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He himself has been involved in taking an Olympic gold for Sweden.
Fredrik Lindström now points out which Swedish biathlons have the greatest chance of picking a medal in the biathlon World Cup.
– I think it’s so much fun to follow the national team right now, he tells the Sports Bible.
On Wednesday, the biathlon World Cup will start in Swiss Lenzerheide. It is mixed relay directly and Sweden is setting up with Sebastian SamuelssonThe Martin PonsiluomaThe Anna Magnusson and Hanna Öberg. Elvira Öberg would have been with Magnusson, but since she has been ill for a long time has the league captain Johannes Lukas chosen to put over her.
Fredrik Lindström looks forward to biathlon World Cup
A person who will follow the entire championship with enthusiasm is the former national team skirt Fredrik Lindström35. His main merit is undoubtedly that he was in the men’s relay team that won the Olympic gold in Pyeongchang 2018, where he otherwise ran the last. He ended his career the following year, but still follows the sport.
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– I basically see everything. That said, these everyday competitions can be a little difficult sometimes. But I am still quickly there and check out results and so there so that the interest is absolutely left, he tells the Sports Bible and continues:
– I think it is so much fun to follow the national team right now as well, with the strong names that are and also these wonderful breakthroughs we have seen this season. It is like it does not matter if it is a women’s or men’s competition so there are Swedish chances there all the time.
Former biathlon’s judgment on Sweden
It is above all Sweden’s ladies that Lindström believes will be able to challenge for the World Cup medals. Elvira Öberg is of course a top name. The other ladies in the national team squad are Hanna Öberg, Anna Magnusson, Johanna Skottheim and the spiked newcomers Ella Halvarsson and Anna-Karin Heijdenberg. In addition to Sebastian Samuelsson and Martin Ponsiluoma there are Emil NykvistThe Jesper Nelin and Viktor Brandt available on the men’s side.
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– On the women’s side, they are incredibly strong there. You should say that there are medal chances in every race. It’s that simple. On the men’s side, it feels a little tougher. There are two top names so clear with Martin and Sebastian, but it feels … the competition, especially from Norway, is so big so it is difficult to say: “Medal in every race”. But yes, they have the chance all the time in any case, says Fredrik Lindström.
Hello Sweden! Hope there will be a medal in the mixed relay so that we can start the biathlon World Cup in the best possible way. Fight Sebastian, Martin, Hanna and Anna!
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