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The Swedish federation of cross-country skiing has announced the names of the skiers who will compete in Lahti on Saturday and Sunday.
Tuesday 16 February 2016 4 minutes reading time
The pi & ugrave news; relevant & egrave; l & rsquo; absence of Charlotte Kalla: & ldquo; I've played a lot of games this season, so I need a break. Will remain memorize options at home to train in view of the Ski Tours Canada & rdquo ;. The head coach of the Swedish team Rickard Grip supports this decision: & ldquo; Charlotte has participated in numerous World Cup races and did not & egrave; pulled back even at the national championships. A weekend of rest & egrave; pi & ugrave; which earned for her, will return & agrave; Canada & rdquo ;.
The tip of the Swedish team will be & agrave; cos & igrave; Maria Rydqvist, which speaks l & rsquo; women's team coach Mattias Persson: & ldquo; Maria & egrave; very strong way in Falun, where & egrave; He placed fifth behind the Norwegian and Jessica Diggins, playing one of the best races of his career. Sar & agrave; her the tip of our team in Skiathlon, which will also be attended IDA INGEMARSDOTTER and Stina Nilsson & rdquo ;.
In the men's field, back Emil J & ouml; nsson, as words of Grip: & ldquo; Finally riavremo Emil, & egrave; He arrived twice in the final races in Sprint quest & rsquo; year and we all know how strong when he is fit. After the calamity that hit him during the Tour de Ski, now & egrave; again in top form & rdquo ;.
New stop for Halfvarsson Calle, who has returned to training but not & egrave; yet ready for a race. There will instead be two newcomers, Emil Johansson and Robin Norum. Grip explains the choices: & ldquo; Some of our boys, including Jens Burman and Oskar Svensson, are committed to the world juniors, others, such as Martin Johansson and Simon Andersson, who need to recharge their batteries in preparation for the Ski Tours Canada. That's why & eacute; there will be & agrave; space for two guys like Emil and Robin & rdquo ;.
In all it will be 18, 9 women and 9 men, the Swedes involved in premondiali Lahti. This l & rsquo; full list of those summoned.
Women for Sprint Hanna Falk Linn S & ouml; mskar IDA INGEMARSDOTTER Stina Nilsson Jennie & ouml; berg Maria Nordstr & ouml; m
Men for the Sprint Teodor Peterson Emil J & ouml; nsson Erik Silfver Johan Edin Karl-Johan Westberg Emil Johansson
Women for Skiathlon Maria Rydqvist Elin Mohlin IDA INGEMARSDOTTER Stina Nilsson Anna Haag Maria Nordstr & ouml; m
Men for the Skiathlon Marcus Hellner Gustav Eriksson Robin Norum
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