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SKI STAR: Therese Johaug will no longer collaborate with Huawei. Photo: BJØRN S. DELEBEKK
Therese Johaug will no longer cooperate with Chinese tech company Huawei. The agreement has received strong criticism.
– Huawei regrets to announce that we have decided to release Therese Johaug from the cooperation agreement with immediate effect to allow her to focus all her energy on what should be her goal, that is, to remain the best cross-country skier in the world. We have always greatly appreciated the collaboration with Therese and look forward to collaborating in the future. We wish him all the best for the future, says Erik Thomas Ganer, Huawei’s communications manager to VG.
NRK covered the case first.
– I have no comment other than what has been written, Johaug tells VG in connection with a digital press conference on Thursday night.
Manager Jørn Ernst refers to Huawei’s statement, but makes this comment via SMS:
– We highly appreciate that Huawei takes great responsibility and released Therese from the cooperation agreement, so that she can fully concentrate on sports. We greatly appreciate the collaboration we have had with Huawei as a company and the people we have met there, Ernst tells VG.
When asked how the Ski Association has handled the Huawei case, cross-country manager Espen Bjervig responds the following to VG:
– We will not interfere in the private agreements of our professionals as long as they do not violate our commercial guidelines and they are legal actors in Norway. Professionals must consider for themselves which actors they want to partner with.
The case is being updated …
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Commentators believe it is “reprehensible” that Johaug does not break with the Chinese company
IPVM, a US-based surveillance research company, said in a report published in the Washington Post last week that Huawei has been involved in testing a face detection technique in China, which can send alerts to police when Identify faces of Uyghurs. The minority. The Chinese Foreign Ministry has dismissed the accusations as “defamation.” They believe that China only does the same as countries in Europe and America. Huawei denies the allegations.
– Our products and solutions follow industry standards and relevant legal requirements. Huawei follows the UN guidelines for business and human rights, and follows the laws of the 170 countries in which we operate, the company wrote in a statement.
Just a week ago, Johaug said, through his manager, that he didn’t want to end the collaboration. It came after strong criticism from various sectors.
– I think it is completely reprehensible that it continues like this. It’s just a shame that an athlete is so deaf to the world around him, said Jan Arild Snoen.
Several top profiles have recently terminated their cooperation agreements with Huawei. Barcelona player Antoine Griezmann broke the agreement and Swedish artist Zara Larsson chose not to renew it.
