Marit Bjørgen vinner V-cup sprint i Holmenkollen 2010

1. Marit Bjørgen 2. Kikkan Randall 3. Natalia Korosteleva 4. Justyna Kowalczyk 5.Hanna Falk 6. Silvana Bucher

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• Marit
• Bjørgen
• Bjorgen
• Kikkan
• Randall
• Natalia
• Korosteleva
• Justyna
• Kowalczyk
• V-cup
• sprint
• langrenn
• Holmenkollen
• 2010

[stengevarsel]

To all the disgruntled foreigners complaining about Bjørgens asthma medicine.. Norway has owned the ski sport since it was concieved.. in Norway btw.

Winter sport giants like the US and Russia, Germany etc. all fall behind the tiny nation in the north. So maybe you whiners need this medicine thing to complain about, to feel better about your own athletes. Not that it matters, Norway will keep its indisputed place on the throne.

[TheViking89]

@Fireontire I agree and if you look back Norway's skiers have always been among the best in the world, coincedence, I think not... And it's not like she's hiding behind her medicine either, she wants it to be open to everyone...

[Mikaelbartleby]

@Toskengundersen I agree. Marit hasn't done anything wrong... According to rules anyway. He is only using loopholes created for him. The people that has created those loopholes are the ones, that are dirty... In my book. And it's too bad for Marit, because all I see is Symbicort on skies.

[kentornillson1]

Lets all hope that Bjørgens request will come through.

She wants this medicine to be open for everyone, so no one can say that "if only I could use the same medicine" bla bla bla.

Then nobody would have any exuses any more. How healthy it is to open medicine people really dont need is another discussion! I dont think WADA will open midicine for sick people for everyone, but we can only hope they make an exeption for cymbicort.

[KIllakmet]

@Toskengundersen listen Einstein....there is a reason beta2 agonists arent allowed in sports...and to say that this drug only gives you the lung capacity of a healthy human is a lewyerd up statement not a medical/pharmaceutical fact (alveoli can exchange more oxygen ) ....and the "experts" at I dont know where can be bought....we ll see if this drug will be allowed for long :) and I REALLY dont care about kowa...my favorite just won the sprint world cup (PETRA, PETRA) :D

[Toskengundersen]

@Mikaelbartleby Maybee. Interresting point, and i think the discussion is a healthy one. The line between what is a paralympic and a olympic athleete is difficult to set. Should a nearly blind man be allowed to wear glasses? Should a diabetes athlete not be allowed to use insuline etc etc? Difficult questions. But my point here is that Marit is not doing anything wrong. From my point of view it seems like most polish poeple think she is a cheater that us using doping. That is not the case.

[Toskengundersen]

@KIllakmet Of course it helps Einstein, is there any doubts about this? The point here is that it doesent give you any better breathing capasity than a non asmathic person. Thats why it is allowed. If you know something about this issue that the higest level of lunge experts in WADA and FIS dont, so send them an e-mail. It seems like many polish "youtube experts" knows a lot about this issue :-)

[KIllakmet]

marit astma-------> legalize it :D

of course symbicort helps you!!!it helps you breathe easily --->thats why it a drug for astma

[Fireontire]

Marit Bjørgen isnt taking drugs pluss with all the taxes here in Norway pluss a big wealth tax that means she only has a little more money than the average Norwegian.

Astma medicine doesent enhance your abilities, if Marit is such a big cheater then how do you explain that Bjørn Dæhlie is the most winning winter olympian of all time.

[Toskengundersen]

@Mikaelbartleby There are a couple of big mistakes in your argumentation. There are MANY athletes in the Cross Country circuit that uses the exact same medicine. Why only focus on Marit and Norway? Could it have anything with do with Kowa? Just wondering?

Another thing. Cymbicort permission is given to a lot of athletes in Cycling, running, triathlon, swimming etc. Is the "wada corrution" the same in Australia, G.B, France, USA, Germany, Spain, Denmark, Sweden etc? Again, just wondering?