One of Sweden’s biggest hopes for top World Cup finishes and World’s medals, Anders Sodergren will miss the upcoming World Cup opener due to illness, reports Swedish SkidSport.com
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Most everything has gone Sodergren’s way for a long time. All tests and time-trials have shown significant progress this summer and fall. He also won the recent time-trial in Bruksvallerna, but got sick immediately following the races. He is still not 100% and will not be on the starting line in next weekends World Cup opening races in Gallivare.
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– He is almost healthy, but still weak. He doesn’t want to take unnecessary chances and will have to sit this one out, explains the Swedish coach Per Erik Ronnestrand.
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He hopes that Sodergren will be back to normal for the Kuusamo World Cup races the following weekend.
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The Swedish chances for a victory in Gallivare are significantly reduced without Sodergren on the starting line. The responsibility for a top result now rests on Mathias Fredriksson, that showed high class in Saturday’s 10-kilometer in Bruksvallerna. He won in a dominating way ahead of Lars Carlsson.
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Source: Swedish SkidSport.com
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