Frida Karlsson, Lynn Svan and Maja Dalqvist have all split from the national team.
Norway coach Espen Bervig was injured after this news.
– We get good traction from the Swedish national team that is choosing themselves apart from each other. It’s a bit of fun, he tells VG.
The message hit like a bomb last week when the national team announced it Frieda Carlson And the Maja Dalqvist They are betting on the World Cup alone.
The duo wanted a more free setting and avoided being part of the national team camp, but the management did not agree.
In Norway, the situation is said to have become calmer after a slightly windy season. Sjur Ole Svarstad and Stig Rune Kveen took over the women’s coaching and according to national team manager Espen Bjervig, the team is “happy” with the new constellation.
– And then we get a good pull from the Swedish national team that separates them from each other. It’s a bit fun, Bjervig tells VG.
“is being crushed”
Lynn Svan She previously announced that she would be running her own project outside of the national team. The Norway national team manager does not believe the departure of the star trio is positive for cross-country skiing in Sweden.
– If you look at it from a purely sporting perspective, I can’t see it as a cross-country skiing strength for Swedish women. It was a unified team that spotlighted one another, as seen in Norwegian biathlon, cross-country skiing, and alpine skiing, he says and continues:
For many years, Swedish women’s cross-country skiing stood together as a strong team and pushed each other to improve. It is now crushed. It might go well in the short term, but in the long term I don’t think there is any advantage to women’s cross-country skiing in Sweden.