Truls Gisselman was part of Sweden’s team that won bronze in the relay at the World Championships in Trondheim. Despite that, he was left out of the A national team.

Truls Gisselman had a strong season this past winter. He made it to the World Championships and earned a spot in the relay team. Together with Edvin Anger, Jens Burman, and William Poromaa, he won a bronze medal – Sweden’s first men’s relay medal since 2017.

But when the Swedish national teams were announced last week, he was included in Team Bauhaus, the group below the A national team.

“After this season, I had some hopes for the A team. That maybe there could be a possibility. But at the same time, I understood that many others also skied very well this winter. Especially their top individual results were very strong too,” he told Langd.se.

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Do you think it was the individual top results they based their decision on?

“I didn’t get a super clear explanation. But that’s what I’m thinking myself.”

“Excited to get started”

According to Truls Gisselman, this past season was the best of his career so far. And even though he didn’t make the A team, he’s looking forward to a season in Team Bauhaus, which will have significantly fewer athletes compared to last year.

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“We will get to train with the A team at training camps. I’m really looking forward to that,” he says, and continues:

“I think the main idea with fewer athletes in Team Bauhaus is to have more resources and time distributed among fewer skiers. To make it more focused. I’m excited to get started with the national team camps.”

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Aiming for the Olympics

The World Championships in Trondheim marked Truls’s first senior championship. Now, he’s aiming for the Olympics next season—a goal he doesn’t see as unrealistic.

“The Olympics are the main goal. To try and qualify in the first place and, ideally, perform really well there. It’s a very tough goal, but after this season and the step I took in the right direction, it still feels realistic. It’s not impossible to make it to the Olympics, even though it’s very tough.”

“There will naturally be many sub-goals along the way. You must perform at a very high level very early, and overall in the World Cup.”

Is there a particular Olympic distance you’ve been eyeing more closely?

“I’d say that 50 kilometers classic suits me very well. For example, I won silver at the Swedish Championships last year behind Jens Burman in that distance. Overall, the 50km suits me pretty well.”

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