Petter Northug Jr. racing the 15 k freestyle at the 2015 Globe Championships in Falun, Sweden. It was by far his worst displaying at a planet championships: he placed 62nd. (Photograph: Fischer/NordicFocus)
About a month and a half soon after the Norwegian ski federation explained it was successfully carried out with Petter Northug Jr., each sides have come to agreement and, you guessed it, Northug is back on the national team.
“This agreement offers me the sporting freedom I need to win much more ski races and consider much more gold for Norway,” Northug said in a press release earlier this week. “My purpose is to go ski rapidly for Norway on World Cup this coming winter and in the main championships that will stick to.”
Petter Northug Jr. in Falun, Sweden. (Photo: FIS/NordicFocus)
Northug’s three-yr contract with the Norwegian nationwide group was announced Sunday, and properly outlines the identical terms of his agreement with the crew final yr. The stumbling point given that this spring has been that Coop, Northug’s primary sponsor, wished the 13-time globe champion and two-time personal Olympic champ to put on its logo 12 months-round.
When it comes to uniforms and personal sponsorships, the Norwegian team does not make exceptions for any of its athletes, and it argued that it would not bend to Northug.
Whilst the federation did not cave, it kept the communications lines with Northug open longer than it at first planned. Negotiations remained on the table, and in the end, the crew secured a contract with the 29 12 months outdated starting this season and lasting via the 2018 Olympics. Per the agreement, he will be permitted to wear all things Coop from early spring until the season commences in late November, for the subsequent 3 many years.
But all the loose ends are not always tied up.
Northug and the national group have diverse clothes suppliers, and the federation reportedly would like him in the team’s sponsor — Bjørn Dæhlie — rather than Swix, his personalized supplier.
“He’ll have to give up his deal with Swix,” Stein Opsal, the federation’s secretary common, told Adressa. “That was an critical point in going from a one-year to a 3-yr agreement.”
In accordance to NewsInEnglish.no, Northug’s manager, Are Sørum Langås, interpreted it differently, saying that Northug ought to be capable to put on Swix outside the race season.
“That’s what the agreement says,” Langås advised Adressa. “We will abide by the agreement.”