Record-breaking winner last year - favorite this year. Norwegian Kasper Stadaas doesn't know how he's going to defeat Alvar Myhlback in Vasaloppet. He won't. He'll be second at best, says Myhlback.
SportsThe Vasalopp winner Alvar Myhlback declined a spot in the junior national team. But it's not ruled out that the 19-year-old can reach the Olympic Games in winter. Can he qualify against the World Cup and eventually the Olympic Games ahead, we're grateful for that, says national team manager Anders Byström.
SportsWith the Olympic Games in Milano and Cortina as the season's major goals, the national cross-country team is sharpening its operations. The World Championship gold team on the women's side remains intact – with the former Olympic gold medalist Ida Ingemarsdotter as a replacement for the dismissed coach Andreas Domeij.
SportsVasalopp winner Alvar Myhlback opts out of the national team. The 19-year-old has instead signed a two-year contract with the long-distance team Lager 157, reports SVT Sport.
SportsVasalopp winner Stina Nilsson's success in the long-distance cup continues. The Swede won the Birkebeinerrennet in Norway in superior style after having pulled away over a mile before the finish. It was a fantastic day, says the 31-year-old.
SportsSweden is reigning again in Vasaloppet after Alvar Myhlback's and Stina Nilsson's victories. Afterwards, the Swedish Ski Association received a bitter message from Myhlback: Clearly, it's more appealing to ski long distances now.
SportsAlvar Myhlback's victory in Vasaloppet proves that the national team made a mistake when they dropped the 18-year-old from the Junior World Championship, says SVT's cross-country skiing expert Anders Blomquist. The national team manager Anders Byström's response: I don't really know what he means. We have believed in Alvar all the time.
Sports18-year-old Alvar Myhlback made history when he, as the youngest winner of all time, sprinted home to win the Vasaloppet. After a skillfully tactical race, he was the fastest of the eleven male skiers who crossed the finish line simultaneously in Mora.
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