Australia's top sprinter Paul Murray put in solid performances in the Swedish Cup Sprint competitions held in Sveg on the weekend. Most of the top Swedish sprinters were on site, including World Cup winners/finalists Mikael Ostberg, Bjorn Lind, Anders Hogberg, and Peter Larsson, with a freestyle sprint on Saturday and classic on Sunday

In very deep fields Murray finished in 29th place in the freestyle and 18th in the classic, and in a promising return to form, was only 5.8 seconds out of 3rd place in the classic . He also claimed the scalp of Bjorn Lind, who finished 19th.

Fellow Australian skier Leon Spiller made his season debut in Sveg, finishing 49th in both races.

Mikael Ostberg won both competitions ahead of Peter Larsson, the Dusseldorf World Cup winner and current leader of the Sprint World Cup.