Linn Svahn and Frida Karlsson miss today's sprint competition in Drammen due to a cold.

In Karlsson's case, it does not seem to be so serious as she is in the national team squad that will defend the Swedish colors in Falun this weekend.

Svahn will not start - but Sweden will come with a strong squad anyway.

- Now we enter the absolute final stage of the World Cup season and we get to do that at home in Falun, in front of a large audience.

Since we have a home field, we get the opportunity to compete with a national quota.

This means twelve Swedes who get to start in each race and gives the opportunity for some new names to test at the World Cup, says national team manager Anders Byström in a press release.