From next season, all types of fluoride in biathlon and cross-country skiing will be banned at an international level.

All skis will be tested before the start.

A decision that complicates the work of the Swedish election manager Petter Myhlback.

- It affects my job a lot.

It is a huge change for the walla industry.

Last year, fluoride was allowed but only a certain type of fluoride.

But now that you are ironing it out completely, it will be a completely different school that you really have to learn, he tells SVT Sport.

Will the total ban affect your preparations for next season?

- We have been doing this for almost three years and tried to learn all the time because we know that this will come.

We will be prepared for the winter, I'm sure.

"Must find alternatives to fluoride"

Myhlback says that the wall manufacturers will have the hardest time.

- The fluoride is on the ski that makes the wall repel dirt.

Above all, that it reduces friction against moisture.

When you remove it, you have to find alternatives to fluorine.

It is not we who will find those additives, but it is the wall manufacturers.

They have the absolute biggest challenge, but we must adhere to the rules, of course, he says.

The election manager is very positive about the total ban that has been introduced.

- I think it is very positive, it is not healthy with fluoride.

So there is a reason why it is banned.

We get a better working environment and our nature also feels better.

We all have to contribute in some way, he says.

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Therefore, you should care about fluoride