Nearly 70% of the Norwegian Olympic medals in the fund was conquered by asthmatics

Following the doping case involving Martin Johnsrud Sundby, the Norwegian newspaper VG has done a search on Norwegian medalists in their last seven Olympics. The results are astounding.

Tuesday 26 July 2016 7 minutes reading time

From 1992 to 2014, the Norwegian cross-country skiers won 61 medals, 42 of them for about athletes who have declared to take Ventolin to cure the & rsquo; asthma (therefore, there may be other cross-country skiers of asthma sufferers who are treated with other medicines ). As a percentage, 69%. Considering the individual races in which Norway & egrave; went to medal (therefore, in the case of the relay, just one component of four), all to Albertville and 9 are conquered by asthmatics, Lillehammer 7 of 8, 7 of 9 in Nagano, Salt Lake City 6 of 11, to turin 3 of 4, 7 of 9 in Vancouver and Sochi 5 of 11. Suffering & ndash; or should they say suffer, given that it is a chronic disease & ndash; Asthma all pi & ugrave; great champion products from pi & ugrave; great cross-country power: in the men's Bjorn Daehlie, Vegard Ulvang, Terje Langli, Thomas ALSG & aring; rd, Sture Sivertsen, Erling Jevne, Frode Estil, Odd-Bj Ã¸ rn Hjelmeset, Tor Arne Hetland, & Ã˜ ystein Pettersen, Ola Vigen Hattestad and Martin Johnsrud Sundby; in the women's Trude Dybendahl, Anita Moen, Bente Skari, Marit Bj Ã¸ rgen, Hilde Pedersen and Vibeke Skofterud. Among the superstars, they & ldquo; save & rdquo; this disease alone Petter Northug and Therese Johaug. The data processed by VG relate to interviews or public statements of stakeholders in which they admitted the disease and l & rsquo; possible use of drugs to treat it. Only Maiken Caspersen Falla spoke of asthma but not medicine, so there & egrave; It was included among the cases & ldquo; positive & rdquo ;. In this regard, & egrave; was asked Vidar L Ã¸ fshus, director of the Norwegian national teams: & ldquo; The numbers say that & rsquo; Asthma & egrave; a sort of accident at work for a long-distance runner. If l & rsquo; investigation to take place on other countries the results would probably like, we know that many elite athletes suffer from this disease while not sbandierandolo the wind. Discussions on & rsquo; asthma are born because & eacute; we are very open about respiratory problems, but I do not find nothing scandalous: & egrave; as if speculating on Manchester United because & eacute; cure a knee injury of Wayne Rooney & rdquo ;. Concorde also the head coach of Sweden Rickard Grip: & ldquo; If your doctor prescribes the drug to cure the & rsquo; Asthma & egrave; essential in order to compete in conditions of equality & agrave; with others & rdquo ;. It should be highlighted that a search of & rsquo; Universit & agrave; Oslo has once more & ugrave; It is shown as the Ventolin not the best performance of a cross-country skier. These are the words of Professor Kai-H & aring; kon Carlsen: & ldquo; The studies show that the drugs against the & rsquo; asthma serve merely to be able to compete on equal footing with others, without being hampered by this disease & rdquo ;. Carlsen also explains how & egrave; changed the anti-doping rule: & ldquo; Until the early 90 treat the & rsquo; asthma had no special provisions, since 1994 Lillehammer instead serves a lawful certificate to be able to take the appropriate medicines that can only be taken orally. From Salt Lake City in 2002, the situation & egrave; It changed again, as it also serves the diagnostic document to apply for the & rsquo; exemption from the anti-doping rules standards. From 2012 finally allowed only drugs based salbutamol and formoterol & rdquo ;. Currently are 5 skiers in the Norwegian national to which & egrave; It was diagnosed l & rsquo; asthma. L Ã¸ fshus says: & ldquo; Diagnosing l & rsquo; Asthma & egrave; difficult, some are born with this condition, others develop during their careers. Cross-country skiing is getting great results thanks to the small details that we study and & egrave; This is why the percentage of asthmatic & egrave; above average & rdquo ;. & Nbsp; & Nbsp;

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