The Medoc wine marathon caused a stir in Norway

On television shown on Saturday Full Frame Sports – program’s marathon episode is a sensation in Norway.

The reporter in the episode Nicolay Ramm36, and influencer Emilie Voe Nereng29, ran a marathon in France.

Every autumn, the Médoc marathon in Bordeaux is better known as the wine marathon. Those who wish will get tastings of local wineries along the way. Rammi and Nereng’s task was to take a portion of wine at each drinking station.

There were wine points less than two kilometers apart, a total of 24.

The program shows how alcohol affected Nereng’s body. After a few drinks, he tripped over his own feet and fell face first onto the asphalt.

Nereng’s knees were bleeding and his face was bruised. In the crash, he lost two teeth. In the last kilometer, he jumped from one side of the road to the other.

After the show aired, Nereng described on Snapchat that the idea of ​​a marathon was “sick”. He says that after filming the program, he was unable to train for three months.

“I don’t remember anything after 25 kilometers, so I don’t even remember falling. At the finish I was physically exhausted, drunk and bruised,” said Nereng Online news magazine.

Nereng and Ramm cleared the route in six hours. At the finish, they blew 2.1 and 2.13 per thousand.

The rapture carried out and shown by the Norwegian broadcasting company NRK, about which a complaint has been made to the council that supervises the broadcasting company.

The program has been characterized as shocking, low-style and shameful.

“Drunken people hurting themselves and drinking away their senses and concentration is not a suitable program for a public broadcaster,” says one complaint.

NRK’s ​​sports content boss Anders Rove Bentsenin according to it was known that the program can divide opinions. According to him, the program is intended to show extraordinary and crazy sports performances.

“It was an official competition where the medical staff was present. In addition, one NRK employee followed the competitors the whole way. They also took breaks where they ate and drank water. Two adults did this under controlled conditions,” Bentsen explained Dagbladetille.

Program has collected huge numbers of viewers in Norway. Nereng’s throwing has been praised on social media.

“It’s not even mid-January and we’ve already seen the TV moment of the year,” one commented.

“Absolutely crazy! And fantastic”, a popular influencer Annette Haga quoth.

Nereng told Dagbladetille that he is happy to have embarked on the project, but he is worried about what it will cost.

“Two teeth broke. I went to the dentist two days after the incident and my teeth look fine. I just don’t know how long the place will last. I’ve heard they can drop in a couple of years. Pity if I lost two teeth for good.”