Swedish Ski Association has announced Cross-Country national team training groups for the coming season 2015-2016. The team consists of ten women and eight men. The development team are eight women and eleven men.

Swedish National Team management has in recent weeks evaluated the World Cup season and outlined steps for development in the future. One concrete step is to launch a targeted sprint group in which skiers from the national team and development team will have four common camps.

"We want to improve the quality of sprint training sessions and create opportunities for more and tougher challenges in racing similar situations, man to man and woman against woman," head coach Rikard Grip reveals .

Athletes Johan Olsson, Daniel Richardson and Lars Nelson are missing in the line up and have been replaced with new talents such as Falun-Borlänge Simon Andersson and Stockviks Anders Svanebo. "We have to deliver hard work and an aggressive attitude to maintain our position as one of the world's best men's teams. But I feel we have a positive group with talented skiers both on the first team and the development team. This is especially true among the ladies where the situation is very good," Rikard Grip says.

Ladies

Charlotte Kalla, Piteå Elit
Anna Haag, IFK Mora SK
Ida Ingemarsdotter, Åsarna IK
Emma Wikén, Åsarna IK
Maria Rydqvist, Älvdalens IF
Stina Nilsson, IFK Mora SK
Sofia Bleckur, IFK Mora SK
Magdalena Pajala (sprint), Piteå Elit
Jennie Öberg (sprint), Piteå Elit
Hanna Falk (sprint), Ulricehamns IF

Men
Calle Halfvarsson, Falun-Borlänge SK
Martin Johansson, IFK Mora SK
Anders Svanebo, Stockviks SF
Marcus Hellner, Gellivare Skidallians
Simon Andersson, Falun-Borlänge SK
Emil Jönsson (sprint), IFK Mora SK
Teodor Peterson (sprint), IFK Umeå
Johan Edin (sprint), IFK Mora SK

Development teams

Ladies
Hanna Erikson, Åsarna IK
Anna Dyvik, Falun-Borlänge SK
Sofia Henriksson, Piteå Elit
Jonna Sundling, IFK Umeå
Evelina Settlin, Hudiksvalls IF
Linn Sömskar (sprint), IFK Umeå
Maja Dahlqvist (sprint), Falun-Borlänge SK
Maria Nordström (sprint), Ulricehamns IF

Men
Jens Burman, Åsarna IK
Marcus Ruus, Åsarna IK
Simon Lagesson, Åsarna IK
Axel Ekström, Garphyttans IF
Oscar Svensson, Falun-Borlänge SK
Carl Quicklund (sprint), Östersunds SK
Jesper Modin (sprint), Piteå Elit
Simon Persson (sprint), IFK Umeå
Anton Lindblad, Sollefteå Skidor (sprint)
Erik Silfver (sprint), IFK Umeå
Gustav Nordström (sprint), Borås SK

Source: fis-ski.com