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Bavarianrider said:
This is so funny. It was soooooooo obvious that Dürr was on something.

Props to the anti doping agency that they were samrt enough to follow Dürr from Sochi to histraining camp in Austria. I guess he must have been on their radar for quiet a while.
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I think it's hilarious too, but this Russian display today was something extra special.
 
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Have you seen that hill? Long and steep enough for ANY endurance specialist to find their maximum heart rate. Any difference in VO2max should be visible in a head-to-head there. Even with a fresh start even.
Too long for a sprint type such as Bjoergen to have any chance of staying with the very best climber in the world. Like an early 90's Armstrong staying with Pantani at his peak, matching his pace all the way up and then thankyougoodbye sprinting toward the finish line.
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It's 5 minutes with the only really steep bits at the beginning and end. Put some cobbles on it and Boonen would love it. And of course Bjoergen is no Boonen.
 
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classicomano said:
Wow Russia did a Gewiss, that was pretty hilarious.
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Norway yesterday was the Gewiss. At least Sundby was able to stay with the Russians until the end.

Three Russians on the podium is still suspicious as hell, mind you. More suspicious than the Norwegian performance yesterday. The level in the men's XC skiing is so much higher and more even.

After Kowalczyk abandoned and Kalla hit the wall there were no other realistic candidates for a medal for the women's 30K. The Norwegian women have been a level above for years now.
 
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Some questions that should have been asked in the Norwegian media regarding news events last two weeks.

1. The article in New York Times 140207:
He told me that two biathletes from those Games had also tested positive for the drug on the final day, but that he and the International Olympic Committee president at the time, Jacques Rogge, had decided against pursuing their cases because “it would raise a huge stink around the world.”

Considering that the Olympic games mentioned above was Salt Lake 2002, which was a clean sweep for Ole Einar Bjoerndalen winning all the gold medals, three individual and the relay – maybe a follow up question would have been expected in Norwegian media.

2. Reuters 140207:
Estonian Kristina Smigun was exposed as being doped during Torino Olympics.

Her younger sister and training partner, former skier Katrin Smigun is married to chief ski wax technician of the Norwegian Olympic team Knut Nystad. Yes, they met before Torino Olympics and Katrin stopped skiing 2006.
Sounds like most countries media would have asked their chief ski wax technician a few questions about his doped sister in law, but in Norway silence.

3. Deutsche Welle 140221;
German Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle has tested positive for a banned substance at the Sochi Olympics.

Evi took a silver in relay in Torino 2006 and a gold medal in team sprint Vancouver 2010. Both medals together with Claudia Künzel, now named Claudia Nystad. Claudia is married to Trond Nystad, the Head coach of the Norwegian men cross-country skiing team. Trond Nystad is brother to Knut Nystad.
So when the close skiing partner to the wife of Trond Nystad is caught for doping, you would have thought there would be some questions in the Norwegian media to the husband - the Head coach of the Norwegian men cross-country skiing team. Silence.


I’m not implying Trond and Knut would have had any knowledge, but in a normal media climate at least some questions would have been raised. You might wonder where Trond and Claudia now keep the gold medal from Vancoucer, on the wall or in a closet? You might wonder what the topic is in the Nystad/Smigun family dinners.
 
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kingjr said:
Actually Claudia Nystad saiys that she put all her medals in a carton when she moved house some years ago, they're still in there and she doesn't even know anymore in which carton they are.
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Andrea Henkel keeps all her medals on a shelf with her food, which I find pretty cool.

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Discgear said:
Some questions that should have been asked in the Norwegian media regarding news events last two weeks.

1. The article in New York Times 140207:
He told me that two biathletes from those Games had also tested positive for the drug on the final day, but that he and the International Olympic Committee president at the time, Jacques Rogge, had decided against pursuing their cases because “it would raise a huge stink around the world.”

Considering that the Olympic games mentioned above was Salt Lake 2002, which was a clean sweep for Ole Einar Bjoerndalen winning all the gold medals, three individual and the relay – maybe a follow up question would have been expected in Norwegian media.

2. Reuters 140207:
Estonian Kristina Smigun was exposed as being doped during Torino Olympics.

Her younger sister and training partner, former skier Katrin Smigun is married to chief ski wax technician of the Norwegian Olympic team Knut Nystad. Yes, they met before Torino Olympics and Katrin stopped skiing 2006.
Sounds like most countries media would have asked their chief ski wax technician a few questions about his doped sister in law, but in Norway silence.

3. Deutsche Welle 140221;
German Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle has tested positive for a banned substance at the Sochi Olympics.

Evi took a silver in relay in Torino 2006 and a gold medal in team sprint Vancouver 2010. Both medals together with Claudia Künzel, now named Claudia Nystad. Claudia is married to Trond Nystad, the Head coach of the Norwegian men cross-country skiing team. Trond Nystad is brother to Knut Nystad.
So when the close skiing partner to the wife of Trond Nystad is caught for doping, you would have thought there would be some questions in the Norwegian media to the husband - the Head coach of the Norwegian men cross-country skiing team. Silence.


I’m not implying Trond and Knut would have had any knowledge, but in a normal media climate at least some questions would have been raised. You might wonder where Trond and Claudia now keep the gold medal from Vancoucer, on the wall or in a closet? You might wonder what the topic is in the Nystad/Smigun family dinners.
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I couldn't agree more.

If the Swedes picked it up maybe the Norwegian press couldn't ignore it anymore. Anything the Swedish press writes about Norway (and skiing) gets plenty of mention in the Norwegian press.

Or we will have to wait for Blodracet 2 from SVT's Uppdrag granskning. It is due soon and will be about skiing and high blood values from after 2000.

http://touch.dagbladet.no/mobil/mobil_beta/template/article/article.template.php?id=31336084
 
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