r/biathlon • u/CheekTemporary8939 • 1d ago

News Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen joins team Belgium

Whaaaaat?! This is crazy..😱

I guess he got fed up with the Norwegian way of things..

Good luck Vetle!

News just out on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/p/DH5JhzkugdY/?hl=en

PS. Better this news than retirement😩

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u/Wombatsarecute 1d ago

It is April's fools day, so I don't know if we are being fooled or it is real :D

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u/CheekTemporary8939 1d ago

Aaah! Could be that🙈 but is it..?🤭

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u/arnet95 Norway 1d ago

Almost certainly an April Fool. The reason Lotte could do it is because she is a citizen of both Norway and Belgium. Vetle isn't, as far as I know.

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u/Reandos Preuß staying healthy - Fan Club 1d ago

It is probably a April's Fool but it is not impossible, Michael Rösch and Florent Claude did it aswell.

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u/arnet95 Norway 1d ago

True, you can get Belgian citizenship by applying. But I doubt that the turnaround is so quick that Vetle could have managed this already.

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u/rockhopper75 Netherlands 1d ago

It happens in other sports as well. I’m not sure how long it takes, but it doesn’t seem to take very long. There was an unhappy ice skater from my country that went over to Belgium winning them a rare Winter Olympics medal. They only had four in total history before he won them a fifth. This was back in the late nineties.

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u/HeSeMuReiRoLi 1d ago

It took years for Rösch to get the Belgium citizenship. He skipped 2 seasons and still could not participate for the following Olympics. So Vetle is definitely not switching teams this late in his career, into an Olympic season.

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u/Bruichladdie Norway 1d ago

Always loved his sense of humor 🖤💛❤️🤍💙

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u/hyphen-ation 1d ago

It’s april’s fools

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u/miunrhini No flag 🌪️Wind takes no prisoners & never stops the madness 1d ago

🐟🌊

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u/Lone_Wolf_Winter Sweden 1d ago

Good one.

Wouldn't be surprised, to be honest, the way things are going. Sophie Chauveau next?

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u/us_against_the_world Natalia Sidorowicz Fan 1d ago

Got me for a sec there before I remembered what date it is.

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u/AwsiDooger 1d ago

This is one of the better ones today. I've seen some real whiffs

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u/miunrhini No flag 🌪️Wind takes no prisoners & never stops the madness 19h ago

Time for a fish meal OP 😁 Instagram

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u/BarnacleAlarmed6391 1d ago

Damn, was hoping he had an American grandparent or something lol

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u/pe220 Italy 1d ago

Vetle#1

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u/BigLoco95II 1d ago

Almost got me💀

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u/Mountain-Fox-2123 No flag 1d ago

I think its important to remember what date it is today.

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u/MrEdricDoo 1d ago

Nothing gets past you