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Bad news for Petter Northug and his fans. & Egrave; in fact the deadline expired yesterday because & eacute; It was signed l & rsquo; agreement with the federation to participate in the World Cup 2015-16, but no such agreement & egrave; found.
Sunday 13 September 2015 3 minutes reading time
The Federal Council is & egrave; met over the weekend, and has announced that it has offered to Northug a contract identical to the one that allowed the 29 year old to participate in competitions of the first level of 2014-15. However, this contract does not & egrave; It was signed by the deadline, scheduled for yesterday, and it looks more and more & ugrave; concrete l & rsquo; s & rsquo hypothesis; exclusion of the King of Falun from the World Cup that will begin & agrave; soon more & ugrave; of two months.
It should be remembered that the dispute concerns the sponsors: the Fed & egrave; linked to Spar, while Northug has as main sponsor Coop. The companies carrying on the same activities & agrave ;, and the strict rules of Skiforbundet require their representatives not to advertise competitors to those & ldquo; official & rdquo ;.
These are the words of the president of the federation Erik R ø ste: & nbsp; & Ldquo; Northug did not sign, and this means that no potr & agrave; compete in the World Cup & rsquo; next year. However we will know more & ugrave; in a few days & rdquo ;.
So R ø ste has not definitively closed its doors to more cross-country skier & ugrave; winning and representative in activities & agrave ;. However, since there are no scheduled major events such as the Olympics or World Cup, Northug potr & agrave; afford without too many regrets this year & ldquo; & rdquo ;, sabbatical during which he would dedicate most likely the long distance races.
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