Excitement a few days before the start of the Nordic Ski World Cup in Trondheim. Numerous cross-country stars complained about the condition of the routes on Tuesday, which made safe training impossible. In the Swedish camp there was even talk of “life -threatening” conditions.
The routes on which the first races of the cross-country world championships will be held in a few days are not yet a World Cup ready. Numerous stars criticized the conditions in Trondheim on Tuesday and let their training sessions whiz. Among other things, the Swedes and British.
The too icy and hard slopes in Granåsen Ski Center was “cursed dangerous” and “life -threatening”, complained to the Swede Edvin Anger, who, after a route inspection with his team, decided to move the training to a nearby ski area where the snow -were better.
Norwegians with “drama accusation” to the Swedes
In turn, they had little understanding in the Norwegian camp. There they accused the Swedes of only wanting to make headlines on time at the beginning of the World Cup. “It was just stupid. You should have stayed here,” said Even Northug. His teammate Erik Valnes agreed and said: “The Swedes create drama. They like to do that.”
The drama allegation was invalidated by the Norwegian icon Therese Johaug. She also canceled her training session on the World Cup routes and afterwards gave the too icy slope as the reason.
“I could have trained, but I couldn’t have got what I wanted from the training,” she explained to the Swedish newspaper. However, she herself has confidence in the organizers and was certain that they can get the route to the first World Cup race in good time.
The responsible route manager Daniel Myrmael assured “NTB” that this will also happen. The conditions were as expected on Tuesday. “When it freezes and the sun comes out in Granåsen, the snow becomes damp and the moist snow for free distances. Most people know that,” he calmed down the angry Swedish camp.