– This is really surprising. “I was shocked and didn’t know how to respond,” Gjert Ingebrigtsen said by telephone Television 2 from autumn holidays in Spain.

Firstly, this applies to the World Indoor Championships in Glasgow from March 1 to 3, and the European Championships in Rome from June 7 to 12, but the Norwegian Athletics Federation does not want Gjert Ingebrigtsen to be accredited to the Olympics in Paris. one of.

“NFIF’s goal is to provide the best conditions for all our representative practitioners. “So that this problem does not continue to happen again next season, we have taken the decision to provide predictability to our sports support officials in planning and organizing championships that will be of interest to all athletes,” press release. say.

Gjert Ingebrigtsen is the coach of Narve Gilje Nordås, who won WC bronze in the 1500 metres, and Per Svela. The coach also did not receive accreditation for the championships in Budapest last August.

“Gjert Ingebrigtsen has been informed of the decision and the reasons why it was made. At the heart of this thinking is a safe environment with practitioners at the center. Something that we consider impossible happened because the situation has already passed and between Gjert and the Ingebrigtsen brothers”, read more from the NFIF.

To TV 2, Ingebrigtsen denied having been informed.

– We weren’t ready for this. I feel we are in a fair dialogue regarding the Narve scheme. So now I’m just being pushed aside. I have nothing more to say. I just need to absorb it first, said the coach.

This was rejected by the Swedish Athletics Federation across the channel.

President: – We listened to everyone’s input

When Gjert Ingebrigtsen was denied accreditation to the WC this summer, the Swedish Athletics Federation justified it with a “total assessment”. Now athletics president Anne Farseth says they “must provide a safe framework.”

– We add that our goal is for all our employees to have the best conditions for working. Then we must have a secure framework and the necessary predictability.

He then answered “no” to a direct question about whether Jakob Ingebrigtsen had influenced the decision.

– Did Jakob, Henrik and Filip Ingebrigtsen have any influence on the decision, asked NRK on Thursday.

– This is the decision of the Norwegian Athletics Federation.

– Is that a request from them?

– The Norwegian Athletics Federation has made a decision based on everyone’s opinion. We at the athletic association have been following up closely and have spoken with all parties involved.

– But is that what the athletes want?

– We have had a dialogue with everyone and we listened to the input we got from everyone and then made an assessment. That’s important.

Farseth said that the decision had been taken by the sports, administrative and political management of the athletics association.

– Gjert was of course disappointed

Sports manager Erlend Slokvik admitted that the situation was demanding.

– It is known from the past that they do not want him to attend, he answered the question whether the Ingebrigtsen brothers had expressed such a wish.

– How did Narve receive the message?

It was a quiet chat, so there probably wasn’t much more to say about it.

– What about Gjert?

– He was of course disappointed. He has a clear desire for this, Slokvik answered.

Ingebrigtsen Student: – Special and wrong decision

While Gjert Ingebrigtsen did not get accreditation for WC athletics, Per Svela got accreditation for follow up Narve Gilje Nordås. Svela and Nordås are both coached by Gjert Ingebrigtsen.

– I think this is a special and wrong decision. I don’t understand why this has to happen outside of Narve. He should be allowed to bring his coach, no matter who he is, Svela told NRK.

The runner said he questioned the entire process.

– It seems special done like that. In my opinion, this should be resolved fairly well by getting Gjert accreditation and he can look after Narve and Narve’s interests. Even if he gets accreditation, it doesn’t mean he will follow in Jakob’s (Ingebrigtsen) footsteps. “Then this had to be resolved in another way, so I was a little surprised by this decision,” he said.

There’s a meeting

In a recent interview with NRK, Nordås said he wants change. During the WC, he chose to stay in a different hotel from the rest of the Norway squad in order to be close to his coach.

– I hope people can travel around to attend conventions and championships to stay under one roof without feeling uncomfortable and tense, so that you can hardly be in the same arena, said Nordås.

– That people bring their coaches with them and that people don’t get hung up on what other athletes have in terms of support equipment and personnel, and get involved in it when you’ve had enough of yourself. It’s a bit like a resolution like that, he explained.

– Now we have made a decision. And he, like several others, wasn’t allowed to bring a trainer. “It’s our responsibility to make sure he gets in good shape,” Slokvik said on Thursday.

– How is your relationship with Narve now?

– It’s too early to say. I’ve had a good dialogue with Narve all this time, but it’s clear he’s not satisfied.

Neither Nordås nor Ingebrigtsen responded to NRK’s ​​questions on Thursday.

Just over a week ago, Nordås and Gjert Ingebrigtsen held a meeting with the Norwegian Athletics Federation.

– It was a positive meeting, Gjert Ingebrigtsen concluded otherwise Television 2.

– You are placed on the sidelines of the WC. Can you live with not getting accreditation at the Olympics? the channel asked then.

– I can live with anything as long as it is convenient for Narve. And he is, in a sense, confident that he will get the best framework conditions that can be offered, Ingebrigtsen replied.

Nordås was previously part of the training group of the Ingebrigtsen brothers, during which they were all trained by Gjert Ingebrigtsen. In early 2022, the brothers broke off their collaboration with the coach’s father. Henrik Ingebrigtsen wrote the following via SMS about the union’s decision.

– We are registering information coming from athletic associations today. At this time, we have no comment on this matter.