Tove Alexandersson fell in the final stretch and hurt herself. But the star got back up quickly - and secured Swedish relay gold at the European Orienteering Championships in Lithuania. “I fell and hit my chest. I couldn’t breathe and my legs went numb,” Alexandersson says on SVT.
SportsSweden took the European Championship silver in the men's orienteering relay in Hungary. Of the three Swedish teams, it was the first team with the brothers Viktor and Emil Svensk and Albin Ridefelt who secured second place after an overpowering Norway.
SportsTove Alexandersson won O-ringen for the twelfth time when she crossed the finish line with a winning margin of over nine minutes after the fifth and final stage. On the men's side, it was Emil Svensk who, for the first time at senior level, took home the overall victory.
SportsIt became double Swedish in the women's knockout sprint at the World Championship. Tove Alexandersson took an expected gold medal, and Karolin Ohlsson surprised herself to the silver. Now it's party time! says Ohlsson.
SportsSweden was the big favourite ahead of the World Championship sprint relay in Edinburgh. But on the final stretch, star Tove Alexandersson jumped over a control and the team was disqualified. I felt that something went wrong, said Tove Alexandersson to SVT after the race.
SportsMartin Regborn won his first World Championship gold. Tove Alexandersson won her 20th. Sweden got a dream start when the Orienteering World Championship in Edinburgh began with individual sprint.
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