Booing from the audience occurs in many sports. But cross-country skiing has been spared from it.
Therefore, several Swedish female skiers reacted when they were booed by the audience in Trondheim last year.
Now, the Swedish team is preparing for new booing during the World Championship. Edvin Anger is prepared for booing and whistle concerts when he steps into the Granåsen ski stadium.
In Norway, they won't be that nice. But it will be good fuel. I'm not afraid of it. I'm ready. This is part of it. It will be fun, says Anger.
"Have to learn"
How do you react to several Swedish female skiers not appreciating potential booing?
It's something they have to learn, answers Anger with a smile.
Linn Svahn laughs when she hears Edvin Anger's comment:
So he thinks we need to become a bit tougher? Fun. But there should be a kind of general code that certain things you just don't do.
Linn Svahn continues:
I wouldn't have been happy if my siblings had been in the audience in Falun and booed at Norwegian skiers. Then I would have said: Shape up!
"Good fuel"
Maja Dahlqvist remembers last year's booing in Trondheim, where she moved in the spring:
I hope they don't boo during the World Championship. But I hope it's so loud that you can't hear what they're saying, even if they do boo. It doesn't matter. It will be good fuel.
Ski legend Marit Björgen, who is the coach for the Norwegian women's national team, does not appreciate countrymen booing Swedish skiers:
We should cheer on everyone and if you don't want to cheer, then keep quiet. At Holmenkollen (in Oslo), we cheer on everyone. That's where people have manners.
Nearly 200,000 tickets have been sold for the World Championship, which starts on Wednesday with qualifying competitions.
