It becomes Calle Halfvarsson, Daniel Rickardsson and Jens Burman, who get the chance to repair Sweden’s somewhat tarnished reputation on the men’s side. Landslagschef Rikard Grip told me that the last place left open. The right now is the weight of Viktor Thorn, who missed the sprintstafetten on the basis of sensations in the throat.
“He’s going out and do some träningsförberedelser during the day and hopefully he will start,” says Grip on the pressträffen.
” It feels very exciting. I feel that the guys are in good shape. They are very determined and have done good preparation. It will be exciting to see, continues landslagschefen.
so far, in the sprint, he broke the rod already in the quarter-finals and in the sprintstafetten he rose and slept when the Russian Sergei Bolsjunov and the Norwegian John Hösflot Kläbo set speed, in vancouver, canada got Halfvarsson then give against the Italian Federico Pellegrino.
But the expectations should not be too high, Halfvarsson has a single podium in the winter, and it is from the 25 november, when he finished third at this distance in Ruka.
” I was very disappointed. I think I should taken me and Oskar (Smith) up on the podium. Then took the emotions over. Now I have forgotten it. Now I look forward, says Halfvarsson of their first two world CUP competitions.
” I hope that I can do myself justice, and follow my plan: How am I going to deal with every uphill, downhill and the flat parties. I follow my plan and run as fast as I can from the start to the goal, then I must be satisfied.
sometimes he has given up too easily in some races earlier in his career.
” I’ve got something drop on any climb and even shocked on the head. But for now I’ll try not to be affected by the bad times in the beginning, not to think about it. I think it will be heavy in the morning, but I’ll try to run fast all the way into the goal.
He believes that the race will get two pages. A part of the track is in sun and one in shade and he believes it can change how good or bad it feels.
” We’ll see afterwards if it becomes the most important race in my career.
but has not been given to it this season. In Saturday’s skiathlon ended the 36-year-old from Hudiksvall in place 15.
the Best swede in the skiathlonloppet was Jens Burman, who finally got to it, sagging in addition trouble with the back, and ended tia.
Viktor Thorn, was like Halfvarsson, knocked out in the quarter-finals in the sprint. If not Thorn can run Wednesday’s race may Bear Sandströmd a place. Landslagsledningen will announce fourth rider later on Tuesday.
is the reigning world champion and has distance as its major focus. But Niskanen is going to get it tough, both Norway and Russia have enormously strong rider no matter what they choose to put on the starting line. Alexander Bolsjunov was superior in rehearsal in Cogne.
Norway’s Johannes Hösflot Kläbo, who took two gold medals so far at the world CUP, choosing to cede his spot in the Norwegian team, for the benefit of Sjur Röthe – another gold medalist.
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