Biathlon

20Aug 2020 by DS News Team

Teodor Peterson Finds New Job: Fixing Jobs For Other Athletes

Teodor Peterson starts a new career. https://www.instagram.com/p/CEEv0QVhrl3/?igshid=q6c91f3q8zad Silver & bronze medalist of Sochi-2014 becomes a partner in IDS staffing & recruitment agency. The agency aims to connect businesses to newly retired and/ or those thinking about retirement athletes. The thinking seems to be that the former would appreciate the latter's sense of duty and ability to overcome when going gets tough. Laudable idea.

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.

17Aug 2020 by DS News Team

In Interesting Twist, Company Actually Offers Northug Cooperation

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In the last few days we've heard a lot of either rather high-handed, righteous criticism or generic offers of support for embattled Petter Northug. Now there is a company that came out with what effectivly amount to public offer of cooperation: " Driving under the influence of drugs is ...dangerous and altogether wrong thing to do ....Northug must repent and be punished in accordance with the law" reads a press-release (Instagram post, actually- but whoever is using any other means of communication these days? ) "....But leaving the great Norwegian without support at such a moment, turning away from him or even sitting on the fence in anticipation, as some of his partners are doing now, is wrong. The damage will be done not only to the champion himself, but…

14Aug 2020 by DS News Team

Oh, No, Petter !

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Here's what we know so far - partially from the Norwegian media, partially from our own sources - Police was doing a routine speed check on E6 highway near Oslo airport on Thursday evening when they spotted a white Jaguar F-type doing 168 km/h in 110 zone. A brief chase resulted in a man behind the wheel being subjected to a "driving under influence " test that delivered its verdict : Cocaine in blood. Police got a warrant and did a search at home - found a small amount of white powder too. Northug was detained but set free pending investigation and trial. - Everyone, of course, remembers his drunken driving and obstruction of justice sentence from 2014 ( claimed he was a passenger, real passenger claimed he was driving…

13Aug 2020 by DS News Team

Alpina Starts Offering Top Rollerski Boots For Sale

Gear News, Newsfeed

How's your summer training going? Still sweating in those fancy winter boots of yours? Good news for you: then: Alpina starts offering full-carbon rollerski boots to all willing & able to stomach their price tag. They are incredibly light - being essentially a stripped-down version of Elite 3.0 with a breathable uppers. They were in existence since last season but were limited to a very few elite athletes in skiing and biathlon, on request. Allegedly, only some ten pairs were produced so far- you now have a chance to become a #11 if you contact Alpina directly - product that niche and that fancy would only be produced on order, Alpina says.

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