Going into the World Championship season 2016/17, the new support and coaching staff for the Nordic Combined team was presented. After it had been announced earlier this spring that Ivar Stuan is to take over the Sports Director role from Sverre Rotevatn, more new and but also well-known faces will take care of the team in the future.

BK Ingebrigtsen remains as the head coach of the team but working by his side will be Kristian Hammer who returns to the team after being the responsible head coach until the Olympic season 2013/14. Peder Sandell, so far responsible for the development of talent at Kollenhopp in Oslo and the development of rising star Jarl Riiber, will now also work for the national team.

„With this fantastic coaching trio, the course is set to have athletes who can fight for World Championship gold in the Finnish woods“, Ivar Stuan who formally begins his role as Sports Director on August 1 says.

Kristian Hammer does not deny that he has been coaxed back on the team by Stuan after resigning for personal reasons in 2014. „Ivar has put a very exciting team in place and I look forward to working with him and the rest of the coaching staff. I think it has been nice to be on the outside for a couple of years but it is great to be back now. I have both my family and my closest around me who backed me up that I might start into a new period with full motivation. I am really looking forward to getting started.“

Source: fis-ski.com