Norwegian Friidrettsforbund increases the number of performers from ten to 15 in the elitelaget to Tokyo.
Toppidrettssjef Erlend Slokvik retains the same ten athletes in Team Tokyo as last season, and expands the squad with five athletes.
– This on the basis that it is a long-term project towards the OLYMPICS 2020, at the same time as we have several new athletes on the team that has performed very well this year and deserves the space. The long-term goal is three medals in the OLYMPICS, and on the way there are the world CHAMPIONSHIPS 2019 is a very important goal. The ambitions of the team has not been less after this year’s success in the european CHAMPIONSHIP, ” says Slokvik.
Gjerts special grip: their peers have to keep a good distance to his son, The fifteen that are taken out of the Team in Tokyo is:
Sigrid Borge (Osterøy), Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal (Tjalve), Sondre Guttormsen (Ski), Håvard Haukenes (Norna-Salhus), Eivind Henriksen (Tjalve), Hedda Hynne (Darlington), Henrik Ingebrigtsen (Sandnes), Jakob Ingebrigtsen (Sandnes), Filip Ingebrigtsen (Sandnes), Amalie Iuel (Tyrving), Sondre Nordstad Moen (SK Vidar), Isabelle Pedersen (IL BUL), Martin Roe (IL-Free), Sven Martin Skagestad (Norna-Salhus), Karsten Warholm (Dimna).
Team Paris:
In addition, it is taken out a utøvergruppe on the level below the head group, Team Paris. This team is reduced by five performers, corresponding to the increase in Team Tokyo.
– Athletes in this team also has the OLYMPICS as their main goal, and on the way there is participation in the world CHAMPIONSHIPS 2019 is an important subsidiary goal, ” says Slokvik.
Ola Stunes Tiles (Garman), Tom Erling Kårbø (Stord IL), Jonathan Quarcoo (FIK Orion), Marcus Thomsen (IK Tjalve).
These athletes are nominated to the People’s idrettspris 2018
