Johannes Hösflot Klaebo at the finish of the 50 km World Championship. He was disqualified shortly after his triumph
Matthias Schrader, ČTK / AP
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He congratulated his compatriot Emil Iversen and the second in the finish, the Russian Alexander Bolshunov, with whom he had fought a controversial duel in the finish line, for which he was disqualified. “I don’t want to be considered hypersensitive. I don’t think it would be good to continue. I want to think positively and leave this behind,” Klaebo told Norwegian television station NRK.
He admitted on the instagram that emotions had lingered with him in recent days. “I was very bad about it, it took me a lot of energy. I don’t want to waste time or energy anymore. The case outgrew the race itself,” Klaebo wrote.
Anger and frustration! Contact with the Russian ruined the Norwegian star’s dream
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The six-time world champion no longer agrees with the decision of the jury, which punished him for restricting Bolshunov at the beginning of the finish line, where the Russian skier broke his wand in a close duel. “They decide on the results in the office and that’s wrong. I will always think that I didn’t blame myself and I didn’t stop anyone from doing anything,” Klaebo said.
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Russian Alexander Bolshunov with a broken wand between Norwegians, Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo on the left and Emil Iverson on the right.
Kai Pfaffenbach, Reuters
“But I have to look ahead. I have my best World Cup behind me and next time I have to stop me from getting into this situation again. I told the association to withdraw the appeal. Getting a gold medal a few days after the best race of my career would “I lost that right feeling on Sunday. Now I’m throwing it behind my head and I have to focus on the weekend World Cup finals,” he mentioned the Engadine races, where he will compete with Bolshunov again.
“Congratulations to Emil on his victory, he deserves a real celebration. Congratulations to a friend. And congratulations to Bolshunov on silver. He is a great skier. We have a lot of hard races ahead of us, I’m looking forward to them,” said Klaebo.
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