It was not only Sweden that missed the communication, but all countries missed that extra seats had been distributed.
The Norwegian national team management has specifically asked the IBU (International Biathlon Union) about individual skiers during the autumn, but received a counter-notice against what has now been communicated.
- When the IBU understood that the regulations could be misunderstood, they wrote about it yesterday, says Norwegian national team manager Per-Arne Botnan.
When he was filling out the Norwegian team this morning, he was told there was one more spot.
- It is extremely strange, very strange.
At first I thought: "If only Sweden has missed this, it's a total scandal, but now it seems that all the countries that got an extra place have missed it and then you have to interpret it as a serious communication error from the IBU", says Bjorn Ferry.