The national ski team has suffered several dropouts.
That worries the icon Torgny Mogren.
– It feels like it’s falling apart, he says.
The turbulence has really been noticeable for the national ski team during the spring. It started with the sprint star Linn Svahn leaving the national team for an initiative under her own auspices, and it was not long before Frida Karlsson and Maja Dahlqvist left.
Iconic concern
The battle is hard as Karlsson and Dahlqvist are two of our most popular and influential winter athletes, and opinions have been many since the choice was made. Nobody knows yet how it will affect the results this winter, but it is clear that the national team’s training group, on paper, has deteriorated significantly compared to just a few months ago.
Now the ski icon Torgny Mogren, who is now an expert in Radiosporten, admits that he is worried about the development we see.
– Yes, to some extent when there are so many who dropped out. It feels like that now when there are virtually no people who are in the camps, he tells TT.
“It’s falling apart”
Torgny Mogren does not hold back in what he thinks about the development.
– It feels like the women’s team is falling apart. But I do not think it will affect the cohesion between the girls. But the rift between the union and the individuals is not good, says Mogren.
This week there was also information that the national team does not choose to have a camp at high altitude – which Jonna Sundling was not happy with. Together with Emma Ribom, she will now go to her own camp in Italy, paid for out of her own pocket.
– It is also a step in the form that there must be dissatisfaction with how the training is conducted at the training camps. Then I do not know if they are dissatisfied with places that are planned. It is a little strange that we have ended up in this situation.
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