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Thursday, 20 May 2021 The Swedish Olympic Committee (SOC) has announced the addition of seven more athletes to its team for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, meaning 16 have now had their places at the Games confirmed. Four ski cross specialists and three Alpine skiers have joined the team, most notably women's ski cross world champion Sandra Näslund who finished fifth at the Sochi 2014 Games aged 17, before placing fourth at Pyeongchang 2018. Also part of the squad are ski cross brothers Erik and David Mobärg, with the former coming into good form last season when he finished third in the...

World Champs Idre Fjäll 2021 – Ski Cross preview Freestyle 09 Feb 2021 ©GEPA: ski cross returns to Idre Fjäll for the FIS Cross World Championships 2021 It wasn’t an easy path to get here, but the world’s best ski cross athletes have made it to Sweden and are ready to get out of the start gate at the premier event of the 2020/21 season – the Idre Fjall 2021 FIS Ski Cross World Championships. Due to the development of the covid-19 pandemic and the implemented measures by the Chinese health au...

Smith and Midol victorious at first race of Idre Fjäll TRE Freestyle 20 Jan 2021 ©GEPA: Bastien Midol (FRA) is back on top of the podium Quite some snowfall welcomed ski cross athletes on their first of three competition days here in Sweden’s Idre Fjäll. The first of the Idre Fjäll TRE races was a special one, as it was a never-before-seen 600m straight sprint course, which consisted of a whole lot of jumps and rollers. One would think that such a course would be a sealed deal when getting out o...

Idre Fjäll TRE opens SX show in 2021 Freestyle 19 Jan 2021 © GEPA After two fantastic opening Audi FIS Ski Cross World Cup events in December in Arosa (SUI) with its double night races and back-to-back competitions in Val Thorens (FRA), it is now time to solemnly open the year 2021 for some great ski cross action in Sweden with the “Idre Fjäll TRE” event. For the first time, we are going to witness not two, but three competitions in Idre Fjäll. The first one will be a 600m sprint on the finish ...

Smith and Andersson win at second Arosa SX competition Freestyle 16 Dec 2020 ©GEPA The second of back-to-back nighttime short course events here in Arosa (SUI) is in the books. After the first competition day was nothing short of excitement, the second one certainly did not disappoint either. Especially, since the course designers decided to make a little change to the element of the negative turn. That and the fact that it was colder tonight, which caused the course to be faster, added salt and peppe...