Recent content by Kristian

Charlotte Kalla confirmed something I have thought for a long time today. She trained with the Norwegian ladies this summer and was surprised by how much they trained. She said that they at least train 100 hours more then her yearly and need to train more herself. link to the interview...

Those numbers Nicko quote doesn't prove anything. If you look at the medal statistics (Nordic Ski Championships) from Falun in 1993 to Oslo 2011, then you will see that the Norwegians have been more successful after the full blown EPO area. If anything it shows that the Norwegians have been more...

Obviously its a lot more competitive than the womans competition. Historically this has always been the case both here in Norway and in the FIS-races.

That is the major problem. When Kalla an Kowalczyk is out of form the whole competition becomes a Norwegian championship. The level of skiing is almost laughable. Look at the ski-technique, its horrible to watch. This is not sport at a high level at all. They should study a video of Thomas...

I have honestly never seen woman xc-skiing weaker than now. It is extremely bad for the sport. Where are the italians, russians and germans? Forget about doping. The reason for the Norwegian domination is down to the sports popularity in the each country. In Norway its very popular, in other...

Fair dues to you Cobblestones, a rational post with a lot of good points. I certainly agree with some of them. I am not that naive, I know some Norwegians probably dope and in the past there has been some suspicious cases. One good point you raise is that doping is an individual choice. I...

Well the two most famous cases there is Stian Grimseth, a weightlifter, who was acquitted and Bystøl who smoked cannabis. For a ski-jumper I reckon cannabis makes you fly longer. As you can see from that list very very few Norwegians have been caught doping or been suspected doing so. I...

Well I didn't explain it well then. In EBH and Thors cases it would be different. If you understood the culture in Norway regarding doping you would see what I meant by it. I can give you an example. Pantani, a known doper and a hero in Italy. If he was a Norwegian he would be the biggest...

That statement does not prove anything. The question in the original post is if Norway dope not if a bunch of random cyclists dope. In the context of Norwegian cycling doping is highly unlikely. The culture in Norwegian sports, media and public is STRONGLY against doping. If they get caught...

It is very very unlikely that they dope. Their careers would be absolutely destroyed if they where caught. The consequences would be far more severe than what they would gain.

I don't understand why Mr Armstrong and his people released these e-mails. They certainly don't paint Landis in a very bad picture and he comes across as a humble and sincere guy. Where are the threats and blackmail attempts? I cant see them in these letters. If someone blackmailed you, why not...

Will Landis hold an press conference today? And can someone give a quick summary of the Emails strongman released? Thanks

Will this stick without solid evidence? The people Landis have implicated has a lot of resources. They can easily have a long smear campaign against Landis, and deny any involvement. I reckon Landis needs solid evidence or that someone confirms his story. This is Steffen Kjærgaards take on...

Thor Hushovd react to the athletes involved in doping scandals dominates this year's Giro d'Italia. Hushovd, who follows the race from his hospital bed, is frustrated by what he sees in this year's Giro d 'Italia. * Stefano Garzelli is back after a positive test for probenecid which hides...

I think it is possible for him to challenge. But there are certainly bigger favourites than him to win it (Cav and Hushovd). He needs to pick up points at stages who have hills and maybe go in some breakaways. Like Hushovd did last year.