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27Apr 2020 by DS News Team

Blinkfestivalen’ 2020 Will Be Held But Without Spectators

In 14 years of its existence, Blink Festivalen in Western Norway has grown from a decidely local affair to one of those world's premier competitions in both xcskiing and biathlon, offering an absolutely unique blend of top stars presence and amateur, mostly kids, competitions at the same tracks. Last year figures: 3000 participants, 100000 spectators and the budget well over NOK 20 million. Plus prime time on NRK. That's the World Championships level! Good news: the anniversary 15th edition this year will happen as planned on August 5-8. Bad news: without the audiences on purpose-built terraces in Sandnes. Gatherings of more than 500 people are currently banned in Norway. Good news: it all will be televised by NRK with the signal distribution across all of Europe via EBU (biathlon races…

26Apr 2020 by DS News Team

Martin Sundby Did Not Make Norway Squad Selection

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For the first time in 13 years Martin Johnsrud Sundby did not make the cut and is left outside the Team Norway squad, according to NRK. That despite Johannes Klaebo going back to the Sprint group from the Distance one - the total number of male skiers in the national team is being cut from 15 to 12. Sundby, the reigning world champion on 15k, did not have a single World Cup podium last year. There is a little doubt though that the 35 year from Oslo Holmenkollen would be able to pay for his Oberstdorf-2021 preparations out of pocket, should he choose to do so: his latest tax declaration indicates an income of of some NOK 7.8 million for 2018. Source: https://www.nrk.no/sport/nrk-erfarer__sundby-ryker-ut-av-landslaget-i-vm-sesongen-1.14995927

25Apr 2020 by DS News Team

Somebody Is Selling Brand New Adidas Boots …From Mid-1980s on EBay

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If you ever wanted to have classic Adidas Langlaufschuhe - here is your chance: Somebody is selling brand new , in original wrapper, (!!!) skiboots on the German EBay. Moreover, they are of limited Peter Angerer Edition in white leather. The West German Olympic champion in biathlon was the company's top " brand ambassador " - except that nobody used that term back then. The "long tongue" bindings system was all the rage in late 1970s - mid 1980s before being replaced by Adidas SDS. https://www.ebay-kleinanzeigen.de/s-anzeige/adidas-langlaufschuhe-orginalverpackt/1360557163-158-7998

18Apr 2020 by DS News Team

Holmenkollen Organizers Still Owe Prize Money To Karlsson, Bolshunov & Co

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The organizers of Holmenkollen Ski Festival are yet to send the latest winners of the storied race the checks they are entitled to. Last month Holmenkollen 30/50k produced some of the most exciting races of the last season with Frida Karlsson and Alexander Bolshunov beating the host nation stars in front of the traditional massive crowds. There was just one problem with that " crowds" definition: those were non-paying citizens exercising their free-access rights alongside the tracks in the forest. The terraces of the large Holmenkollen stadium remained empty on early coronavirus fears - likely rightly so from what we now know about how the disease spread. For the organizers, however, it was a nightmare: having to bear all the costs associated with holding a FIS World Cup event with…

17Apr 2020 by DS News Team

Jennie Öberg From Team Sweden Hit By Coronavirus, Tells About Her Experiences

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Jennie Öberg from Team Sweden became the first top-level skier to suffer from COVID-19. A 30 year old from Kalix, which is in Northern Sweden, almost on the border with Finland, describes how it felt in conversation with the Expressen newspaper: - I had around 40 degrees of fever for several days, and no matter how many painkillers I took it never went down. I couldn't eat or drink anything, felt so terrible that could barely leave my bed. It was so bad that at one point in time I was just caught myself thinking “ How long can one manage to endure all this? " https://www.expressen.se/sport/langdskidor/landslagsakaren-pa-sjukhus-for-corona/ In the end the 30 year old had to be taken to the hospital in nearby Luleå where she made a full recovery…

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