Sweden's biathlon for the 2014-2015 season, but the look down to 2018

With the withdrawal of BjÃ¶rn Ferry and Carl Johan Bergman Sweden will rely especially Fredrik LindstrÃ¶mea a group of young people to discover. The Scandinavian nation has decided to look to the future by putting already objectives for the next 4 years.

Thursday 8 May 2014 3 minutes reading time

The federation has revised the structure of the coaching staff, joining in the person of Jonas HagstrÃ¶m guide both the men's team than women. L'' said Swedish head coach following the choices made: "The plan is for four years and the'' primary objective is medals Pyeong Chang 2018, but of course we want to win at least one in each of three World Cup that will be before the next Olympic Games. I realize that they are ambitious goals, but I think it should aim high in order to accustom the group to think big. Therefore, we have made teams thinking about what athletes could give us success in the long term. '' The idea was to choose 5 men and 5 women, but for the moment we have identified only four girls who deserve to be in Team A, a place is still free in the future and decide whether and to whom to assign it. I want to stress that have the status of'' A'' team does not guarantee a seat at the start of the World Cup on November 30. " These are the nine "chosen" UOMINIARMGREN Ted (1988) ARWIDSSON Tobias (1988) ERIKSSON Christofer (1989) FEMLING Peppe (1992) LINDSTRÃ–M Fredrik (1989) DONNEBRORSSON Mona (1990) MAGNUSSON Anna (1995) Myhr Sofia (1995) Ã–BERG Hannah (1995) The'' footprint in the long term is especially noticeable in the women's field, where three teenagers were chosen well, girls will be eligible for the junior category even in the next two seasons. HagstrÃ¶m describes them thus: "Hanna Ã–berg is one of the greatest talents we have in Sweden, at the World youth has proven to be among the best in its class, as well as Anna Magnusson that year quest'' he also won the Swedish Cup. Myhr Even Sofia is a great talent and if everything goes the right way, you can already make his figure among the senior next year. " HagstrÃ¶m will assisted by Mattias Nisson, who returns home after following Brazil in recent years.

Francesco Paone

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