For the second time in a short time, the corona restrictions mean that Sweden will suffer a heavy setback in Finnkampen.
First was the strong-willed Suldan Hassan, who despite a negative corona test answer yesterday could not participate as he received a positive answer the day before, who was not allowed to participate in the 5,000 meters.
Now Sweden is forced to do without the best runner even in the ladies' 5,000-meter race.
Linn Söderholm, who yesterday won the 3000 meter hurdles, got a feeling in her right leg after the race, and was forced to cancel.
"Feels boring"
The reserve Julia Samuelsson, who also participated in the 3,000 meter hurdles, also had feelings this morning, and due to the restrictions, this means that Sweden is now forced to complete the race with only two participants: Cecilia Norrbom and Sara Christiansson.
- It is clear that it feels boring, but we feel that we can not solve it in a sensible way.
And we can not ask anyone who is going to run 800 meters to double as 5000 goes first.
So we are allowed to live with it quite simply, says national team captain Karin Torneklint to SVT Sport.
Söderholm had the best year best
For the points count, this means that no single points are awarded.
Linn Söderholm was the one who had the best year-best of all six runners in the race, which means that Finland now on paper "should" win the branch by 11-10, instead of 14-8 to Sweden as it was in the "paper fight" before Finnkampen.
Sweden leads the women's match after the first day with 103-80.