It was very quiet in Scandinavium when Fredricson and Christian K approached the last obstacle. There a boom fell - and the day was ruined for the national team anchor.
- It is clear that this immediately afterwards it feels a little sour, Fredricson tells SVT Sport.
The star of the world was very good in the summary and would have needed an absolute top spot to reach the final in April. Had he as the sixth rider reached the jump, the chance to take the necessary points would have been very good.
With a boom, Fredricson fell to eleventh place and it gives only a few scatter points.
Even von Eckermann rev last
Henrik von Eckermann suffered the same fate as the national team mate, when he and Peter Pan stumbled on the last obstacle.
"There are small margins," says federal captain Henrik Ankarcrona.
Sweden is thus without a tie in the World Cup finals, something that has not happened since 2005 - but then Rolf-Göran Bengtsson refrained from participating in the final.