Emil Persson has a successful season behind him with strong results in both Ski Classics and Vasaloppet. He enters the season with a first ranking in Ski Classics.
Emil Persson opened up about love with Emilie Fleten
IN The sliders reveals long-distance skier Emil Persson that he and the Norwegian long-distance skier Emilie Fleten are a couple. Emil has previously been silent about the relationship but has now chosen to speak out about the relationship with the Norwegian long-distance skier.
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Many relationships in the national ski team
In sports, and more specifically winter sports, relationships within national teams and across national team borders are a well-known phenomenon. In Sweden alone, there are more examples of relationships within the Swedish winter sports national teams.
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Emil Persson: “It started with…”
In another message News24 Persson tells how he met love.
“It started when she moved to town (Östersund) in August 2023. So during that autumn we trained together thanks to a mutual acquaintance. Then we started to have more and more contact later in the autumn and during the winter we saw each other more and more. So by spring we were a couple.”
“Keep it a secret”
Although on the surface it may appear that the relationship has been tried to be kept secret, this is not the case.
“We haven’t tried to keep it a secret, we just haven’t made a big show of it.”
“We have both succeeded very well”
Both Emil and Emilie have had great success lately. Emil talks about what it’s like to train with Emilie.
“It’s super fun to be able to train/sparr together in training. We’ve both succeeded very well, so it’s interesting to listen, see and learn from Emilie about things she thinks are important.”
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