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Marit Björgen has trained hard this season to be in the long distance racing cup, with the Vasaloppet in March as the big target. She gets training results that are as good as they were before the 2018 Olympics, according to herself, which has opened her up to challenging the “usual” length again.
FILE: Björgen returns to Vasaloppet (May 26, 2020)
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But now she has suffered a severe setback and is forced to wait for the return of her competition. For example, he won’t be at the Norwegian full-length premiere in Beitostölen this weekend.
– I walked away from the anti-doping program. I left it when I left it. And I have to be there for six months. I got out a little late, she says. NRK.
“I thought it was implied …”
Björgen tells NRK that it was only after they announced their long-distance adventure that they asked him if he had joined the so-called Adams program (where practitioners constantly fill in where they are, so doping hunters can find them for testing) again. . And she didn’t.
– I thought it was implied that I was available for testing again by saying that I would compete in some long distance races. I didn’t think I had to go back to Adams, but it might have been a bit naive of me. So I have to face this, says the 40-year-old.
NRK does not write when Björgen signed up for the Adams system and when he will be allowed to compete again. However, they write that it is doubtful that he will be able to participate in the classic Marcialonga at the change of month of January / February, a competition that he would like to go to in preparation for the Vasaloppet.
