The length manager tried to persuade Stina Nilsson

This weekend SVT Sport revealed that Stina Nilsson switches cross country skiing to biathlon. The same day, she confirmed.

Length coach Daniel Fåhraeus tells Dagens Nyheter that he tried to persuade Stina Nilsson to stay in the cross country team.

- Of course I tried to persuade her. I asked if she was really done with that decision, he tells dn.se.

Fåhraeus had only had his current job for two months when Nilsson called and talked about the career change.

- I was really surprised, of course. She was so incredibly ready with that decision. She said it was something she had been thinking about since she was very young, he says.