Linn Svahn on the disappointment
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Linn Svahn on the disappointment of being left out of the Olympic five-mile race

Linn Svahn was knocked out of the 5-mile race at the Milan Olympics. Now she speaks out about the disappointment. "It's a bit of a throwaway feeling," she tells Aftonbladet.

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Linn Svahn won gold in the sprint and silver in the relay at the Olympics last month.

But the 26-year-old was hungry for more. Ahead of Thursday's World Cup sprint in Drammen, Linn Svahn spoke at a press conference.

She told Aftonbladet that she had expected to run the five-mile race.

"When you've expected to be at the start of something and have started preparing for it, it feels a bit like pulling the rug out from under you. It's not that fun," she said.

According to Expressen, Svahn received a text message saying she would be sent home.

"It has affected me," she told the newspaper.

Due to illness, only two of the four Swedish women ran the five-mile race at the Olympics.

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