SEEFELD (Dagbladet): the VMs åpningsdag was so packed with drama that it eventually became difficult to keep track of who was involved in what.
the Tears, the rage, the gledeshyl and tremendous relief characterized sprintene in Seefeld, but the drama that was talked about most was of course world champion Johanes Høsflot Klæbos clash with Russian Sergey Ustjugov.
First in the trail, where Ustjugov pushed Klæbo in the back after the two crashed. So in the target area, where the Russian continued to push Klæbo in the shoulder.
First, it was completely quiet, both in the target area and at the stadium. So began buinga against a raging Ustjugov.
He is the VMs superstar
Afterwards joked Ustjugov away the entire incident.
I pushed him, I beat him not, I only rooted for him , took him on the cheek and wished him good luck. I said ”good luck in the finals”, says Ustjugov to Dagbladet and the rest of the Norwegian press in intervjusonen after the race.
Would fight
the Russian had raged from himself, and was in a very good mood, but admitted finally that he was angry at the Klæbo after the finish.
– of Course I was a little angry, for he was faster and he won, and I’m a little sad that I broke out in the semifinals. But I’m happy on his behalf and on my teammate Gleb Retivykh who took the biggest, ” he says.
A FRIENDLY good LUCK? Sergey Ustjugov think he just wanted Klæbo good luck in the finals here, while Sindre Bjørnestad Cut believe he was about to do something completely different. Photo: JOE KLAMAR / AFP/ NTB Scanpix Show more
Also Klæbo avdramtiserte first episode, but he also admitted after seierspressekonferansen that aggresjonsnivået was actually higher than both he and Ustjugov had told.
What is the problem, when you stand there full of adrenaline, is that you have to think twice. You realize that this goes on tv, then you stand there really and realize that you need to keep you quiet, ” says Klæbo.
You are the only fired up, and then you must take the energy and use it for something positive. There had been too stupid to begin to fight inside there. It think I had been violently.
Is that what you want to do in the situation?
– Thus, you of course want to make lots of strange when you have so much adrenaline, but I realize the I also that it is not what is løsninga. I think we solved it in a good way.
Tried to calm Ustjugov Ustjugovs warning before the sprint
Sindre Bjørnestad Cut got the prelude in the slot, but knew little of the rage of Ustjugov in the target area.
For the Cut so it so dramatically that he slipped away to Ustjugov to calm him down.
It was a few seconds in the beginning where I was a little worried that he was going to go loose on the John and then I thought that I should try to talk with him, but he said some Russian vocabulary back that I did not understand. It was certainly not the world’s nicest words, ” says Cut.
– What did you?
I only said that it was his fault that it happened, so he can’t keep on like that. Then I got some vocabulary back.
– Ustjugov says he just wanted to say good luck. Do you believe it?
Haha, no I do not. I think he wanted to grisejule John, but it was good he did not do it.
Confirms lykkeønskningen
According to the Klæbo said actually Ustjugov good luck as he took him in the cheek in the target area. He was apparently still raging, and is usually not known to sprinkle about with phrases in English.
He said actually good luck when we were done fighting there, so he is a nice guy, and I have no bad feelings for Ustjugov, says Klæbo, and he says both tried, and managed to use their own adrenaline to fire up to the final.
Nevertheless, he is not completely sure that Ustjugov really meant what he said when they finished the row in the target area.
He said good luck, but I don’t know if he meant it or what he did, ” says Klæbo.
you Were a bit put out by it? It wasn’t exactly what you expected him to say after he pushed you?
– No, but I think Ustjugov is a good guy. He is a konkurransemenneske who hate to lose, and it shows he in the day.
Slams back against Northug SKI world CHAMPIONSHIP PROGRAM Thursday 21. February
At 12: 00 noon Prologue sprint: Sprint freestyle women and gentlemen Kl 14.00 Finals: Sprint freestyle women and gentlemen
Friday 22. February
At 10: 30 Am Jump storbakke: Combined (HS120 in Innsbruck) At 16.15 Combined cross-country skiing: 10 km
Saturday 23. February
11: 00 Am 15 mile skibytte: Women At 12: 30 pm 30 miles skibytte: Gentlemen At 14.30 Jump Storbakke: Gentlemen
Sunday 24. February
Kl 09.15 semi-finals lagsprint: cross-country Skiing women and gentlemen At 10: 30 Am Jump lagsprint: Combined At 11: 30 Finals lagsprint: Sprint freestyle cross-country skiing women and gentlemen 13.30 Hrs Lagsprint combined 2 x 7.5 km cross-country skiing At 14.45 Lagkonkurranse jump: Innsbruck
Tuesday, 26. February
13.30 Hrs 10 km classic: Women 16.00 Qualification jump: Women
on Wednesday the 27th. February
Kl 14.00 15 km classic: Gentlemen At 16.15 Jump: Women
Thursday, 28. February
11: 00 Am Jump normalbakke: Combined At 13: 00, Relay cross-country skiing: Women, 4×5 km Kl 15.15 Combined cross-country skiing: 10 km
Friday 1. march
Kl 13.15 Relay cross-country skiing, Gentlemen, 4×10 km 16.00 Jumps Gentlemen, normalbakke
Saturday 2. march
11: 00 Am Lagkonkurranse combined: Jump normalbakke At 12.15 30 miles: Women, freestyle At 14.45 Lagkonkurranse combined: cross-country Skiing 4×5 km 16.00 Mixed lagkonkurranse jump: normalbakke
Sunday 3. march
At 13: 00, 50 miles: Gentlemen, freestyle
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