Skiskytten Johannes Thingnes Bø, soccer players Erling Braut Haaland, Ada Hegerberg and Martin Ødegaard, the men’s team in handball, atletikudøverne Jakob Ingebrigtsen, Salum Ageze Kashafali and Karsten Warholm, langrendsløberne Therese Johaug and John Høsflot Klæbo, skihopperen Maren Lundby and beachvolleyparret Anders Mol and Christan Sorum.

It is a string of Norwegian sports finest personalities, you just have read. There is a little skiing, a little handball and a little football. All in all very good.

But one name missing from the list of candidates for the award as ‘Year Name’ in Norwegian sport the past year.

A man who has achieved more in 2019 than many Norwegian sports personalities not once in an entire career: Magnus Carlsen.

Chess-master from Tønsberg.

It takes in each case.

to Him is that the jury has not found space for, even though Magnusen in 2019 had a formidable year. In both its own and other experts ‘ eyes the best year as a professional chess player.

But where others might fret in silence, bite the teeth together and the highest vrisse a bit of people here and there, then went to Carlsen on Twitter when the nominations were published.

For he was unsympathetic and irritable.

– Not that this is so important, but…Is there anyone that knows if the criteria is changed? Otherwise strange to be nominated for the Name of the Year after a maximum mediocre 2018, but not after its best year ever in the year, he wrote the other day.

For the newspaper the World he says:

– I wonder if it is because chess is not being assessed. In such a case, it is reasonable. Whether it hangs together with the fact that there has not been a WORLD cup match, as I understand it. But it looks like ignorance, he says.

One of the seven judges in the jury, the former olympic oarsman and current director of the Olympiatoppen, Tore Øvrebø, trying to explain the discontinuation.

– It is not Magnus’ own perception of how the season has been, that determines it. But what has happened in the sporting sphere over the past year, he says.

After a day, the newspaper has fat in Carlsen again. This time he draws more on the shoulders.

– It is not so important for me, for I have not been to the Idrettsgallaen in many years. I am aware that the group (jury, ed.) do as they will. But when they take decisions, either political or inept, then they deserve to hear it, he says to the newspaper.

the Newspaper will obviously like to know about Carlsen so believe that it is politically or inept …

– the Answer from Øvrebø suggest inept. So is is fine, it comes from the star. the

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