Next season’s combined national team will consist of an A group with three men and three women.
Thursday 25 April at 10:14 a.m
Last year there were 13 athletes at the top level, nine men and four women.
For next season, the two teams will be merged into one, while cuts will be made drastically, reports NRK.
– We want to sharpen our efforts even more towards a World Cup on home soil next year and optimize our efforts against the very, very best, says sports director Ivar Stuan to the channel.
The six athletes who will be part of the A national team are: Jørgen Graabak, Ida Marie Hagen, Gyda Westvold Hansen, Mari Leinan Lund, Jens Lurås Oftebro and Jarl Magnus Riiber.
The B national team will consist of the following athletes: Marte Leinan Lund, Espen Andersen, Espen Bjørnstad, Kasper Moen Flatla, Einar Lurås Oftebro, Aleksander Skoglund, Andreas Skoglund and Simen Tiller.
– We also make arrangements for the second best, but they will train much more locally with their regional teams, says sports manager Stuan about the elite athletes on the B team.
Stuan says that the cuts are primarily about optimization, but also about economics.
