Petter Northug's father asks the press to respect the privacy, Red Bull renews confidence

After the various hypotheses about possible terminations of contract on the part of the sponsors of Petter Northug, Red Bull has decided to renew its confidence in the'' Norwegian athlete. The father does not want to make statements to the press and calls for respect for privacy.

Monday 5 May 2014 3 minutes reading time

Apparently, Petter Northug took refuge in the house of his native Verran, along with his parents, after being questioned by the police about all'' accident yesterday. The father, after being contacted by the press, with a text message at the head of the Swedish Aftonbladet said that he does not intend to comment on the story, and to respect the confidentiality and privacy of the family Northug. In the meantime, good news for the Norwegian skier comes by Kristian Kjelman, head of Red Bull in Norway, which says "Red Bull is very strict about driving while intoxicated, and condemns the actions of Petter for what happened , but given the difficult position of Petter Northug, in line with our strategy, we will help rather than cancel the contract that binds us.'ll decide together with Petter how to best help in the future. " It seems then deleted the first major economic risk for the Norwegian skier, that given the current Norwegian law regarding driving while intoxicated, according to the BAC that will be detected by the analysis, it will be forced to pay a fine that will be around around 100,000 Euros, corresponding to about a month and a half earnings'' s athlete. Coop Norway has announced it will instead a decision in the next 6-8 days, depending also on how much will be '' declared by the athlete and how much will be verified by the police.

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