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Instead of holding the first four competitions of the World Cup season in four different venues, the four competitions will only take place in Kontiolahti in Finland and Hochfilzen in Austria.
Östersund had to be resolved as Sweden has not been able to deliver a plan on how all skiers will be able to travel in and out of the country.
That is why Patrik Jemteborn criticizes the government.
– You get frustrated and very disappointed. We haven’t even received a no or a yes. We have the region with us that would have covidly tested all 600 officers, so we’ve really harassed ourselves with a good fix. But when the hook’s legs are bent, all the work we’ve done is pointless, he says.
I hope to go more or less zero
Due to the late announcement, the IBU has guaranteed monetary compensation to the organizer.
– Neither they nor we know how big or how small it is, but hopefully it’s 0-0 in numbers. We’ll sit down and go over this together, he says and continues:
– We have deliberately tried to slow down as much as possible. We haven’t started rolling the meatballs yet, so to speak, which we normally would have done. Now you will try to fill any budget gaps that arise.
“It would be great to get revenge”
Although there will be no competitions in December, they have not completely given up hope for the biathlon world cup in Östersund this winter. From the IBU side, they are happy to see that Östersund is available to participate as an organizer if someone else cannot.
– What I suspect they are thinking about is the post-World Cup competitions. Then we have Beijing and then Oslo, and the reports we get from there with the infection probably sit back and think. Clearly we want to help and it would be great if we had a chance for revenge there, of course, says Jemteborn.
Competitions in Beijing are scheduled for February 2021 and Oslo will be the final of the World Cup in mid-March.
SVT Sport has sought Interior Minister Mikael Damberg for answers to criticism of the government.
