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YES! We made it!

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Ok here we go..

The world championships in ice hockey has reached the quarter final rounds. Sweden are facing Belarus tonight – the host nation of the tournament with a massive back-up from the crowd. We are going to need a bit of luck and play great hockey to win.

So far Czechia (who defeated USA 4-3) and Russia (who defeated France 3-0) in the semi finals. The fourth game – Canada vs Finland 2-3!!!  Way to go!

It has been another amazingly warm and nice day today. Over 25C and clear blue sky. We actually sat outside and had our tea tonight at 18.30. I hope it will be equally nice tomorrow when we have guests over.

YEEEESSS!! We made it! 3-2 Sweden-Belarus!

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Gymnastics

IMG_387948352912092Today I have spent the entire day cheering on my niece competing in gymnastics. It was  Stockholmscupen with 15 participating teams.

Her team did really well and managed to qualify for the finals where they ended up on fourth place with a very tight result in the top level. In fact there was no silver medal since the gold was shared by two teams. She was of course very disappointed but the team did what they could and they were real troopers and fought well! I’m so proud!

I was able to resist the temptation to have pizza for dinner and chose a salad instead. Good for me! Now it’s time to crash in my corner and enjoy a quiet Saturday night watching the Gladiators.

 

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Me and Carl

Today the IAAF World Indoor Championships starts. Three days of wonderful track and field to enjoy. This time it takes place in Sopot, Poland.001

When Carl Lewis participated in the DN Galan back in 1989, I had the honor to measure his jumps.

Of course – this brings back memories from the time when track and field was a big part of my life. Not only from a viewers perspective, but from being a referee.

003This picture was taken at the Stockholm Stadion back in 1984. My sister is missing in the picture, but my parents and best friend is there along with two other referees from the time.

Now – let’s cheere on our Swedish team this weekend – and especially the ones from “my” team – Hammarby.

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Vasaloppet

vasaloppetThe first Sunday of March it is time for Vasaloppet.

90km cross country skiing between Sälen and Mora. The best skiers manage to complete the race in little over 4 hrs. It is a very old tradition and something we are very proud of in my country. It is the longest ski race in the world and about 15000 skiers participate. This was the 90th time it was held.

imageWe celebrated my dads birthday today with a nice lunch with coffee and cake for after’s at my parents.

It was just a perfect couple of hours and lovely to spend time together and make some plans for the summer.

Now I really would like to get rid of my cough and I can’t really understand why I had to get a cold too this weekend.. 🙁

 

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Sotji – last day

os2014What a day – we won a silver in the hockey final – Canada was the stronger team and congratulations to the winners are in order. But, great job Tre Kronor, you did us proud!

The 50 km skiers this morning didn’t manage to get to the top three but they came in 7th, 8th and 9th which is awesome.

We have had the best Olympic games in years – with 15 medals! 2 gold – 7 silver – 6 bronze. It has been two fun weeks with a lot of great events to follow! Already looking forward to the next one..

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Sotji – day 15

wpid-IMG_20140207_192036.jpgThe Olympics has almost come to an end – only this weekend left to enjoy. It’s been one of the most successful Olympics in a long time for Sweden – and still chances left to fine performances and medals.

Today we had a poor start with the women 30 km cross country mass start. Our ski-queen was not really well today with a slight cold and she wasn’t able to match the other ladies. Emma Wiken was best of the Swedish ladies today and ended up on the 8th position. Very good job on her behalf.

The men’s slalom – second run starts in an hour – so far all four Swedes are doing quite well. Let’s hope one or two of the manages all the way – they are in the 2nd and 3rd position right now.

Men’s biathlon isn’t going well for us unfortunately. Our team has not been successful this year.

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Sotji – day 14

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A very good day for Sweden !

We managed to win the bronze in curling after a very nerv wracking game against China.

 

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Anna Holmlund won a bronze in ski-cross and our 17 year old Sandra Näslund came in 5th. Great job!


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And our hockey team – Tre Kronor – managed to defeat Finland in the semi finals. Wonderful!

US-Canada tonight – I wonder who we will meet on Sunday..

 

Our slalom ladies managed quite well – two top 6 – but no medals.. 🙁

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Sotji – day 13

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This was not the best day for Sweden.. but, we did achieve a silver medal in women curling.  Our new team has almost managed to maintain the high level our old team had – team Norberg won gold the last two Olympics. 

Our ladies lost the bronze game in ice hockey with 4-2 after being in the lead 2-0 after two periods. What happened? However, fourth place is a great position so good work!

We had really high expectations on our guys in ski-cross but they had a very bad day in the slopes and didn’t even manage to get to the semi finals.

New day tomorrow! 

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Sotji – day 12

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What a day!

First we won the ice hockey quarter final with 5-0 towards Slovenia. Finland just defeated Russia and will be our opponents in the semi finals.

Then we managed to achieve two bronze medals in the team sprint classic – and our curling ladies played themselves to the finale by defeating Switzerland in the semi finals.

Now we have another semifinal in curling today – the guys this time – and also our figure skater Victoria Helgesson is competing.

 

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Sotji – day 11

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Not a very exciting day for Sweden. Our giant slalom ladies all managed to complete their race but no medals unfortunately. 
Tomorrow will be a much more eventful day starting with the quarter final in ice hockey.

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