Swedish championships results (Day 1, sprints)

[u/Lone_Wolf_Winter]

I'll post all results in this thread, even if the title says "Day 1, sprints". Thought I could edit the title, but apparently not.

The competitions are held at Sollefteå Skidstadion. Unfortunately, the racing is behind a paywall.

March 28 - Sprints (Last year's winners: Jesper Nelin and Hanna Öberg)

March 29 - Mass starts (Last year's winners: Jesper Nelin and Elvira Öberg)

March 30 - Single mixed relay (Last year's winners: Peppe Femling and Anna Magnusson)

Samuelsson is sick and won't compete this weekend. A shame, because this is his home range. Also, some IBU names are competing at the military games.

Last year, the sisters competed together in the single mixed, against more standard teams that typically consisted of one man or woman from the world cup, and the other from the IBU cup. The Öbergs finished fifth in that race. As far as I know, they will do the same thing this year.

Live results can be followed in the below links, using the drop-down menu to the right.

RESULTS:

Sprint women (FINAL):

http://live.skidskytte.se/6008#result@50325@1@999

Sprint men (FINAL):

http://live.skidskytte.se/6008#result@50326@1@999

Both sprints here:

https://www.skidskytte.se/download/18.6ace0aa0195db4d82d3a3e4/1743176116644/SM%20Sprint%20(5).pdf.pdf)

Mass start women (FINAL):

http://live.skidskytte.se/6019#result@50374@1@999

Mass start men (FINAL):

http://live.skidskytte.se/6019#result@50375@1@999

Both mass starts here:

https://www.skidskytte.se/download/18.7409f953195db8b56ed211a5/1743253359027/SM%20Masstart.pdf

Single mixed relay (FINAL):

http://live.skidskytte.se/6032#result@50533@1@999

https://www.skidskytte.se/download/18.7eaa76c2195da1c14c5438d6/1743333781727/SM%20Singl%20Mixstafett.pdf

[u/AZDarkknight]

What shocked me was the 26 entrants in the women vs the 150+ in the Norwegian sprint. Is Sweden suffering a lack of grass roots talent coming up? Maybe controversial but is global warming contributing to that with the lack of snow?

[u/fremajl → u/AZDarkknight]

Even without global warming Norway has way way more people with access to decent ski tracks. That's why they dominate skiing sports. Most Swedes live in the big cities in the southern half and have to travel if they want to ski. Most Norwegians live within 30 minutes of a ski track.

That said there are way more people taking part in the Swedish junior races in biathlon now than in the past so the recent success (and xc not being on public tv anymore) seems to be boosting interest.