After Sunday's sprint prologue, Calle Halfvarsson suffered severe pain in his arm and could not start during the finals.

- It hurt really, I couldn't even lift my arm after the prologue. So there was no point in driving at all, says Calle Halfvarsson to SVT Sport.

But after massage and acupuncture, Calle Halfvarsson now seems to be in a position to start in the men's 15 km freestyle in Toblach.

- I hope that the arm will hold all the way and that there will be no problems after that either. I hope to be able to make a good race, says Halfvarsson to SVT Sport.

Halfvarsson also says that if he gets started in Toblach then the arm injury should not affect the ride somewhat noticeably but that a final decision will be made after the warm-up.