The boss of everything and everyone in blue and yellow is more than satisfied with the start of the Olympics. Sweden already has three golds, two silvers and one bronze. Everyone must be satisfied. "We have been at our best when it matters most," says SOK's squad manager Fredrik Joulamo.
SportsThe Olympics haven't even started, but there are already reports of stomach flu. Finland, which shares a house with the Swedish team in the Olympic village, has been affected. "There is always concern," says Fredrik Joulamo, sports director at the Swedish Olympic Committee (SOK) and Swedish team manager.
SportsSpeed skater Felix Monsén has not been allowed to participate in the Olympics. He was not given the nod by the Swedish Olympic Committee. Monsén is critical of the decision. "The justification is that I have not met the basic criteria to be allowed to compete," he tells SVT.
SportsThey lack recent results that would justify an Olympic spot. But the Swedish Olympic Committee is making an exception and selecting Jesper Tjäder and Henrik Harlaut, both former Olympic medalists, for the Games in Italy in February. "Now I'm on my way," Harlaut says. He has had major injury problems.
SportsLinn Gestblom and Henning Sjökvist take two of the three remaining spots on the Swedish biathlon squad for the Olympics. The last one? "It will be announced later," says Fredrik Joulamo, sports director at the Swedish Olympic Committee (SOK).
SportsSlalom skier Kristoffer Jakobsen is having a difficult season. For the fourth time in six races this season, the Swede crashed out.
SportsOn Wednesday morning, it became clear that Sweden had secured a quota place in ice dancing for the 2026 Olympics in Milan-Cortina, thanks to the pair Milla Ruud Reitan and Nikolaj Majorov's fifth place in the autumn qualifiers. However, the place is hanging in the balance as Norwegian Milla Ruud Reitan has not yet received Swedish citizenship.
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