comments expresses the writer’s opinions.
Certainly he can do more than stake in touring races.
Second place in 20 kilometer classic in the Norgescup. With single start!
It must have been many, many years since he was in such good shape.
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“Now things are changing here”
Even national team coach Eirik Myhr Nossum must have had a great time during the race, he sent me the following text message:
“Now things are changing here.”
Ernst A. Lersveen
Worked all my life as a journalist/reporter. Started in local newspapers, then ten years in NRK, then 28 years in TV 2. Has worked in skiing in recent years; especially cross-country skiing.
And after Northug finally finished in second place, Myhr Nossum was at least as impressed because he said the following to VG:
“Mighty impressed, clearly he is relevant for both the five-mile in the World Cup in Holmenkollen in March, while also the WC in Trondheim next”.
Yes, Nossum, now things are changing!
And now you have to swing.
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Nossum has the key
Because you hold the key to something very exciting. I have no faith in Petter Northug in the five-mile in Kollen in March, the time there is too short.
However, what can ignite Northug is 50 kilometers in the WC in Trondheim in just over a year.
Therefore, Nossum and you others who decide withdrawals:
Dare you take the chance?
Give the gift that Northug deserves!
In more plain text: Let Northug know that he can walk five miles in the WC if he is willing to put in the work required!
Northug deserves that chance.
Do you take the chance? Or should we just let this be a dream?
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Little to lose – everything to gain
There is nothing to lose here. Everything to win.
Because if Petter Northug doesn’t feel ready to start when the WC approaches, I guarantee that the skiing king will be the first to give up his place.
Petter must qualify like everyone else. I can already hear people shouting that special treatment is out of the question.
But, dear all of you, that is the only way to achieve this.
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Because I can’t imagine Petter Northug at Beitostølen qualifying for the World Cup.
I define it as impossible for him to make it through 10 kilometres. He doesn’t have enough speed in his body for that.
The national team coach recommends Northug to compete in the Skandinvisk Cup in Hommelvik to qualify.
Forget it!
It runs at the same time as the Vasaloppet, the highlight of the winter for Northug.
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Apart from the norm
Here we have to go outside the usual qualification routines for a slightly (!) unusual athlete.
Here you, Nossum, have to give something extra and maybe get a lot back from Northug.
Is Petter Northug himself willing to go “all in” on such a project?
The ski king himself must answer that.
But, I imagine that I know Petter quite well, and I am convinced that he manages to be as dedicated as in the “old days”.
Give the man a free place in the five thousand in the 2025 WC!