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There & rsquo; & egrave; peace at home Sweden: after numerous physical problems that prevented Marcus Hellner to compete in the first phase of the World Cup, & egrave; Calle Halfvarsson who gets sick and will & agrave; forced to abandon the Tour de Ski.
Monday 28 December 2015 3 minutes reading time
The 26 year old from Falun, gi & agrave; in turn affected by sinusitis that ousted him from Ruka Triple from Lillehammer and a month ago, & egrave; still recovering from & rsquo; influence has weakened in competitive Dobbiaco: & ldquo; L & rsquo; outbreak of cold that has hit us in Toblach (besides him also Hellner and Johansson, editor's note) made me realize that I was not yet fully healed. I suffered very cold after the qualifications of Sprint and I preferred to go home to cure myself hoping to recover for the Tour de Ski, but not & egrave; enough & rdquo; He said Halfvarsson through the website of the Swedish Federation.
& Ldquo; I had a little hope on Christmas day, when I got back on skis, but & egrave; was a fluke, my body was not yet in place. So I finally decided to give up the Tour de Ski, I hope to start training within one week, it will not just & ograve; I will dedicate completely healed & ograve; Fully cross-country skiing to close well the World Cup. L & rsquo; objective will be races in Falun and Ski Tours Canada, I need new motivation to keep going and to eradicate the common cold, that sooner or later will disappear & agrave; & rdquo; He concluded Halfvarsson.
The head coach of the Swedish team Rickard Grip convened in its place the 21-year old Jens Burman: & ldquo; Jens & egrave; a boy with a future and gi & agrave; Lillehammer showed something good in the World Cup. The Tour de Ski will & agrave; an excellent investment on him & rdquo; Grip the comment.
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