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The Swedes were brave in Friday’s sprint in the Norwegian Beitostölen.
Both Johanna Hagström and Maja Dahlqvist were already eliminated in the semi-finals – and Sweden thus lacked representation in the final.
Things went better for big rival Norway, which also took the opportunity to mock Sweden after the fiasco.
No, it really didn’t work out for Sweden in Friday’s sprint in the Norwegian Beitostölen. Ebba Andersson and Emma Ribom was absent due to illness, but it didn’t go any further for the Swedes who came to the start either. Frida Karlsson and Ingrid Hallquist already went out in the quarter-finals, and then it was up to Johanna Hagström and Maja Dahlqvist to take Sweden to the final.
Swedish fiasco
But even for them it ended too soon. Both were eliminated in the semi-finals – and Sweden thus lacked representation in the final. A final that was won by Nadine Fähndrich from Switzerland before the Norwegian Lotta Udnes Weng.
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And speaking of Norway, yes. After the Swedish fiasco and Norway’s second place, the neighbors in the west took the opportunity to send a sour pass to the Swedish camp.
– They lose a little sleep at night because we are so close to them. We must stick to that, says Norway’s coach Stig Rune Kveen to the Norwegian newspaper VG.
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“We have to take them down”
Also Tiril Udnes Weng filling up.
– It is surprising. We are used to having at least one Swede in the final. They are missing some of the best. But it’s fun that we can shine a little, us too. It is not wrong that they sleep badly at night, she tells the newspaper.
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However, Maja Dahlqvist was not as pleased after the sprint, and believes that Norway’s good result was due to the Swedes having a bad day.
– They may need us to have a bad day, so that they can deliver a little, says Dahlqvist.
– I guess they have a little overconfidence now. We have to take them down again for next weekend.
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