During the 2024 Olympics in Paris looked for Truls Möregårdh into the hearts of many Swedes – but he was not the only one. Someone who was talked about for his coolness in pressure situations was the former national team captain Jorgen Persson.
Truls Möregårdh reveals the confusion
In an interview with News24 chooses Möregårdh to go into the confusion that has arisen since Jörgen Persson left his post.
– It is clear that Jörgen has participated in the competitions and coached, but that is above all else Malted (brother and trainer of Truls) and my family and my crew here in Eslöv and Malmö who have made me better, who have made me able to win the medals and so on. And they are the ones who see me every day. So we’ll see a bit of the setup there, says Möregårdh about Jörgen Persson.
Möregårdh then goes on to say that he thinks it feels chaotic in the union regarding the union captain issue.
– It’s almost like you have to ask SBTS (the Swedish Table Tennis Association) about it. Because I don’t really understand what their plan is and how they want it to be. Because I think it’s a bit messy. I haven’t really got it in black and white how the system should be. I don’t have too much to say about that. But hopefully it will be good in the end.
What do you mean by messy?
– I haven’t really understood it. We have got a national team captain who is official and that’s it Tobias Bergman which should be for both the ladies and the gentlemen. I don’t really know if it should be that we have different coaches at tournaments because he has both or if he should coach more, says Möregårdh and adds:
– I haven’t really found out about it and I don’t know if the association has either. But it’s calm for me, I have a good time in Eslöv and Malmö and that’s where I’ve developed, so it’s not weird for me.
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Truls Möregårdh during the Olympics in Paris. Photo: Pontus Lundahl/TTTruls Möregårdh during the Olympics in Paris 2024. Photo: Pontus Lundahl/TT”I don’t agree with that at all”
Thomas Buza is general secretary at SBTK and in an interview with Nyheter24 he responds to Möregårdh’s comments – it appears that Buza does not agree with him at all.
– If he thinks it’s been messy, that’s up to him. It is absolutely nothing that we have experienced. We have made an internal appointment and according to discussions with the sports director Daniel Ellerman so the players have actually been recorded all the way, says Buza and adds:
– They have talked about when Jörgen (Persson) has announced that he does not want to continue, they have informed that there will be a change and then they have appointed Tobias Bergman. According to my information that I have received from sporting director Daniel Ellerman, he has recorded the players and listened to what they think, and this also applies to Truls Möregårdh. I don’t agree with that at all.
Tobias Bergman was the national team captain for the women’s side of the Swedish table tennis national team during the 2024 Olympics. Photo: Jessica Gow/TT
Buza wants to be clear that the dissatisfaction did not exist with anyone other than Möregårdh.
– There is no one else who has experienced the situation as messy or reached out and had opinions. This is news to me.
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