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.
SportsDouble success at the European Orienteering Championships in Lithuania. Hanna Lundberg took gold in the middle distance. A couple of hours earlier, Anton Johansson won silver over the same distance.
SportsTove Alexandersson won the last World Cup competition of the season. But it was not enough to take the tenth consecutive overall victory in the World Cup. The Swiss Simona Aebersold broke the streak.
SportsSweden took the European Championship bronze in orienteering in the women's relay – despite a mistake on the second leg.
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.
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