- Felt like a bucket of dung

COGNE (Dagbladet): the Norwegian second best men should defend the colors in the last verdenscupsprinten before the world cup begins Thursday.

But in the absence of the world cup-removed the runners, there was only a medium day for the Norwegian guys.

the world cup-book Eirik Brandsdal smoke out in the quarter-finals with three hundredelers margin, Mathias Rundgreen never managed to hang on Ustjugov and Pellegrino in their quarterfinal, while Håvard Solås Taugbøl fell in his semifinal.

- a Pity he did not thanks us

It was the great opportunity to be able to stand in a finale, it's here, said a disappointed Taugbøl to Dagbladet after the race.

A bucket of dung

Nor Sondre Turvoll Fossli, who was the only Norwegian in the final, was particularly cheerful after the fifth.

- I've been so ass this year that a finale is really approved, even if I struggle in the finals. I felt like a bucket of dung in the prologue, so I let up a good tactic in heatene. It is certainly approved, but it is too bad to drop them in the final, " says Fossli to the Newspaper.

He snuck on from the prologue with 22. best time, was good in the quarterfinals, but got a place in the finals on time after the fourth place in the semifinals.

Landslagsløperen have worn throughout the years, and although he is the best in the classic sprint, he has mostly vaket around number ten, or worse.

- What is missing?

- No, it is a bit sour. I'm not quite sure, really. I lack punch, but I showed in the quarterfinals that I have a good asked, so it comes and goes a bit. I don't think the body has been in balance, and it may somewhat depends on injuries and stuff like that. I may need a little more time, " he says.

This man will convince on home soil, Get approved by the boss

The lynhurtige sprinter has undergone repeated surgeries in the back and have now spent more years to come in the thread again.

This season he has finally managed to work out the way he should, but it will itself not completely anyway. Consolation will be that he gets godkjentstempel of the national team manager Lars Christian Aabol.

" I think it is good of Sondre to be number five in a skøytesprint. It is an upturn for him, so all in all I think it is a good thing, " says Aabol to the Newspaper. the

In an otherwise traurig season was a place in the finals a much-needed boost for the Fossli also.

- I've been a little deppa after having gone so bad, so there is a slight upturn for me today. Humørmessig this was important, " says Fossli to the Norwegian newspaper Dagbladet, and reveals that he has not given up hope of finally succeeding at sprintbanen again.

Next year is the hope, certainly. If not, I had made up. I now have faith that I can deliver better, and next year there are more klassisksprinter also, so I'm toppmotivert, I.

- Have they lost all faith in me? The 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, 4x5 km
Kl 15.15 Combined cross-country skiing: 10 km

Friday 1. march

Kl 13.15 Relay cross-country skiing, Gentlemen, 4x10 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 4x5 km
16.00 Mixed lagkonkurranse jump: normalbakke

Sunday 3. march

At 13: 00, 50 miles: Gentlemen, freestyle

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