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21Aug 2020 by DS News Team

Key Quotes From Petter Northug’s Presser :

Key takeaways for Petter Northug's press-conference in Trondheim on Friday: - have serious substance abuse problem, both drugs and alcohol - never took drugs or alcohol while competing - tried cocaine for the first time in January 2019 - wasn't under influence when stopped by police last Thursdsy for speeding, traces of cocaine were residual from using two days prior - in other times was driving at 200km/h while filming myself on smartphone. - police found around 10g of cocaine when searched home. - prepared to take responsibility but seek professional help. Screengrabs are courtesy of NRK and TV2 Norge

20Aug 2020 by DS News Team

Young Norwegian Star Not Allowed To Take Part In Toppidrettsveka

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World's reigning U23 champion and the biggest Norwegian hope in distance skiing won't be taking part in Toppidrettsveka that kicks off today. Marte Mæhlum Johansen is fine herself - but someone at her university was diagnosed with Covid-19. And the Norwegian Ski Federation is taking absolutely drastic measures to prevent even a theoretical chance of its atheletes catching the virus. Even the foreign athletes who reside in Norway (cue Musgrave, Young & Clugnet) are not allowed to train and compete with the Norway's best this summer. Toppidrettsveka won't see the leaders, Johaug, Falla and Heidi Weng who are skipping one of the biggest summer get-togethers through overtraining. But Johannes Klaebo will be there, fronting of what essentially is his homeground competition.

15Aug 2020 by DS News Team

Partner Decides To Abandon Northug, Others Standing By Him, Yet Most Are Still Deliberating

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The fallout from Petter Norhtug's "cocaine affair " has began. Sponsors, partners and employers had to start their weekend with a serious head-scratching:do we keep association with the most popular skier ever-ever - or do we sever it? There's more than a business future of multimillionaire Petter Northug at stake, however: There are two distinctly different Northugs: the person and the brand that was launched last year and majority-owned by Petter The person works as a commentator at the national TV2 channel, appears as a motivational speaker ( in a broad sense of the word), writes books and promotes causes &companies as an ambassador. The brand sells upper-shelf sports glasses and was about to launch an apparel collection. It also sponsors a number of athletes and sport teams including but…

03Aug 2020 by DS News Team

Blink Skifestival Shall Be Very Different This Year . This Is How:

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“It’s a tough job. Hundreds of athletes and their parents from Norway and from all over Europe were calling me this year to ask whether they could come and take part in the competitions - and I had to tell No to all of them!” Arne Idland, the guy who invented, developed and runs Blink Skifestival sounds truly frustrated. One of the premier events of the international cross-country and biathlon seasons will take place this year as scheduled - but in a highly altered form. The Norwegian rules in place for COVID-19 epidemics are among the strictest in Europe currently and the Blink organizers had to think outside the box What’s going to be business as usual: All Norwegian stars of xcskiing and biathlon plus strongest Visma Ski Classics series…

01Aug 2020 by The Daily Skier Editorial

FIS Congress Postponed Till May 2021

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Late on Friday , July 31st, the FIS has published an announcement: already once postponed Congress will now take place in May-June 2021. It's significant. The 52th Congress was initially scheduled to take place in Thailand in May 2020 and was provisionally moved to October this year. It wasn't an ordinary affair: the incumbent president of the International Ski Federation was supposed to step down and the new leader of the snow sports on this planet to be elected. When Gian-Franco Kasper took the helm Klaebo and Bolshunov were learning how to walk and Frida K. wasn't even born yet. A lot had changed since 1998 - and candidates to replace the 76 year old Swissman were floating vastly programs on where and how to proceed onwards. With the Congress…

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