A world CUP where the Swedish map was redrawn

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A horde of journalists benches on the Inntaler Hof to hear Stina Nilsson tell us about his injury, Maja Dahlqvist about how it feels that was one of the favorites in the sprint, Frida Karlsson, how it is to be a 19-year-old world CUP debutant and Charlotte Call if the form is on the way.

When the gentlemen come into the room, half of the journalists troppat of but it is still Calle Halfvarsson, who steals the show on Tuesday 19 February.

on NRK's humorsida ”Absolutely Ramm” raps Halfvarsson, along with Robin Bryntesson, a Swedish former elite, to a text totalsågar the Norwegian truckers.

Halfvarsson ignites a pappersdocka depicting Petter Northug, call John Hösflot Kläbo, who goes home with three world CHAMPIONSHIP gold medals, for ”you little shit”, there are also several sexist elements in the video.

Not a good start for Halfvarsson, who realizes that he's gone over the limit and apologize, he says that he ”just was”.

When the Norwegian hauliers are asked what they think about Halfvarssons video has the good sense enough not to comment on it.

working for the NRK. But for the day, he has one Swedish cap, he looks nervous when he stands in the mixed zone after the initial sprint. Halfvarsson give interviews after breaking the rod and eliminated already in the quarter-finals but when he passes the NRK turns Bryntesson head away and never ask Halfvarsson of an interview.

Calle Halfvarsson break a rod in the quarter-finals in the sprint and then make the wrong choice tactically, and are disappointed. Photo: Jonas Lindkvist

" Oh, he didn't want me, I thought not on it, says Halfvarsson.

After the introduction, Halfvarsson never again.

It goes much better for the ladies.

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chasing Maja Dahlqvist, and Jonna Sundling and Stina Nilsson Norwegian favorite Maiken Caspersen Fall and it looks to be the grand slam for Sweden.

However, Dahlqvist and Sundling mess up for each other, Caspersen Fall freely forward and Stina Nilsson can go home the silver.

Charlotte Kalla is an outstanding mästerskapsåkare but now it is not possible to recognize her. Cold looks uncertain, the body language before the skiathlon talking about a skater who does not have a clue about how the form is.

She finishes sixth and there is nothing she rejoices, on the contrary, his eyes lowering she is down, it is hard to see the dark in her eyes.

"I'm not here to go on the sixth," says Call.

Not getting the better of that she is forced to be on the medaljceremonin in which the two russia and the Russian will receive the medals.

But it is in skiathlonloppet as a new star lights up.

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she stomped on is Called the rod but everything else made the 19-year-old from the town of Sollefteå in the broadly right. Karlsson going into the fifth and glitters like a winner when she tells me about the race.

"I'm almost a little shocked," says Karlsson, who a year ago became junior world champion in the skiathlon, and just two weeks ago made his debut in the world cup.

Stina Nilsson and Maja Dahlqvist in a guldkram after the victory in the sprintstafett. Photo: Jonas Lindkvist

After four Norwegian gold so will be the finally party in svensklägret. Stina Nilsson and Maja Dahlqvist takes home sprintstafetten and in the evening eat secretes a three-course dinner with king Carl XVI Gustaf and queen Silvia as guests of honor. The king holds an appreciated speech and the meal ends with a meringue cake with licorice and raspberries.

"I thought the king had such a sense of humor," says Frida Karlsson, who also admits she was a little starstruck and glanced towards the king who sat at the next table.

. In the klasiska milloppet shocks Frida Karlsson all and is just four seconds after Therese Johaug when the race will be decided. In case distinguishes it twelve seconds, Karlsson takes the silver.

A new Swedish skiddrottning is born.

"Impressive," says Charlotte Kalla who was a minute and nine seconds after Johaug in goal and ends up as number nine.

After the prize ceremony, " says an overjoyed Frida Karlsson, ”silver tastes like gold”.

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over the 15 kilometres Calle Halfvarsson be hit. There is much talk about the mental, Halfvarsson says he'll go out hard.

After 1.1 kilometres leads Halfvarsson race, then it becomes pyspunka and he ends up on the sixteenth place, one minute and 50 seconds after the victorious Norwegian Martin Johnsrud Sundby.

Switch to on the other hand, the austrian police.

The austrian landslagshotellet in Seefeld where the police did a crackdown during the dopningsrazzian. Photo: Jonas Lindkvist

In the months you have been monitoring the skiers who found their way to an international dopningsliga in Germany. When the leader comes to Seefeld beats the police to the austrian police Dieter Csefan tells us that one of the riders caught in the act with a needle in his arm, a picture which can then be cabled out over the world.

Two of the five arrested men are austrians Dominik Baldauf and Max Hauke. The day after going alliance to stroking from Friday's relay, when Austria did not get together full teams.

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the Swedish women's success when Stina Nilsson spurtar down Therese Johaug and see to it that Sweden wins a dramatic race.

Ebba Andersson to start with to keep Heidi Weng rod, Frida Karlsson go evenly with formtoppade Ingvild Flugstad Östberg and then Charlotte Called the turn to try and match the Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen.

this afternoon is the old Cold again, she pulls away from the in sprintbacken and when she pats Stina Nilsson on the back is the Swedish management 18 seconds.

Norway surprises with to put Therese Johaug on the sistasträckan, she will catch up with Nilsson but when it pulls together to spurt shows Nilsson what speed she can put up.

When Nilsson crossed the finish line she falls together in a heap and the Swedish guldkvartetten forces Johaug take a detour over the finish line to not run over Andersson, Karlsson, Cold and Nilsson.

Sweden wins the gold medal in a world CHAMPIONSHIP relay.

the Gold medal tastes even better, says Frida Karlsson with a smile, when she receives her second world CUP medal.

Ebba Andersson, Frida Karlsson, Charlotte Kalla and Stina Nilsson was for a very nice team effort and pinched Norway on yet another world CHAMPIONSHIP gold medal. Photo: Jonas Lindkvist

Herrstafetten is a fiasco, Calle Halfvarssons and Jens Burmans tactics to go out hard in the penalty shootout after the team's fifth place finish gripes Halfvarsson of the trajectory is not salted.

Halfvarsson said after the race that he will not go the final femmilen because you are not salting the track.

or promise " he says.

It is just a threat.

" I was not really honest. It boils down so clearly in your head, already after sprintstafetten I was completely crazy, then I am greatly disappointed and it flies and the occasional frog out of the mouth, acknowledges Halfvarsson.

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see Frida Karlsson, that she may with both gold, silver and bronze home to Sollefteå.

In his first tremilslopp as a senior, she'll give against the Norwegian Ingvild Flugstad Østberg, who takes the medal in all of his five starts, in the battle for the silver.

To Johaug is nothing to do.

"She shows how one can go fast on skis, I want to be the best in the world one day I, too," says Frida Karlsson.

To suveränen Therese Johaug was nothing to do according to cas – the alliance goes home with three gold out of three possible from distansloppen. But the junior Frida Karlsson has scored a major breakthrough at the world CUP. Photo: Jonas Lindkvist