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Petter Northug announced today its choice in light of his current precarious state of the form, leaving the place in the Norwegian team for the World Championships in Lahti Hans Crister Holund participating only in the races for which he acquired the right as standard in charge.
Monday 20 February 2017 2 minutes reading time
The Norwegian champion, who after summer training at altitude has only made a few sporadic appearance in the World Cup and that as recently as two weeks ago finished in the twenty-third place Skiathlon Norwegian championships a week after the thirty-first of the Mass Start in Falun classic, made the 'announcement today. "In a similar situation a few days from beginning of the World Championships, I think it is absolutely correct to give way to Hans Crister Holund. I I will focus only on two races". For its part Holund with third place in the 15 km classic technique yesterday in Otepaa has been shown to have all it takes to "show its potential" as wished him the same Northug.
Sportsmanship and team spirit of the Norwegian sample were immediately recognized by the technical Tor Arne Hetland: "Petter has the ability to make the right choices when it comes to major events. With this decision shows that sport is. Petter was pulled from part in the events for which he is not qualified and will now focus on Sprint and the 50 km ".
For the first time in a decade, Petter Northug will not be the 'anchor of the Norwegian relay team that the 2007 World Championships in Sapporo has accompanied five times on the top step of the championship podium.
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