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In recent days, Petter Northug Ugra participated in the Marathon, 50 km race in the World Loppet Cup held in Khanty-Mansiysk. Among the various statements to the press, there are a few phrases that deserve attention.
Monday 10 April 2017 5 minutes reading time
The presence in Russia Scandinavian thirty-one (which incidentally ended the race in second place, trailing by 40 "Sergey dall''instancabile Ustiugov winner in this context) catalyzed the 'media attention, from which it was literally besieged.
Friday, the eve of the test, was achieved by the R-Sport magazine who asked him what the situation is with the Norwegian federation, which has long been in conflict because of complications related to sponsorships.
Northug responded bitterly, saying "they have no desire to continue living these situations. Especially when, in a season like this, there have been problems with the athletic condition is annoying to have to bother with these squabbles.
Maybe I should talk to Elena Välbe, so maybe the 'next year could compete for Russia and beat Norway. Who knows. The 'Last year I said that if Vladimir Putin had made a good proposal, then I would be ready to compete with Russian flag. All''epoca I was joking, but as you can see the situation with my federation is not resolved and everything is becoming much more serious. "
Northug is not new to shoot or goliardic outputs, and after the race the journalists of the TV Match television have candidly asked "Petter, but you were joking when you talked to change nationality?"
The response was dry. "No, it's not a joke. Everybody knows that my relationship with the Norwegian federation are not good. Maybe I'll talk really Elena Välbe about the Possible to compete for Russia. If will be made un''offerta me, then I'll take it into account".
As they say, the joke is nice while it lasts little. In this case, however, it seems that the thirteen-time world champion has not changed its position.
It remains to be seen whether these outputs represent a simple vent, or a coded message to his federation, or if indeed the discontent is likely to generate some drastic thoughts.
In reality for Northug it would be impractical to compete with Russian flag PyeongChang2018. That Regulation requires that, to take part in the Olympic Games with a new nationality, must be passed at least three years dall''ultima international competition held with the previous flag. Obviously Petter took part in international tenders for Norway all''altro up yesterday, so Korea can not show up for other countries.
In truth, always thinking in purely hypothetical line, when passing to Russia Mosvik the phenomenon might have to observe a complete stop of the season. The FIS rules are eloquent: for there to be a change of immediate passport, there must be the consent of the starting federation. If this is missing, the 'athlete must remain still for a year before starting to compete for the new nation.
In light of the reasons expressed above, it appears very unlikely a Northug-Russia marriage. At least in the short term. However, it will be interesting to see what the reactions in Norway to the words of volcanic distance runner.
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