Sweden got a dream start at the Alpine World Championship in Saalbach. It became a bronze in the team competition in parallel giant slalom after the reigning world champion USA was defeated.
SportsSweden's medal chances on the first day of the World Championship in alpine skiing increase significantly. Kristoffer Jakobsen will participate in Tuesday's team competition despite having just become a father.
SportsDo you hear the silence? It's Sara Hector who's heading for victory. During my best runs, I don't say a word. The worse it goes, the more words there are, says the giant slalom star – Sweden's biggest gold hope in the Alpine World Championship.
SportsThe speed skater Felix Monsén did not get a place in the national team before the season and made his own effort. It paid off. He gets a place in the alpine World Championship team.
SportsKristoffer Jakobsen wanted a new receipt that his form is on the rise. He didn't get it. The World Championship rehearsal in Schladming ended in a crash already in the first run.
SportsThe Swedish slalom veteran Kristoffer Jakobsen struck with a brilliant second run in the World Championship in Kitzbühel. Then the 30-year-old climbed to a fourth place – only two hundredths from the podium.
SportsAfter three consecutive failures, Kristoffer Jakobsen achieved a result in the World Championship – although far from the top. The Swede finished 22nd in the difficult slalom competition in Adelboden, where the "Norwegian ace" Lucas Pinheiro Braathen finished second.
SportsIt doesn't go well for slalom skier Kristoffer Jakobsen - for the third World Cup competition in a row, the 30-year-old crashed out already in the first run. Over 30 skiers crashed out of the competition in Madonna di Campiglio, where Bulgarian Albert Popov won.
SportsSweden's great slalom hope on the men's side, Kristoffer Jakobsen, has been inconsistent and given so far this season. In Alta Badia, it ended already in the first run for the second competition in a row – after a gate fault.
SportsSwedish Kristoffer Jakobsen delivered a super run in the slalom in Austrian Gurgl – so good that he climbed all the way up to a fine second place. It was the 30-year-old's fourth WC podium in his career. One of the toughest races I've driven, he says to Radiosporten.
SportsFour in the giant slalom premiere – and four in the slalom premiere. The comebacking Norwegian Lucas Pinheiro Braathen can ski even when he wears Brazil's colors. The Frenchman Clement Noël won the World Cup slalom in Finnish Levi in superior style.
SportsIn SVT's survey, alpine national team skiers testify that they have little or no confidence in the leadership of the association. Several spoke openly about the problems during the introductory meeting. I have absolute confidence in some, but not all, says star Anna Swenn Larsson.
SportsThe alpine national team is under pressure and several of the skiers have to pay out over 100,000 kronor themselves to make ends meet. Slalom star Sara Hector, who has her training financed, sympathizes with those who are worse off, but notes: Sport will always be based on results, that you draw boundaries based on that. That's the harsh reality.
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