Was it right to bring Kalla?

- Both and I would say.

You can motivate not to bring Kalla and to bring her.

If you go hard on SOK's selection requirements for the top 8, she has not achieved it and I understand that you had left her at home and I understand that you take her out to fill all the distance races, which you would not have done without her, says Fredriksson .

- I think maybe you should start with four Swedish ladies in all races you get.

In the end, I probably think it was the right decision to take her out of the squad.

Fredriksson does not think that Kalla, 16th in the Tour de Ski, will join the relay team.

She has ridden in the relay for three straight Olympics.

- I do not think that Kalla places in a Swedish relay team.

I see six skiers in the squad who are better in the relay at the moment.

"Come on old merits"

Will she be included in the results of the Tour de Ski or is it old merit?

- I think it's old credentials.

She has ridden well on the Tour de Ski but not so well that she will be selected for an Olympics.

Had it been a skier who was not named Charlotte Kalla in the same situation, she would not have been selected, but somehow Charlotte Kalla has been such a fantastically good skier so I think you can give her this last chance

In any situation, would you rather have seen Johanna Hagström in the Olympic squad?

- It is both and there as well.

Hagström had been a reserve and to take someone to Beijing and know that the only chance to go is that someone else gets sick - and you do not want that.

I'm not even sure that Johanna Hagström had wanted to go as a reserve.

Charlotte Kalla will of course have to go some distance but probably not in the relay but some longer distance.

It is better to take out a skier who is allowed to ride than someone who is only with as a reserve.

Fredriksson believes that there will be a Swedish medal in all the women's races.