The Junior World Championships have started in Narvik, with a Swedish team of 14 skiers including Cornelia Öhlund and Nick Nyberg from Åre SLK. Cornelia Öhlund will only compete in giant slalom at the World Championships this week because it clashes with the World Cup in Åre, where she will be with the national team to compete for medals. She is 43rd in the women's overall World Cup with 161 points and 11th in the women's slalom World Cup with 161 points, and could finish in the top ten in slalom for the first time.
' Cornelia Öhlund's stubbornness has been a key factor in her success since childhood, and she won Junior World Championship gold in slalom earlier in her career, but broke her pole during the Olympics and had to abandon her run, ending her medal hope. Philip Jonsson is traveling to his third and final Junior World Championship in Narvik and is described as one of Sweden's foremost alpine skiers on the Swedish Ski Association's website. ' Emma Amann is also traveling to Narvik for the Junior World Championships after receiving a call in mid-February from ÖSV youth chief Harald Kirchmair informing her of her selection.
The stubbornness to always want to get better, that's a huge strength. Then she has an ability to focus on what is good and let go of what is bad.
' Moritz Zudrell has been nominated by the Austrian Ski Association for the Junior World Championships in Narvik, marking his third and final appearance. He won silver in slalom and bronze in team event in 2024, placed fourth in slalom in 2025, and will compete in all disciplines except team parallel race, aiming for a medal to complete his collection. He said, 'Of course, a medal is always the goal.
I already have silver and bronze at home, so one color is still missing,' and aims to qualify for the World Cup via a fixed European Cup spot in the next one to two years. Meanwhile, the alpine World Cup final is taking place in Lillehammer, Norway, including top-25 in each discipline's World Cup standings, skiers with at least 500 total points, and Olympic and Junior World Championship gold medalists. The Swedish women's team for the World Cup final includes Sara Hector, Estelle Alphand (only giant slalom), Anna Swenn-Larsson (slalom), Cornelia Öhlund (slalom), and Hanna Aronsson Elfman (slalom), with no Swedish men in the final.
Never been so calm at a start before. I was joking with the serviceman at the start.
Sara Hector is ninth in the women's overall World Cup with 606 points and third in the women's giant slalom World Cup with 429 points, aiming to stay in the top three in giant slalom. Anna Swenn-Larsson is eighth in the women's slalom World Cup with 264 points and aims to be on the slalom podium this season. Mikaela Shiffrin leads the women's overall World Cup with 1,286 points, while Emma Aicher is second with 1,146 points and is chasing victory in the overall World Cup in Lillehammer.
Marco Odermatt has already won the men's overall World Cup, downhill cup, and Super-G cup. 5 meters in the first round, with the second round canceled due to challenging wind conditions. 5 meters, close to the women's world record of 236 meters.
Frida Karlsson is preparing for the World Cup final in Lake Placid, USA, while Stina Nilsson is ending her season early to rest after a troubled winter, having placed 12th in the Ski Classics race Marcialonga Bodø and won medals at the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics. ' The exact dates and full schedule for the Junior World Championships in Narvik have not been announced. What specific medal results the skiers achieved at the Junior World Championships in Narvik remains to be seen.
The final standings and outcomes of the alpine World Cup finals in Lillehammer have not been reported. How Frida Karlsson performed at the World Cup final in Lake Placid is unknown. The current status of Stina Nilsson's career and future plans after ending her season early is unclear.