In mid-September, Dagens Nyheter revealed that half of the skiers in the alpine national team are forced to pay 100,000-150,000 kronor to participate in the activities.
In previous years, skiers outside the top 30 in the world ranking had to pay 60,000 kronor out of their own pocket.
But for this season, the cap on that amount was removed. The reason is the association's strained economy, where the World Championship in Åre went 30 million kronor in deficit and two of the national team's clothing sponsors had economic problems, resulting in million-losses.
Then, SVT revealed, after conducting an anonymous survey among national team skiers, that the confidence in the national team leadership was low, almost non-existent.
In the survey, national team skiers warned of economic misprioritization, hierarchical techniques, and a culture of silence.
"I lack confidence in the association because I see good skiers disappear due to being poorly treated. It gives me uncertainty," was one comment.
On Tuesday, the news came that Karin Stolt Halvarsson and Lars Melin are forced to resign. Whether this solves the situation remains to be seen.
