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Anna Jönsson Haag and Charlotte Kalla know each other well.
Now Jönsson Haag opens up about his friend’s future after the end of his career.
And now gives his honest words about a possible comeback for the Swedish ski queen, in an interview with Sportbibeln.
Together salvaged Anna Jönsson The Hague and Charlotte Kalla a lot of relay medals together, with the impressive Olympic gold in Sochi 2014 clearly standing out most of all. But there are also two Olympic silvers and 3 World Cup silvers shared by the Swedish duo.
Haag and Kalla
Kalla became the most successful of the two and is the leading female Olympian in Swedish sports history with her nine Olympic medals. But Jönsson Haag also had a very successful career in cross-country skiing with a total of eight Olympic and WC medals as well as 7 SC golds.
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In 2018, Jönsson Haag chose to end his career and has since married his former teammate Emil Jönsson The Hague and had two children. But the Swede has also returned to the ski tracks again and now competes in long races where she skis Ski Classics.
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Call comeback?
Last year, Charlotte Kalla’s successful and long skiing career also came to an end, and the big question now is whether Anna can succeed in persuading her friend to return to the ski slopes again. Now Jönsson Haag admits that she didn’t even try to attract the skiing queen to the Ski Classics.
– Not really. I think she was probably more ready to compete and train, and quite happy to train at a gentler and better level. After all, she had a few more years in her career than me, so maybe she drained the battery a little more than I did. I had a great desire to continue competing and training even when I stopped, but not with the effort I had during my years in the elite, says the 36-year-old to Sportbibeln.
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Anna Jönsson Haag is currently doing her second season in Ski Classics and she competes without any demands, but instead is driven by the love of skiing. We will see if she is joined by her friend Charlotte Kalla or not.
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