After that Fredrik Lindström fixed an OLYMPIC gold medal for the Swedish men in their sistasträcka in the relay last year, he went in with great optimism in this year’s season.

But already during the premiärhelgen in Slovenia took it’s a different story for the veteran who later received the news that he was suffering from glandular fever.

at home later in the spring has been – and still is – unclear, however, when coach Wolfgang Pichler presented the Swedish team for Ostersund was Lindström.

– really Cool to landslagsledningen believe in me, even if it still is uncertain if I am ready once the world CUP comes. Hopefully I have had time to in shape and can strengthen a Swedish squad, ” says Lindström.

Lindstrom says he got the green light to start training easily two weeks ago and the progress since then has been very great.

” Then I was completely exhausted after working out for 45 minutes in leisurely pace. Now I train two passports and closer to three hours a day and is not at all as tired. It is still low-intensity training, but I can make similar progress in the immediate future, I think that it looks realistic.

the lead förläger before the world CUP.

– It is really only then that it is possible to say something about my status and whether I have anything on the VM to do or not, ” he says.

– A very wierd feeling really. I had completely other thoughts about this season and where I would stand this time of year. At the same time, it has been fun to see that the team continues to show their prowess. I have been putting everything on a card to try and get back to the world CUP and I am in a good form then I can make the results like others I’ve seen on tv. But it has been frustrating at the same time that you just got to accept the situation.

the world CUP begins on 7 march in Östersund.

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