Colleagues resented the skier who finished last in the race.
The Holmenkollen women’s cross-country race could not be carried to the end in style. PASI LIESIMAA, Facebook screenshot
Canadian cross-country skier Sonja Schmidt21, got into a sad situation during the 50 kilometer classic race organized in Holmenkollen at the weekend.
Norwegian Dagbladet-lehti says that Schmidt, who finished last in the race, did not get a very valuable finish, because the race organizers had already started to take down the ads while Schmidt was still on the track. This led to a situation where the organizers have to raise the inflatable advertisement in front of the skier so that Schmidt could ski under it and proceed to the final straight.
– It was a misunderstanding. That shouldn’t happen. He deserves an apology. She is a tough woman who lasted until the end of the race, the media representative of the International Ski Federation FIS Synne Dyrhaug said to Dagbladet.
The women’s race was skied on Saturday, and pictures of Schmidt under the ad started circulating after the race. After the men’s race on Sunday, some of the skiers commented on the incident.
– It is a scandal that the ads were taken down before he had crossed the finish line. Everyone who finishes deserves credit, the Austrian skier Mika Vermeulen commented to Dagbladet.
Sweden won the women’s race Frida Karlsson commented on the case to the Swedish Expressenfor the magazine.
– That’s not ok. It must also be sad for him that the viewers had started to leave.
– I would have been angry.
Karlsson skied to victory with a time of 2:20.20.3. Schmidt lost to Karlsson in just under 23 minutes.