All Olympic athletes except Anders Soedergren stay at home upcoming weekend of FIS World Cup Cross-country in Lahti. For skiers like Emma Wikén, Eva Svensson and Anders Stockviks Svanebo it will be the World Cup premiere in the squad.
The entire Olympic team except Anders Sodergren, with Charlotte Kalla, Britta Norgren Johansson, Anna Haag, Ida Ingemarsdotter, Magdalena Pajala, Anna Olsson, Hanna Falk, Johan Olsson, Daniel Richardsson, Emil Jönsson, Theodore Pettersson, Jesper Modin, Björn Lind and Marcus Hellner get time off from this weekend's World Cup competitions. Swedish national coaches decided to take following team:
LADIES
Hanna Brodin, Falun / Borlänge SK
Lisa Larsen, Sundbyberg IK
Emma Wikén, ridges NS
Eva Svensson, IFK Mora SK
Mia Eriksson, IFK Tärendö
MEN
Jens Eriksson, Dala-Floda IF
Fredrik Karlsson, Eksjö SOK
Anders Svanebo, Stockviks SF
Anders Sodergren, Östersund SK
Fredrik Jonsson, Hudiksvalls IF
Notably, all the girls on the team are born in 1987 or later. Hanna Brodin and Lisa Larsen are still juniors. For Emma Wikén it will be a "real"World Cup debut while having won Scandinavian Cup races several times and she has had a brilliant season so far.
Source: Swedish Ski Association
