– Maybe there's a reason there's war in the world, I guess. A little bit because of people like that. “There was no provocation on my part,” Jelle Nordas said, referring to the NRK commentator in front of the assembled press in Huelva, Spain, after winning the 1,500 meters at Meydan with Filip Ingebrigtsen. Nordås did not originally intend to compete in the distance, but changed his mind at the last minute.
This decision has been referred to as “a provocation of a kind that is quite obvious and not in the least unnecessary.” NRK sports commentator Jan Peter Saltvedt.
– He (Saltvedt) is free to say exactly what he wants. He could have asked me first if that was really the case before he walked out. It would be a good idea to keep calm and wait before making such claims. “It's a simple provocation directed at me,” Nordas says. TV 2.
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– He stands by my speculation
-His ideas are very interesting, but this is exactly where I stand within my expectations. If he thinks this is wrong, I will listen to him any time, Saltvedt tells TV2 and explains:
– It is not a given that I will talk to him about this beforehand, and I think he knows that very well, but at any time I will have a discussion about what he thinks of me, he continues.
Nordas was in Spain recently with teammate Pere Svela, and the plan was that he would originally run the 5,000 meters with Svela.
Those plans were changed at the last second. Earlier on Tuesday morning, it was revealed that it was listed at altitudes of 1,500 meters and 5,000 metres.
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In the 5000 metres, Nordas was almost a rabbit hole for his training partner Svila, who reached fourth place with a time of 13.19.84, also below the European Commission requirement of 13.20.00. Nordas surrendered after 4,000 metres.
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-Innocent until proven guilty
There was a storm around the Norwegian middle-distance runners after it became known on Monday that Sevla and Nordas track and field coach Geert Ingebrigtsen, father of Filip Ingebrigtsen and the other brothers, had been accused of abuse in close relationships against a family member.
After 5,000 metres, Svela was asked to get out VG About the relationship with coach Geert Ingebrigtsen.
– I don't want to comment on that (issue). Today it will be about what happens on the field. I act as I usually do in Norway, he is innocent until proven guilty.
Nordas also answered briefly about the situation surrounding the coach.
-You succeed in keeping your focus on the enemy, and just trying to block him. It is sad for all parties. “But an indictment is an indictment, and a verdict is a verdict,” he told Norwegian media in Spain.
Filip Ingebrigtsen was 12th in the 1500 metres.
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