Johan Häggström was poked from the A national team after a 13th place in the Olympic sprint, where he was also part of the relay team that finished fourth.

Karl-Johan Westberg took sixth place in the team sprint together with Oskar Svensson as recently as at the World Cup two seasons ago.

In addition, he won the sprint in Falun in the Scandinavian Cup last winter, in competition with Norwegian Olympic skiers.

"It has been heard before"

Westberg did not get a place in any of the national team's three training groups.

You should invest in the younger ones and those who are poked should see it as lighter fluid and come back stronger, said national team manager Anders Byström at the press conference.

- You have heard it before, you want it to be as good as possible for those you choose to invest in only

- It's easy to say, says Westberg to SVT Sport.

Earned as much in eight days as in one year in the national team

Financially, however, the departure from the national team will not be a blow.

- No, it will not really be, 25 thousand is the only thing I got from the national team, so it will work now as well.

- I have worked eight days this spring and earned as much as in one year in the national team, it is too bad, says Westberg.

How will you support yourself?

- I run the company here, aim to work one day a week this summer, then I have a club that supports me.

You must not live too lavishly, but it is important to keep the jacks, it has gone well and will certainly go well in the future.

- We do most things, dig work and move some stuff.

"I would have been hugely disappointed"

Westberg hurts for his friend Johan Hägglund after the petting.

- If I had been him, I would have been enormously disappointed, but he is diplomatic and calm, says Westberg.

Are you not disappointed yourself?

- Yes, but not for my own but more the whole.

What are you thinking about then?

- That is what I think is problematic, I absolutely think that Leo (Johansson) could be promoted in an A-team, even Rosjö (Eric) and Edvin Anger are completely given in the A-team.

- I was 26 years old the last time I went out and they said I was too old even then.

You lack a little patience and the common thread, to dare to believe in the model you have, you change the model from year to year and there will be no results bang bom, but if you have patience there will be results, says Westberg.