Athletics faces prize money in this year's OS. Sweden's Olympic Committee (SOK) is skeptical. I think it's a trickiness that they introduce prize money in certain sports and not in others, says team manager Peter Reinebo.
SportsFor the first time, Kajsa Bergqvist will lead the Swedish athletics team in the OS. She will certainly tell them how it is to take a medal and how it is to live in the OS village. And maybe even the story about the auctioning off of the OS outfits. It became a really good little sum of money, she says.
SportsOn Wednesday, the Swedish Olympic team will be finalized. One of those who still hopes for a ticket is sprint star Julia Henriksson, who won the Swedish Championship gold on both 100 and 200 meters. I have shown everything I can now, she says.
SportsAthletics-SM is underway in Uddevalla. Then, the expected Swedish champions on 100 meters were crowned – Henrik Larsson and Julia Henriksson. Henriksson was also close to the Swedish record.
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