Part III. Changes Skiing Would Likely Have To Undergo

Part III. Changes Skiing Would Likely Have To Undergo

Leaders, Newsfeed
This is the last of three stories where we effort to analyze the impact of a commercial televisual company outbidding Nordic public broadcasters for TV rights for skiing. Part 1 Part 2 ...Let's go back to Khabib vs McGregor fight last year. In some ways it was a watershed moment: millions of people the world over were willing to fork over 50 euros on average to see an Irishman fighting a Dagestani-born Russian. https://www.instagram.com/p/BsiVKA3gets/ Not a fellow countryman, not their home team – but two large personas, built-up and nurtured by the media. Unless you were living under the rock in the last years, you are probably well aware of their off-octagon rivalry and dislike for each other, aware how different are cultures and value systems they represent. Months and…
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Northug’s Janteloppet: See Who Was There

Northug’s Janteloppet: See Who Was There

Newsfeed, Trivia
The inaugural edition of Janteloppet has come and gone - and that was quite something! Do not take it from the easily impressed media ( like us) - take it from normally reserved Natalia Nepryaeva: "Как же нам было круто ? Это было идеальное завершение сезона ?" Or "It was so awesome! The ideal ending of the season" The Norwegian race-meets-party shows where the cross country skiing needs to go were to compete and win in people's attention against others, "cooler" sports. Over the next week we will do our best here to convey what was so "awesome" about Janteloppet. But the first story is as simple as it is visual - see who graced the mountaintop of Hafjell- Øyer with their presence. And when we said "graced" - on…
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