The world

Our pride and joy -Tre Kronor – played their first game tonight against Czechia with the great Jaromir Jagr. We will also meet Latvia and Switzerland in the first round.

We started out great with a quick 4-0 lead, then they woke up and made two quick goals but we were able to pull ourselves together and keep the distance. Perfect start!

I really hope our team will go far in this Olympics – we didn’t do too well in the last one but won gold before that.  We have a pretty strong team but are missing a couple of stars due to injuries.

Our men and women have played curling – the round robin continues – with some wins and some losses. I don’t really know how far it will take them. Two of our ladies have competed in the downhill but with no top ten result.

What a day! One silver and one bronze to our excellent skiers Peterson and Jönsson. And we even had 3 skiers in the final but the third one came in last.

Our hockey ladies won towards Germany! Good job! Much more stabile than the first game.

A few more good results but no more medals.

Moguls today.. both our guys made it to the finals. 

Curling-day too. Both the ladies and men won their first games.

Biathlon didn’t go too well though..

Good start for Damkronorna – our women hockey team with victory 1-0 towards Japan.

A second silver today in skiathlon! Congratulations to Marcus Hellner!

The first day has almost come to an end – and Sweden has been rewarded with a silver medal in skiathlon. Congratulations Charlotte Kalla!

Sven Thorgren came 4th in the slopestyle but he did so good we all thought he would receive a medal. But the judges didn’t agree. 

The other Swedes had an ok day but no more top 5.

The Olympic Games in Sotji has started. The 22nd winter games since the first one back in 1924 when it was held in Chamonix, France.

The opening ceremony was spectacular, as to be expected. The first winter games to be held in Russia – they have only hosted a summer game before.

Tretjak lit the olympic fire together with Rodnina. A goalie of rank and a figure skater queen got the honor. Lovely. They were given the torch from Karelin – the Greco-Roman wrestler – Karelin’s wrestling record is 887 wins and only two losses in his entire sport career. Try and beat that – if you can!

Now let’s hope our Swedish athletes win some victories and bring home lots of good memories and are proud to be part of the Olympic Games. I know we have a good team and I hope they will able to perform on the amazing level that got them to be part of our team.

May the best athlete win and the games begin!