Uodate: Nordås to Kerr in the interview zone: "You can Beat my countryman"

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Update: the Norwegian press has updated their article and it now says he said “you can beat my countryman” vs “beat my countryman”https://www.vg.no/sport/friidr...

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    Armstronglivs

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    4 hours ago 08/02/2024 2:41pm EDT
    re: Fake Mention

    Fake Mention wrote:

    Trouble brewing at the top, corrected statements notwithstanding:

    Link:www.nettavisen.no/sport/stensbol-raser...

    Stensbøl, who was top sporting director in Norway from 1991 to 2004, believes the Athletics Federation must react to the statements.
    - This must have consequences, says Stensbøl and points out that Nordås is part of a Norwegian team.
    However, he believes that the matter must be dealt with by the Norwegian Athletics Federation only after the Olympics.
    - Now they just have to put the matter to rest.
    However, the former head of top sports cannot understand that Nordås is speaking out in such a way during the Olympics.
    - It is hair-raising, says Stensbøl.

    Under Norwegian rules it apparently isn't allowed to offer support to athletes from another country. They don't remember how Luz Long offered advice to Jesse Owens in the long jump at Berlin '36 that enable Owens to beat him.

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    2 hours ago 08/02/2024 5:05pm EDT
    re: Armstronglivs

    Armstronglivs wrote:

    what am I reading wrote:

    armstrong post = scroll down. Reading his posts is equivalent to stepping into dogsh*t.

    You must have read them to decide that.

    Absolutely.

    After reading, the decision is clear.

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    1 hour ago 08/02/2024 5:33pm EDT
    re: Armstronglivs

    Armstronglivs wrote:

    Under Norwegian rules it apparently isn't allowed to offer support to athletes from another country. They don't remember how Luz Long offered advice to Jesse Owens in the long jump at Berlin '36 that enable Owens to beat him.

    You are responding to the former sporting director (who seems to base his reactions on “Beat my countryman” instead of the presumptive correct “You can beat my countryman”). The current Norwegian athletics sporting director is saying that Narve Nordås has done nothing wrong, and that there will be no sanctions from the National Federation. They regard Narves greating to Kerr as a natural and polite saying…

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    1 hour ago 08/02/2024 5:37pm EDT
    re: justanothercuriousdude

    justanothercuriousdude wrote:

    You are responding to the former sporting director (who seems to base his reactions on “Beat my countryman” instead of the presumptive correct “You can beat my countryman”). The current Norwegian athletics sporting director is saying that Narve Nordås has done nothing wrong, and that there will be no sanctions from the National Federation. They regard Narves greating to Kerr as a natural and polite saying…

    Yes it seems overblown. Nordas did seem a little *too* thrilled to congratulate Kerr post-race. But again, Narve is a strange dude and given the history is it that crazy for him to hope that Kerr would take down Jakob?

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    1 hour ago 08/02/2024 5:45pm EDT
    re: THOUGHTSLEADER

    There is no way Josh Cur can beat Jakob

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    1 hour ago 08/02/2024 5:51pm EDT
    re: wejo

    Nordås - and his teammates - would do very well to just keep quiet.

    Back when Narve appeared, and before the domestic abuse charges against Gjert, he seemed like a likeable guy.

    Post-domestic abuse, both him and his teammates seem entirely too preoccupied with being Gjerts public defenders, rather than being athletes. The drama they're causing around this even hurts Narve's performances - as shown lately by his Euro performance.

    Despite what you choose to believe about the domestic abuse case around Gjert, the abhorrent disloyalty against both himself and Norway shown today isn't doing anyone a favor - if Narve had just bl**dy concentrated on running the race, instead of spreading mud and talking s**t, he would have been much closer to being a medal contender than he is now.

    He may, or may not like Jakob, and I don't really care, but he's both being disloyal to Norway, and to himself.

    Both him and Per Svela need a competent media advisor, so they don't waste any energy on stuff like this.

    (For those of you that aren't Norwegian speakers, the line between "beat my countryman" and "you can beat my countryman" is very much thinner than the hairline of someone that doesn't have hair left)

    This post was edited 13 minutes after it was posted.
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    re: THOUGHTSLEADER

    THOUGHTSLEADER wrote:

    Yes it seems overblown. Nordas did seem a little *too* thrilled to congratulate Kerr post-race. But again, Narve is a strange dude and given the history is it that crazy for him to hope that Kerr would take down Jakob?

    When Narve was asked why he said what he said he answered that he likes Josh…

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    08/02/2024 6:23pm EDT
    re: ChatLRC

    ChatLRC wrote:

    Cancun Cruz wrote:

    Jakob is really in his head. Whether or not he deep down wants Jakob to come in dead last, it's kind of weird that this is top of mind for him and something he blurts out during the rounds.

    Jakob is and should be in everyone's head.

    But you know he's thinking about Kerr...

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    08/02/2024 7:12pm EDT
    re: Tommy2Nuttz

    Because the question was 'in real life'.

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