Jansrud: – Unthinkable with Petter Northug on alpine skiing team – Dagbladet.no

WANG Toppidrettsgymnas (Dagbladet): Kjetil Jansrud believes it is unacceptable that a person can front a sponsor who is in direct competition with alpine national team sponsor.

– We are a community. With Telenor as main sponsor is no way that I will fronte such as Netcom on their own, such as Petter Northug do on skilandslaget, says Kjetil Jansrud Dagbladet.

The controversial contract cross country ace has with Coop continues. And then continues the special situation with Northug and skilandslaget.

Spar is the main sponsor and Coop is a direct competitor. Northug got a special deal last year, which enabled him to enter the national team and participate in Falun VM. There took Northug four gold.

Petter Northug stands outside, as he did last year, and has not signed for skilandslaget.

It has not Kjetil Jansrud made either. But he talks about completely other reasons.

– undramatic

– It is completely undramatic. And it has nothing to do with what the outcome is between Petter and skilandslaget. There are pieces that must fall into place. But it is as much laziness on my part. I do everything myself, and it does not go through managers and lawyers. Therefore, it has just taken some time. The situation was similar to two years ago. Last year it went by himself with a contract that had two years’ duration, tells Jansrud.

He wants to emphasize community on alpine skiing team even further.

– We work together. And it is inconceivable that such Aksel (Lund Svindal editor.) Will operate on their own, while others work in a community. Then he will come and only three wearing uniform at season start. It will not occur in alpine skiing team, says Kjetil Jansrud .

Youth Olympics

The Norwegian ski star fronts Youth Olympics at Lillehammer in 2016 as one of four top athletes. Snowboard Runs Silje Norendal and hockey player Mats Zuccarello was presented as new ambassadors at a press conference in Oslo on Tuesday. The American skier Lindsey Vonn and Kjetil Jansrud are ambassadors from before.

There are 240 days to the event that will take place between 12th and 21st February. It will participate 1100 athletes aged between 15 and 18 years. It is the most complex championships in Norway since the Lillehammer Olympics 22 years ago.

Kjetil Jansrud looking forward to Youth Olympics and think it’s extra fun that he was born and raised in the area .
– I would like to be present. But experience shows that’s not February one month where the holidays queued smiles Jansrud.

He believes that Ambassador role he has undertaken gladly show some of the thinking and the morale of the alpine skiing team as well.

The number ones set oppHan says that outstanding individuals to show up for the rest of the team.

– A sponsor is basically not interested in sponsoring one that is number four or 35. But the team that are not yet at the top , getting his spot on the team and the ability to evolve. Due to the results of others who wins races. There are prominent figures who obtain interest from sponsors, he explains.

The ambassador concludes:

– I have my best friends on the team. I do not want to fall out with someone in Ski Federation. But it will not happen that one of the team running his own race in direct conflict with national team sponsor. Moral our not allow it, saying Jansrud.