12Aug 2019 by DS News Team
Klaebo Comments For First Time On His Disagreements With Federation Over What To Wear – And What Not

Klaebo Comments For First Time On His Disagreements With Federation Over What To Wear – And What Not

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"No matter what you are doing, you must be allowed to have your own opinions on things. I think one should be allowed to disagree" - thus spoken Johannes Høsflot Klæbo, according to NRK It was the first time the world's best skier have commented on his disagreements with the Norwegian Ski Federation that delayed signing of the agreement between the parties by almost a month. Neither side of the negotiations revealed any details but NRK, Norwegian public broadcaster and erstwhile promoter of cross country skiing, says that according to its sources, the row started over this precise shot. In case it's not obvious: the picture is from Easter 2019, outside the competition season and Johannes is wearing a clothing item by the brand different from that of Team Norway…
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10Jul 2019 by DS News Team
Haakon Klaebo: It Is Actually Athlete Who Owns Market Rights

Haakon Klaebo: It Is Actually Athlete Who Owns Market Rights

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In written response to the Daily Skier, Haakan Klaebo, Johannes'father and manager , clarifies what the agreement between the Norwegian Ski Federation and the world's best skier contains - and why it took so long to reach it: "In short, we have reached a better understanding with the Ski Federation ( NSF) side in relation to the fact that it is actually the athlete who owns the market rights, and that the NSF can thus not enter into as many agreements as they want without this being stipulated in the contract with the athlete himself. ” "We have achieved a proper delineation as to when an athlete is a private person, can represent his club and when he represent the NSF»   "The NSF has accepted that they have to…
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10Jul 2019 by DS News Team
Klaebo Finally Signed!

Klaebo Finally Signed!

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The exclamation mark used in a title is justified - it might become a landmark event in the history of skiing and here's why: Skiforbundet, the Norwegian Cross-country Skiing Federation and its biggest star, Johannes Høsflot Klæbo have finally signed the agreement for the season 2019/2020 thus officiating the triple Olympic champion participation in the national team. The news came exactly a month after the deadline to sign, June 10th, had expired - underscoring the difficulties in negotiations. "... it has been necessary to spend good time in the areas where we have different views," says the boss of Norwegian cross-country skiing Espen Bjervig. Different views mentioned indeed reflect new times and new conditions we all live in. At the heart of the debate is what and how any skier…
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