Saturday morning completed organizer salt of VM slopes with buckets in Kontiolahti. This is to get permanent trails to sprint.
READY: Emil Hegle Svendsen has startnumbers 8 on Saturday’s World Cup sprint. Photo: Sindre Murtnes / NRK
It happens during a day after Svendsen served heavy criticism by the organizer for poor preparation of trails.
The organizers announced on Friday that they went in for salting, and since about the cold still absent, took jury the final decision on salting.
– This is good. It will be interesting to see if it holds the entire race, says Svendsen when NRK meet him before starting.
– Big advantage
NRK biathlon expert Liv Grete Skjelbreid is in any case optimistic Svendsens behalf.
The Norwegian has early start number (8) and this forces clearly his gold chances.
– If the salt gets jammed a little, it becomes at least hard on the track during the first rounds of Emil. It is a great advantage, says Skjelbreid.
Fears salt nobody comes too late
Sugar snow in Kontiolahti is primarily a disadvantage for heavier runners Svendsen, who must use more power uphill.
– I’ve core petrochemical Emil. He is in attack position. What may prevent him for endless trails. It is because he has the technique he says Skjelbreid.
– We’ll cross our fingers and hope for Svendsen victory, says the expert ..
Expert Colleague Halvard Hanevold however excited if it gets hard enough on the track to race starts and think organizer may have waited too long.
– They should have salted already yesterday, says Hanevold.
On Friday, only small parties salted so that lubricates teams could test skis.
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