, although not widespread, l & rsquo; use of nebulizers & egrave; common to other disciplines in which there are similar risks for the airways.
The Norwegian front, in general, & egrave; Compact in claiming their honesty & agrave ;. Just yesterday, the chorus or almost as & eacute; unanimous in defense of & rsquo; integrity & agrave; movement have joined three of the leading women of the National: Ingvild Flugstad & Ø StBerG, Marit Bj ø rgen and Heidi Weng. The last two, in particular, said they were happy dell & rsquo; establishment of a committee to investigate the affair, and hopes that the investigation will dispel any doubt around the team.
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Article by Matthew Novarini.
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